WASHINGTON — A trade deal with the United Kingdom announced by the White House on Thursday marked the first of its kind since President Trump launched sweeping global tariffs last month, offering a glimpse into the Trump administration’s negotiating strategy as it seeks to reset terms with trading partners around the world. The agreement, hailed by Trump…
Donald Trump has won another election … for the centre-left. First came Canada, where Prime Minister Mark Carney’s centre-left Liberal Party secured victory, and now Australia has returned Anthony Albanese’s Labor government with a commanding second-term majority, sweeping across the country from coast to coast, from Darwin to the southern tip of Tasmania. Remarkably, both…
ALGIERS, Algeria — As Europe celebrates the 80th anniversary of its triumph over fascism and the end of World War II, Algeria is remembering a darker anniversary: the colonial-era massacres that erupted the same day. In a message this week, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune framed commemoration as a matter of national pride and called the event…
Hamza Abu Shabab cringed in pain as his mother pulled off his shirt and eased his bandaged head back onto his pillow so she could apply ointment to his small, burned body. The seven-year-old suffered third-degree burns across his head, neck and shoulders when, frightened by an Israeli airstrike, he spilled a hot plate of…
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has held off formally joining the BRICS bloc of nations despite attending a meeting in Brazil last week, two sources said, finessing an issue that could upset Washington as Riyadh seeks to seal deals with its US ally. The issue of BRICS membership has been diplomatically sensitive for Saudi Arabia since it…
Maps show the horrific devastation that would be wrought by nuclear weapons in India and Pakistan as tensions flare between the two nations. In the latest major development, India claims to have launched fresh strikes on radar and air defence systems inside Pakistan It came after Pakistan’s information minister claimed that its soldiers have killed…