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March 8, 2025 3:24 PM

South Korea’s President Yoon free, trials continue after court quashes detention

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol walked out of a detention centre in Seoul on Saturday after prosecutors decided not to appeal a court decision to cancel the impeached leader's arrest warrant on insurrection charges. Yoon remains suspended from ...

March 8, 2025 11:26 AM

US President Donald Trump threatens Russia with sanctions

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday threatened sweeping sanctions against Russia until a ceasefire and a final settlement are reached with Ukraine. “Based on the fact that Russia is absolutely ‘pounding’ Ukraine on the battlefield right ...

March 7, 2025 10:17 PM

India and Bhutan discuss technological and capacity building collaboration on boundary-related work

India and Bhutan on Friday discussed boundary-related field matters while expressing satisfaction at the work completed by respective field survey teams and other stakeholders on the issue. The two sides also discussed the potential for technologica...

March 7, 2025 4:21 PM

Bangladesh police use tear gas to disperse Islamist march in Dhaka

Police in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka used tear gas and sound grenades on Friday to disperse hundreds of members of the banned militant group Hizb-ut-Tahrir seeking to march to demand the country's secular democracy be replaced by an Islamic caliphate...

March 7, 2025 3:08 PM

Discovery of World War 2 bomb near major Paris train station disrupts services

The discovery of an unexploded bomb dating back to World War Two has disrupted morning traffic to and from Paris' bustling Gare du Nord train station, the French national railway company said on Friday. The disruption is affecting local metro lines,...

March 7, 2025 3:25 PM

Convergence with Europe on the rise: Jaishankar speaks at University College Dublin

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Friday highlighted India’s growing convergence with Europe and the expansion of the Indian economy in his speech at University College Dublin, Ireland. He recalled European Commission President Ursula von ...

March 7, 2025 12:50 PM

Trump signs order to establish strategic bitcoin reserve

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to establish a strategic bitcoin reserve, a day before meeting with executives from the cryptocurrency industry at the White House. The reserve will be capitalized with bitcoin owned ...

March 7, 2025 11:08 AM

South Korea court cancels President Yoon’s arrest warrant, Yonhap says

A South Korean court cancelled on Friday impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol's arrest warrant, paving the way for his release from jail after he was arrested in mid-January on insurrection charges over his brief imposition of martial law, Yonhap News A...

March 7, 2025 10:47 AM

Push for permanent US daylight saving time frozen as Trump says Americans are divided

A three-year congressional effort to make daylight saving time permanent in the United States appears to have halted, with President Donald Trump saying on Thursday that Americans are evenly divided over the issue. Daylight saving time - putting the...

March 7, 2025 12:11 PM

Trump: If NATO members don’t pay, US won’t defend them

U.S. President Donald Trump cast doubt on Thursday on his willingness to defend Washington's NATO allies, saying he would not do so if they are not paying enough for their own defense. "It's common sense, right," Trump told reporters in the Oval Off...

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