Washington: Twenty-five states sued the Trump administration Monday over its latest tariffs, calling them a pretext for replacing import taxes the Supreme Court struck down in February. The United States last month imposed double-digit tariffs on 59 countries and the European Union, charging that they had not done enough to crack down on imports produced…
Peshawar: A suicide bomber targeted a peace rally in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing at least 14 people, including five police officers, and injuring more than two dozen others, officials said. The attack took place in Kabal, a town in the Swat Valley of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where demonstrators had gathered near a police station, chanting…
Washington: Three people were killed, and seven more were injured, some critically, in a shooting at an In-N-Out Burger restaurant in southern Idaho on Saturday afternoon, a Twin Falls city spokesperson said. Police who responded to the shooting found the body of the suspected gunman in an area near the restaurant, Twin Falls city public…
Washington: United States President Donald Trump says he has cancelled a planned large-scale military attack on Iran, claiming that the “perimeters of a deal” have been agreed upon. Trump announced the decision on his Truth Social platform late Saturday, a day after US media reported that Washington and Israel were preparing to strike Iran’s energy…
Islamabad: Renowned British-Nepali climber Nirmal Purja and nine other climbers swept away by an avalanche in Pakistan are confirmed to have died, and search teams are trying to recover their bodies, Purja’s expedition company said Saturday. “The world has lost one of mountaineering’s greatest climbers,” the company, Elite Exped, said in a statement. It stressed…
Cairo: The White House on Friday signaled that President Donald Trump is weighing carrying out new strikes on Iran as the U.S. presses for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and abide by terms set out in a truce agreement the two sides forged last month only to quickly collapse. There were no U.S….
Washington: A proposal reportedly being considered by the Trump administration to impose a $100,000 fee on international students seeking to work in the US after graduation has sparked concern among universities, immigration lawyers and employers, who warn it could fundamentally alter the economics of studying in America for hundreds of thousands of foreign students, including…
Washington: US President Donald Trump on Thursday announced what he described as a breakthrough agreement for the completee disarmament of Hamas and other armed groups in Gaza, alongside a phased Israeli withdrawal from the Palestinian territory. The proposal seeks to unlock the second phase of the US-brokered Gaza ceasefire, which has remained stalled over the same…
Washington: United States Central Command (CENTCOM) forces have claimed to carry out a ‘heavy wave of strikes’ against dozens of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targets in Iran on Wednesday, calling the action a response to attempted Iranian missile strikes on US forces in West Asia. The strikes, completed at 10 pm ET on July…
Tehran: US President Donald Trump vowed to hit back hard at Iran after it attacked US bases in Jordan on Wednesday, as the West Asia war reignited and once again drew in the Islamic republic’s proxies. The warning came after a short lull in the fighting that had spurred hopes of a return to negotiations…
