Author: Daily Sabah With Reuters
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he will in the very near future announce tariffs on automobiles, aluminum and pharmaceuticals. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said the United States would need all those products if there were problems including wars. “We’ve been ripped off by every country,” Trump said as he presided over a meeting of his Cabinet. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, speaking at the same meeting, said that on April 2, which Trump has targeted to impose a slew of tariffs, the United States will launch what he called “the external revenue service.” The U.S.…
After 38 days in hospital battling double pneumonia almost entirely out of sight, Pope Francis made his first public appearance on Sunday since February 14 and returned to the Vatican. But with his doctors prescribing the 88-year-old pontiff another two months of rest to allow his ageing body to fully heal, it is unclear how often people will get to see the leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics in the coming weeks. The pope left Rome’s Gemelli hospital on Sunday and returned to the Casa Santa Marta (St. Martha’s House), a small building at the Vatican which has been…
The Israeli military said its forces had fired on Monday at a building belonging to the Red Cross in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah as a result of incorrect identification, after an office belonging to the aid organisation was damaged by an explosive projectile. The International Committee of the Red Cross said no one had been injured, but that the attack had had a direct impact on its ability to operate. The Israeli military said its forces had fired at the building after identifying suspects and sensing a threat. After examination, it turned out the identification was incorrect. “The structure’s…
The Hamas resistance group is responsible for the renewed fighting in Gaza after rejecting efforts to move forward with what had been an “acceptable deal,” U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff said on Sunday, even as he said he would be open to new outreach. “So this is on Hamas. The United States stands with the state of Israel,” Witkoff told Fox News. “Hamas had every opportunity to demilitarize, to accept the bridging proposal.” After weeks of relative calm in the Gaza Strip, following a ceasefire deal reached in January, attempts to agree an extension of the halt in fighting stalled…
Russia launched 147 drones overnight targeting several Ukrainian regions, Ukraine’s air force said on Sunday. Ukrainian air defence units destroyed 97 of the drones, while 25 did not reach their targets, the air force said in a post on the Telegram messaging app.
New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sunday called a snap election for April 28, saying he needed a strong mandate to deal with the threat that U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs pose to the economy. Although the next election was not due until October 20, Carney is hoping to capitalize on a remarkable recovery by his Liberal party in the polls since January, when Trump began threatening Canada and former prime minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation. “We are facing the most significant crisis of our lifetimes because of President Trump’s unjustified trade actions and his threats to our…
U.S. President Donald Trump’s outreach to Iran’s top authority, Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on a possible new nuclear deal is an effort to avoid military action, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff said on Sunday. “We don’t need to solve everything militarily,” Witkoff told Fox News. “Our signal to Iran is let’s sit down and see if we can, through dialogue, through diplomacy, get to the right place. If we can, we are prepared to do that. And if we can’t, the alternative is not a great alternative.” Trump said earlier this month that he had sent a letter to…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met with Russia’s top security adviser Sergei Shoigu on Friday, and said North Korea will continue to support Russia’s struggle to protect national sovereignty, North Korean state media KCNA said on Saturday. Shoigu travelled to North Korea and discussed Ukraine with Kim, Russia’s TASS news agency had reported on Friday. Kim and Shoigu discussed ways to further expand and strengthen exchanges and cooperation between Russia and North Korea in various fields including in security, KCNA said, without elaborating.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met with Russia’s top security adviser Sergei Shoigu on Friday, and said North Korea will continue to support Russia’s struggle to protect national sovereignty, North Korean state media KCNA said on Saturday. Shoigu travelled to North Korea and discussed Ukraine with Kim, Russia’s TASS news agency had reported on Friday. Kim and Shoigu discussed ways to further expand and strengthen exchanges and cooperation between Russia and North Korea in various fields including in security, KCNA said, without elaborating.
Ukrainian air defences destroyed 100 of 179 drones launched by Russia during an overnight attack, Kyiv’s air force said on Saturday. Another 63 drones were “locationally lost”, typically a result of electronic jamming, and damage was reported in the Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Sumy and Kyiv regions of Ukraine, the air force said.