Israel blocks aid trucks into Gaza
GAZA, Mar 02 (Reuters/AFP): Israel blocked the entry of aid trucks into Gaza on Sunday as a standoff over the truce that has halted fighting for the past six weeks escalated, with Hamas calling on Egyptian and Qatari mediators to intervene.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said earlier that it...
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Iran’s parliament fires FinMin
TEHRAN, Mar 02 (AP): Iran's parliament on Sunday impeached the country's finance minister and voted to remove him from office amid growing concerns over the crashing rial and accusations of mismanagement.Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf announced that 182 out of 273 lawmakers voted to dismiss Abdolnasser Hemmati, just six months...
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UK and France to discuss Ukraine war with Trump
LONDON, Mar 02 (AP/BBC): Britain, France and Ukraine have agreed to work on a ceasefire plan to present to the United States, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Sunday as he prepared to host a summit of European leaders to discuss ending the war.The summit has been overshadowed by the...
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US judge rules against Trump
WASHINGTON, Mar 02 (AFP): A federal judge ruled Saturday that limits on President Donald Trump's power to fire the head of an independent watchdog agency are constitutional, teeing up a likely Supreme Court showdown.The case revolves around the White House's February 7 dismissal of Hampton Dellinger, chief of the Office...
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NEWS IN BRIEF-2025-03-03
Nations fail to break deadlock on UNclimate report timingBANGKOK, Mar 02: Nations failed to break a deadlock over the timing of the UN's next blockbuster assessment of climate change science after a marathon meeting in China that US envoys skipped. At issue was whether the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...
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