Trump calls on all NATO countries to stop buying Russian oil, threatens 50 percent to 100 percent tariffs on China

BASKING RIDGE: President Donald Trump said Saturday he believes the Russia-Ukraine war would end if all NATO countries stopped buying oil from Russia and placed tariffs on China of 50 percent to 100 percent for its purchases of Russian petroleum. Trump posted on his social media site that NATO’S commitment to winning the war “has […]

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US officials hold talks in Kabul over Americans detained in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON: US officials held talks on Saturday with the authorities in Kabul over Americans held in Afghanistan, the Taliban administration’s foreign ministry said. Adam Boehler, the Trump administration’s special envoy for hostage response, and Zalmay Khalilzad, a former US special envoy for Afghanistan, met with the Taliban’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi. “Both parties emphasized […]

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The end of IMEC? US-backed answer to China’s belt and road falters amid Mideast strife

By Tom Hussain Two years ago, it was unveiled with much fanfare as a grand riposte to China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Today, the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor is being steadily eclipsed by regional hostilities and global disinterest. The architects of the US-backed IMEC, envisaged as a bridge linking India to Europe via the Gulf […]

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Nepal’s new PM Sushila Karki’s husband was involved in 1973 plane hijacking

Sushila Karki, Nepal’s first female Prime Minister and a former Chief Justice, is married to politician Durga Prasad Subedi, who was involved in a 1973 plane hijacking. At the time a youth leader in the Nepali Congress, Subedi, along with Nagendra Dhungel and Basanta Bhattarai, hijacked a 19-seater plane from Biratnagar to Kathmandu, carrying Rs30 […]

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Nepal appoints first female Prime Minister as President dissolves Parliament, sets March elections

Nepal’s President Ram Chandra Poudel on Friday named former Supreme Court Chief Justice Sushila Karki as the country’s interim prime minister, marking the first time a woman has led the nation’s government. The appointment followed widespread unrest that led to the downfall of the previous administration. Acting on Karki’s recommendation, the president also dissolved the […]

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