Washington, May 29 (IANS) The Trump administration claimed that its campaign of military and economic pressure has succeeded in bringing Iran to the negotiating table on its nuclear programme, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent arguing that Tehran is now discussing issues that previous US administrations could not get it to address.Bessent told reporters at a White House news conference that recent developments marked a significant shift in Iran’s position and suggested that Washington’s stra…
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Washington, May 29 (IANS) US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that President Donald Trump would not accept a “bad deal” with Iran, insisting that any agreement must address Tehran’s nuclear programme and guarantee open shipping lanes through the Strait of Hormuz.Discussions with Iran were continuing, but Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent repeatedly declined to confirm reports of a tentative agreement, telling reporters at the White House that any deal would depend on President Donald Trump’s…
Warsaw, May 28 (IANS) Poland plans to sign agreements with the European Union (EU) by the end of May to finance military equipment purchases worth 100 billion Polish zlotys (about 27.49 billion US dollars), Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Thursday.At a signing ceremony at the Cyber Defence Forces Component Command in Legionowo, near Warsaw, Tusk said that by the end of May, 100 billion Polish zlotys would be allocated under approximately 40 agreements. More than 10,000 Polish companies are set t…
Ottawa, May 28 (IANS) The United States, Mexico and Canada on Thursday issued a trilateral statement on public health travel measures in the wake of the Ebola virus outbreak in parts of Africa.“The United States, Mexico and Canada have announced aligned public health travel measures for individuals arriving from African regions considered at greatest risk from the Ebola virus. This coordinated approach aims to protect our citizens and the millions of visitors, fans, athletes and tourists expec…
Washington, May 28 (IANS) The United States has mobilised more than $112 million in bilateral foreign assistance in less than two weeks to combat the fast-spreading Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda, the State Department said on Thursday.The announcement came as US health officials warned that the outbreak remained “rapidly evolving and fluid”, while insisting that the current risk to the United States remained low.The State Department said it had finali…
Ahmedabad, May 28 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said the progress achieved by Gujarat’s Patidar community over the past 75 years had “no parallel anywhere in India”, while calling for a detailed academic study of the community’s transformation and contribution to the state’s development. Speaking at the inauguration of new hostel facilities at Mata Umiya Dham in Ahmedabad, Shah said the development of Gujarat and the rise of the Patidar community had progressed toget…
Washington/New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) Pakistan-linked networks have shown growing agility, adapting their tactics to evade Indian border defences and exploit emerging technologies. The rising use of drug-laden drones along the western border, particularly in Punjab, is emerging as a major concern, a report has highlighted.The US has long structured its South Asia policy countering China, dealing with the fallout from Afghanistan, and preventing terrorist safe havens, yet Pakistan-facilitated narco…
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) A United States-Bangladesh trade deal, signed by Dhaka’s then Muhammad Yunus-led interim government, has come under severe criticism since an elected government under Prime Minister Tarique Rahman assumed office this February.The government will take steps regarding the trade agreement signed with Washington while preserving Bangladesh’s sovereignty and rights, ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) lawmaker and Economic Affairs Secretary of the party’s central comm…
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) China, including Hong Kong, accounted for 93 per cent of the value of all intellectual‑property infringing goods seized in 2024, a new report said, adding that the country’s dominance in the counterfeit economy threatens “international trade and consumer safety”.The report from Nepal-based media house Hamrakura cited a 2025 report that mentioned 37 online markets and 32 physical markets worldwide that facilitate counterfeiting, with China hosting some of the most notor…
Washington, May 28 (IANS) China has said President Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing early this month had produced progress on tariffs, trade mechanisms and educational exchanges, even as tensions persist over Taiwan and technology restrictions. China’s Deputy Ambassador to the United States, Qui Wenxing, on Wednesday (local time) described the recent summit between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping as “historic and successful”.Qui said Beijing believed the summit marked “a signific…