The initial 10% “baseline” tariff took effect at U.S. seaports, airports and customs warehouses at 12:01 a.m. ET (0401 GMT), ushering in Trump’s full rejection of the post-World War Two system of mutually agreed tariff rates. “This is the single biggest trade action of our lifetime,” said Kelly Ann Shaw, a trade lawyer at Hogan […]
In a letter addressed to President Murmu, the board has requested an urgent meeting to discuss the bill’s potential impact on the autonomy and management of Waqf properties across India. The AIMPLB, along with other Muslim organizations, has criticized the bill, labeling it as unconstitutional and a direct attack on the rights of the Muslim […]
The announcement was made on Friday following high-level discussions in Bangkok between representatives of Bangladesh’s interim government, led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, and Myanmar’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Than Swe. The confirmation of the Rohingya Repatriation Myanmar process comes as a relief to many Rohingya refugees, who have been living in overcrowded […]
The attack on Zelenskiy’s hometown, which comes as U.S. President Donald Trump tries to end the war, damaged residential blocks and sparked fires, Serhiy Lysak, the governor, wrote on the Telegram messaging app. The bodies of the dead and wounded could be seen lying on the pavement, one of them by a playground, in unverified […]
The Trump administration has fired the head of both the National Security Agency and US Cyber Command, the BBC’s US partner CBS has reported. The removal of General Timothy Haugh comes amid what appears to be a wider purge of top security officials at the agency and at the White House. Democrats have said they […]
Trump on Wednesday announced that China would be hit with a 34% tariff, on top of the 20% he imposed earlier this year, bringing the total new levies to 54%. Advertisement · Scroll to continue Agriculture trade took another hit as Chinese customs imposed an immediate suspension on imports of sorghums from grain exporter C&D […]
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The stock market was headed for another pounding Friday after China retaliated with new tariffs on U.S. goods, raising fears that a trade war will tip the globe into a recession. Futures tied to the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 1,533 points, or 3.7%. Future levels indicated the Dow would open official trading about […]
During a UNSC meeting, Pakistan’s permanent representative to the UN, Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, emphasized that Israel’s actions are a blatant violation of the UN charter, international law, and a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. The UNSC meeting on the situation of occupied Palestinian territories was convened by Algeria with the support of Pakistan, China, Somalia, […]
A day after declaring their intention to capture large swathes of the crowded enclave, Israeli forces pushed into the city on Gaza’s southern edge, which had served as a last refuge for people fleeing other areas for much of the war. Gaza’s health ministry reported at least 97 people killed in Israeli strikes in the […]
