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Donald Trump urges Iran to ‘get smart soon’

US weighs extended port blockade amid nuclear deadlock WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged Iran to 'get smart soon' and sign a deal,...

‘No More Mr Nice Guy’: Trump issues fresh warning to Iran

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued a fresh warning to Iran over the delay in signing the peace deal, saying the Islamic...

Why Strait of Hormuz is crucial not just for global oil trade but for digital world too

DUBAI: Iran warned last week that submarine cables in the Strait of Hormuz were a vulnerable point for the region's digital economy, raising concerns...

Iran ready to share ‘experiences of America’s defeat’ with Asian partners, minister says

TEHRAN: Tehran is ready to share its defensive weapons capabilities with "independent countries, especially members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)", Iran’s deputy defence...

Israel could become ‘incompatible with Jewish values’: UK rabbis

LONDON: Israel’s political trajectory could see the country become “incompatible with Jewish values,” according to two senior rabbis in the UK, The Guardian reported...

Sam Altman has five new principles for OpenAI

Here's what's different from the 2018 charter NEW DELHI: When OpenAI wrote its founding charter in 2018, it was a scrappy nonprofit trying to prove...

Google reportedly signs a classified AI deal with Pentagon

NEW DELHI: Tech giant Google has signed a classified AI deal with the Pentagon, says a report by The Information. The agreement allows the...

‘Iran offers to reopen Strait of Hormuz if US lifts its blockade and war ends’

CAIRO: Iran has offered to end its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for the US lifting its blockade on the country...

China opposes US sanction on oil refinery

TEHRAN: China said Monday it opposed a decision by the United States to sanction one of its refineries for purchasing Iranian crude oil shipments. The...

Bernie Sanders quotes world’s biggest AI scientists to warn everyone on AI

NEW DELHI: US Senator Bernie Sanders is sounding the alarm on artificial intelligence, citing top AI scientists—including Nobel Prize winner Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua...

Trump says shooting won’t ‘deter’ him from Iran war

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said a shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner would not deter him from the Iran war, although...

‘Violence has no place in democracy’: PM Modi

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday strongly condemned the shooting incident at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington DC, calling it...

Accused attacker is tutor, computer programmer from California

WASHINGTON: Social media posts that appear to match the California man arrested Saturday in the shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner show he...

Pope says ‘thieves’ who wage war steal our chance at peaceful future

VATICAN CITY: Pope Leo on Sunday described those who wage wars and appropriate the earth's resources as thieves who rob the world of a...

Historic UK appointment:  Pritpal Singh Nagi sworn in as first Sikh High Sheriff of Staffordshire

LONDON: Pritpal Singh Nagi stepped into his new role as the Staffordshire county’s High Sheriff. The appointment itself is not political, but the moment...

Mojtaba Khamenei using secret human chain, handwritten messages to evade digital trail

TEHRAN: In a striking revelation, Iran’s Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is reportedly commanding the country through a clandestine “human chain” and handwritten letters, a...

Netanyahu asserts US exerting ‘very strong pressure’ on Iran

‘We’re changing face of Middle East’ TEL AVIV: Amid reports of backchannel efforts and regional outreach, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has struck a defiant...

‘Don’t rush me’: Trump says Iran’s military ‘totally defeated’

Vows no nuclear strike, sets no deadline WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) said he would not set any deadline for ending...

India, New Zealand to sign $20 billion FTA tomorrow

NEW DELHI: New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on Friday announced that India and New Zealand are set to sign the historic Free Trade...

‘Obama said no. Bush said no. Biden said no’: Kerry lifts lid on Netanyahu’s Iran war pitch

WASHINGTON: Former US Secretary of State John Kerry has said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had, over the years, urged multiple American administrations to...

Trump calls India, China ‘hellholes’; New Delhi responds with ‘leave it there’

India great country: US Embassy Spokesperson NEW DELHI: In the wake of controversial remarks made by US President Donald Trump, who reposted a racist rant...

Iran war pushing more than 30 million back into poverty: UN dev chief

BANGKOK: More ‌than 30 million people will be pushed back into poverty by the impacts of the Iran war including disruptions to fuel and...

Nobel economist challenges Anthropic CEO’s ‘white-collar bloodbath’ prediction

Job displacement not automatic; depends on how organisations adopt technology, whether new jobs created, how wages respond NEW DELHI: The debate over the impact of...

No talks till blockade ends: Iran draws hard line as ceasefire tensions simmer in Hormuz

DUBAI: Iran has made it clear that any fresh round of negotiations with the United States will hinge on one key step – lifting...

IRGC seizes two cargo vessels crossing Hormuz Strait without ‘necessary permits’

One was headed to Gujarat NEW DELHI: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy on Wednesday claimed to have seized two cargo vessels, the MSC...

US, Iran signal new ceasefire talks in Islamabad as truce nears end

Islamabad: Two regional officials said Tuesday that the United States and Iran have signalled they will hold a new round of ceasefire talks in...

Doubts over talks between Iran and US after violence flares in Strait of Hormuz

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan moved ahead Monday with preparations for a new round of talks between the United States and Iran days before a tenuous ceasefire...

EU hosts Gaza peace conference as it seeks greater sway in Middle East

BRUSSELS: More than 60 nations sent representatives to Brussels Monday for talks with Palestinian representatives on stability, security and long-term peace in Israel, the...

NASA shuts off instrument on Voyager 1 to keep spacecraft operating

CAPE CANAVERAL: On April 17, engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California sent commands to shut down an instrument aboard Voyager...

Defiant message from Iran as vessels attempting to cross Hormuz report gunfire

WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD: At least two merchant vessels reported they were hit by gunfire as they attempted to cross the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, three...

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