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Putin-Trump summit: What each side wants
The US and Russian presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are to meet at a US air base in Alaska on Friday for talks on the Ukraine war.
15 August 2025, 04:06 AM
Trump vows not to be intimidated ahead of Putin summit
Putin flies to Alaska on Friday at the invitation of Trump in his first visit to a Western country since he ordered the 2022 invasion of Ukraine that has killed tens of thousands of people.
15 August 2025, 03:23 AM
Trump wants to extend federal control over police
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would ask the Republican-controlled Congress to extend federal control of Washington’s city police force beyond 30 days, escalating his campaign to exert presidential power over the nation’s capital.
14 August 2025, 18:00 PM
Taliban use force to divert aid
Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers divert international aid by force and other means, block minority communities from receiving aid and may collude with UN officials to seek kickbacks, a US watchdog said.
14 August 2025, 18:00 PM
Heavy rain in Indian Kashmir leaves 38 dead
At least 38 people died and more than 200 were missing following sudden, heavy rain in Indian Kashmir, officials said yesterday, the second such disaster in the Himalayas in a little over a week.
14 August 2025, 18:00 PM
India wants US ties based on mutual respect
India said yesterday that it hoped relations with the United States would move forward based on mutual respect and shared interests, seeking to temper worries that ties were headed downhill in the aftermath of high tariffs imposed by Washington.
14 August 2025, 18:00 PM
China and India eye border trade resumption
India and China are discussing resuming border trade five years after it was halted, foreign ministry officials on both sides have said, as US tariffs disrupt the global trade order.
14 August 2025, 18:00 PM
Talks at risk of ending with no deal
Talks to create the world’s first legally binding treaty to tackle plastic pollution are at risk of ending without a deal as countries race to find a potential compromise on the final day of negotiations in Geneva.
14 August 2025, 18:00 PM
Pakistan to create military force to supervise missiles
Pakistan will create a new force in the military to supervise missile combat capabilities in a conventional conflict, apparently a move to match neighbouring arch-rival India.
14 August 2025, 18:00 PM
Putin praises ‘sincere efforts’ by the US
Russian President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that the United States was making “sincere efforts” to halt the war in Ukraine and suggested Moscow and Washington could agree a nuclear arms deal as part of a wider effort to strengthen peace.
14 August 2025, 18:00 PM
Pakistan to create new force in military to supervise missiles after India conflict
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced the creation of the Army Rocket Force late Wednesday
14 August 2025, 06:55 AM
Inside the mine that feeds the tech world - and funds Congo’s rebels
M23 insurgents control one of the planet's largest sources of coltan, a mineral prized by high-tech industries. Dislodging them is a focus of peace talks. It won't be easy.
14 August 2025, 05:53 AM
Wildfires fanned by heatwave and strong winds rage across Europe
Fire has affected nearly 440,000 hectares (1,700 square miles) in the eurozone so far in 2025
14 August 2025, 04:09 AM
Russia imposes curbs on WhatsApp, Telegram calls
Russian security services have frequently claimed that Ukraine was using Telegram to recruit people or commit acts of sabotage in Russia.
14 August 2025, 03:57 AM
Trump warns of make-or-break chance with Putin as pressure mounts
With such high stakes, all sides were pushing hard in the hours before the meeting.
14 August 2025, 03:49 AM
End the war or face ‘very severe consequences’
US President Donald Trump yesterday threatened Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin with “very severe consequences” if he does not agree to end the war in Ukraine during their upcoming summit in Alaska.
13 August 2025, 21:12 PM
War-torn Myanmar: Military chief calls for security boost before polls
Myanmar’s military chief has called for increased security for political party members and candidates as a newly formed interim government proceeds with a planned election in December and January that has been dismissed in the West as a sham.
13 August 2025, 18:37 PM
Russia restricts Telegram, WhatsApp calls
Russia has started restricting some Telegram and WhatsApp calls, accusing the foreign-owned platforms of failing to share information with law enforcement in fraud and terrorism cases, the digital development ministry said yesterday.
13 August 2025, 18:00 PM
India acts minimally, Pak rarely acts against abuses
The US government noted abuses in India and Pakistan in a shortened human rights report released on Tuesday that said India “took minimal credible steps” to combat the abuses while Pakistan “rarely took credible steps.”
13 August 2025, 18:00 PM
Deadlocked plastics treaty talks ‘at cliff’s edge’
Negotiators from 184 countries remained riven yesterday on how to curb plastic pollution, less than 36 hours before they were slated to deliver a binding global treaty.
13 August 2025, 18:00 PM