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Prez Donald Trump nominates Paul Kapur as key US diplomat for South Asian Affairs

The Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs deals with US foreign policy and US relations with the countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Indian-origin Kapur, if confirmed by the Senate, will replace Donald Lu.

Israel threatens to end ceasefire if Hamas does not release hostages by Feb 15

Netanyahu on Feb 11 said that his military would resume intense fighting until the group is crushed and defeated after Hamas's announcement that it was postponing freeing more hostages until further notice.

UK follows Trump's footsteps, cracks down on illegal migrants

The UK Home Office reported that it raided 828 premises this year which is a 48% rise as compared to January 2024. It also released a video showing illegal immigrants who are to be deported being taken off a bus and climbing the stairs of the plane.

Trump declares Feb 9 as ‘Gulf of America Day’ after he renames ‘Gulf of Mexico’

The White House in a post on X informed that Air Force One, while on the way to the Super Bowl in New Orleans, flew over the international waters for “the first time in history flying over the recently renamed Gulf of America”.

Netanyahu hails Trump’s ‘revolutionary, creative’ Gaza plan, German Chancellor calls it ‘scandal’

Last week, Trump sparked a diplomatic backlash after he proposed to move the Gazans out of the territory to other countries in the region, while the United States would take charge of redeveloping it turning it into "the Riviera of the Middle East.”

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US will impose 25% tariff on all steel and aluminium imports: Donald Trump

In his first tenure, Trump imposed a 25% tariff on steel while it was 10% on aluminium. He had, however, granted duty-free quotas to several partners like Canada, Mexico, and Brazil.

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After 491 days in captivity, freed Israeli man returns home to find his wife, daughters dead

Eli Sharabi was among three hostages freed by Hamas as part of the latest prisoner exchange deal, which saw Israel release 183 Palestinian prisoners under an internationally brokered ceasefire agreement.