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Malaysia among countries in US trade investigations that could lead to new tariffs
WASHINGTON, March 12 — US President Donald Trump’s administration said today it was launching two new trade investigations into excess industrial capacity in 16 major trading partners and into forced labour, to rebuild tariff pressure after the US Supreme Court
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Five merchant ships attacked in Gulf, Strait of Hormuz as war threatens key shipping route
DUBAI/BASRA, March 12 — Iranian explosive-laden boats appear to have attacked two fuel tankers in Iraqi waters setting them ablaze and killing one crew member yesterday, after projectiles struck three vessels in Gulf waters, said port, maritime security and risk
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US ignites Iran war, but Gulf Arab states pay the price, Gulf sources say, as fallout spreads
DUBAI, March 11 — The US may have pulled the trigger on the Iran war, but it is the oil-producing Gulf that will pay the price, Gulf sources and analysts say, signalling unease in ties between a region under Iranian
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China warns US military is giving AI ‘power over life and death’, risking ‘Terminator‑style’ dystopia
BEIJING, March 11 — China warned the United States today that the excessive use of artificial intelligence in its military could plunge the world into a Terminator-like dystopian future. US President Donald Trump’s administration has sought the unconditional use of AI
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Kremlin alleges UK involvement in Ukraine’s missile strike on Bryansk, warns it will ‘take it into account’
MOSCOW, March 11 — The Kremlin today accused British specialists of involvement in a deadly Ukrainian strike on the Russian city of Bryansk that used British Storm Shadow missiles and said it would take Britain’s role “into account”. The Bryansk
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Newly released documents reveal foreign hacker breached FBI’s Epstein files in 2023, raising intelligence concerns
WASHINGTON, March 11 — A foreign hacker compromised files relating to the FBI’s investigation of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during a break-in at the bureau’s New York Field Office three years ago, according to a source familiar with
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Thai navy says cargo ship attacked near Strait of Hormuz, 20 crew rescued, three missing
BANGKOK, March 11 — A Thai bulk carrier travelling in the crucial Strait of Hormuz was attacked today, with 20 crew members rescued so far, the Thai navy said. Photos shared by the Royal Thai Navy showed heavy black smoke
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Iran’s new supreme leader ‘safe and sound’ despite war injury reports, says president’s son
TEHRAN, March 11 — Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei is “safe and sound” despite reports of an injury during the war with Israel and the United States, said the son of the Iranian president today. “I heard news that
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Iran launches major attacks on Israel and Gulf states as global oil markets reel
TEHRAN, MArch 11 — Iran unleashed a wave of attacks against Israel and Gulf nations today, including targeting a Saudi oilfield, as reports of a proposed record release of oil reserves helped calm markets and prices. The war sparked by
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Six dead, five injured after bus bursts into flames in Switzerland, police suspect deliberate act
KERZERS, March 11 — A bus caught fire in western Switzerland yesterday, killing at least six people and injuring five others in what police said may have been a deliberate act. The fire broke out on the bus in the main street
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