US President Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) emphasised the need for a deal with Iran, warning that failure to reach an agreement could be "traumatic." Speaking to reporters, Trump described his recent meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as "very good." He said, "We have to make a deal, otherwise it is going to be very tra
13 February,2026 12:50 PM IST | Washington | ANIEuropean Union leaders have broadly agreed on a plan to restructure the 27-nation bloc's economy to make it more competitive as they face antagonism from US President Donald Trump, strong-arm tactics from China and hybrid threats blamed on Russia. Meeting in a Belgian castle on Thursday, the EU leaders agreed an "action plan" with a strict timelin
13 February,2026 12:49 PM IST | Belgium | APUS President Donald Trump on Thursday announced that he will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in April, with Xi expected to visit the United States later this year. While addressing reporters, Trump said, " I'll be visiting President Xi Jinping in April. He's coming here later in the year, and I look forward to it. Our relationship with China is v
13 February,2026 12:47 PM IST | Washington | ANIFormer US president Barack Obama on Thursday warned that Donald Trump's decision to repeal a landmark scientific finding underpinning climate regulations would leave Americans "less safe, less healthy." The endangerment finding, issued under the Obama administration, determined that greenhouse gases threaten public health and welfare by driving cl
13 February,2026 11:36 AM IST | Washington, United States | AFPPresident Donald Trump said that he will visit China in April for a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Xi is expected to visit the United States later this year. “Yeah, I’ll be visiting President Xi in April. I look forward to it. He's coming here later in the year, and I look very much forward to it,” Trump told rep
13 February,2026 11:14 AM IST | Washington | IANSLeaders from across the European Union were set to meet on Thursday in the Belgian 16th-century Alden Biesen Castle as the bloc faces antagonism from US President Donald Trump, strong-arm economic tactics from China, and hybrid threats from Russia that have prompted a rethink of Europe’s approach to diplomacy and trade. “We all know we
13 February,2026 08:42 AM IST | Brussels | AgenciesThe United States and Mexico seized several tons of cocaine from a ship in a "coordinated operation" in the Pacific Ocean, the Mexican navy said Wednesday. The unusual joint action comes despite tensions between the two countries, with US President Donald Trump vowing to strike Mexican drug cartels that he said posed a grave threat to national sec
12 February,2026 12:46 PM IST | Mexico | AFPUS President Donald Trump has hailed the trade deal with India as "historic" and said America will increase its coal exports dramatically to the country and to others with which it has trade agreements. "And under our leadership, we're becoming a massive energy exporter. In just the past few months, we've made historic trade deals with Japan, Kore
12 February,2026 09:14 AM IST | New York | PTIIran marked the 47th anniversary of its 1979 Islamic Revolution on Wednesday as the country’s theocracy remains under pressure, both from US President Donald Trump and public angr over Tehran’s bloody crackdown on nationwide protests. During a ceremony, Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian apologised to “those affected”
12 February,2026 08:13 AM IST | Dubai | AgenciesIran and the United States are weighing holding a second round of talks over Tehran's nuclear program after Israel launched a 12-day war on the country in June and the Islamic Republic carried out a bloody crackdown on nationwide protests. U.S. President Donald Trump has kept up pressure on Iran, moving an aircraft carrier and other military asset
11 February,2026 11:05 PM IST | Dubai | APLeader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said that if an INDIA bloc government had negotiated an agreement with the US, it would have ensured an arrangement on “equal” terms and would not have allowed India to be treated “equal to Pakistan”, asserting that it would have taken every possible step to saf
11 February,2026 03:03 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondentADVERTISEMENT
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