The United States and Russia are now left without any formal limits on their strategic nuclear arsenals following the expiration of the New START treaty this week raising global concerns about a renewed nuclear arms race and increased strategic instability. New START was the last remaining arms control agreement between Washington and Moscow, placing caps […]

The US Justice Department has removed a government lawyer from her assignment in Minnesota after she publicly criticised the immigration system and admitted failures to comply with court orders during a federal hearing, according to Reuters. Julie Le a Department of Homeland Security attorney temporarily assigned to the US Attorney’s Office made the remarks during […]

The Trump administration has announced the immediate withdrawal of around 700 federal immigration enforcement agents from Minnesota though approximately 2,000 officers will remain deployed in the state, White House border czar Tom Homan said on Wednesday. The move comes amid mounting protests and political backlash following an unprecedented immigration enforcement surge in and around Minneapolis […]

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday praised the strength of bilateral ties during a video call held ahead of the fourth anniversary of Russia’s war in Ukraine. In remarks broadcast on Russian state television Putin described relations between Moscow and Beijing as a key stabilising factor amid growing global uncertainty. […]

GAZA: Israeli tank shelling and airstrikes killed at least 23 Palestinians including seven children across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday according to local health officials. Among the victims was a medic who was struck while attempting to rescue wounded civilians in Khan Younis after a second attack hit the area. Strikes also targeted Gaza City […]

Tehran: Iranian police have arrested 139 foreign nationals in the central province of Yazd for their alleged involvement in recent protests, according to a report by the semi official Tasnim news agency on Tuesday. Authorities did not disclose the nationalities of those detained. Yazd, a largely desert province with a population of just over one […]