Trump says US strongly considering NATO exit, Telegraph newspaper says
Trump described the alliance as a “paper tiger” and said removing the United States from the defence pact was now “beyond reconsideration,” the newspaper reported.
Trump described the alliance as a “paper tiger” and said removing the United States from the defence pact was now “beyond reconsideration,” the newspaper reported.
Anti-government protests have swept across Serbia since December 2024, a month after 16 people died in the collapse of an awning at a railway station in the northern Serbian city of Novi Sad.
The ministry did not state how many people were on board and made no mention of survivors. The An-26, a light tactical military transport, has long been in service and can carry cargo or up to 40 passengers over short and medium distances.
US signals early exit from Iran conflict within weeks, says deal not required as regional tensions escalate.
US President Donald Trump threatened on Monday to obliterate Iran's energy plants if it does not agree to a peace deal and open the strait, a vital waterway for global oil shipments that has effectively been blocked by Iran.
Crude oil prices briefly spiked anew after the attack on the tanker, which can carry around 2 million barrels of oil worth more than $200 million at current prices.
The death on Sunday was the first among the UN’s peacekeeping force in the new war between Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah which erupted on March 2.
With a population of more than 1.4 billion people, India overtook China in 2023, according to the United Nations Population Fund.
The paratroopers, based out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, add to the thousands of additional sailors, Marines and Special Operations forces sent to the region.
The 69-year-old general, who had commanded Myanmar’s armed forces since 2011, was one of two people named as vice-presidential candidates by lawmakers from the country’s newly convened lower house of parliament.
Escalating West Asia tensions push oil prices higher as markets brace for further disruption to global supply routes.
Regional powers push for talks as US and Iran remain at odds over military escalation and ceasefire plans.
The pair, widely viewed as potential successors to Trump, have been thrust into still-developing negotiations to end the war at a moment when the Republican Party is already weighing its post-Trump future.
The 37-year-old retired from Twenty20 Internationals after India’s 2024 World Cup triumph and brought the curtain down on his 123-test career last year.
The war, launched on February 28 with US and Israeli strikes on Iran, has spread across the Middle East, killing thousands and hitting the world economy.
The central question now, say analysts, is whether Trump is ready to wind down or ramp up what critics have called a war of choice, one that has ignited the worst global energy supply shock in history and spread far beyond the region.
Israel expands strikes across Iran and Lebanon amid fears of wider regional war and energy disruption.
The four countries’ foreign ministers will hold “in-depth discussions on a range of issues, including efforts to de-escalate tensions in the region” during the two-day talks.
Iran’s Shi'ite allies in Lebanon and Iraq have already joined the war in the region triggered by US and Israeli strikes on Tehran four weeks ago.
India moves to revive Russian LNG imports and ramp up crude purchases despite US pressure, as Middle East tensions squeeze energy supplies and reshape Delhi’s strategic calculus.