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Trump claims Iran ‘begging to make a deal’ but teases new aid for farmers amid war fallout
US President Donald Trump denied on Thursday that he was desperate for a deal with Iran, swinging between threats and diplomacy, while presenting a series of “boats of oil” that reportedly made it through the blocked Str...
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On Taiwan, Trump reimagines strategic ambiguity to suit his own ends
Beijing is probably sighing with relief following US President Donald Trump’s postponement of his visit to China for “a month or so”. Initially, Trump had tried to threaten China for not joining a proposed naval escort c...
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Venezuela’s Maduro back in court after shock capture by US forces
Ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro cut a relaxed figure Thursday as he returned to a federal court in New York for his second appearance since his capture by US forces in an extraordinary nighttime raid. During t...
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Iran to allow Malaysian vessels to pass in Strait of Hormuz: Anwar
Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Thursday he had spoken to the leaders of Iran, Egypt, Turkey and other regional countries and said Malaysian vessels were now being allowed to pass through the Strait of...
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Finland’s president says Ukraine talks may be at ‘end of the road’
Finnish President Alexander Stubb, who has close ties with both US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, fears US-led Ukraine peace talks may be over, he said in an interview published on Thu...
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Nepal’s probe into deadly uprising finds ex-prime minister, officials ‘reckless’
A high-level probe in Nepal holds former prime minister K.P. Sharma Oli and other senior government officials responsible for criminal negligence over the shootings in last year’s deadly youth uprising that killed 76 peo...
