PARIS, 4 March 2025 (BSS/AFP) – Lithuania is set to become the first European Union nation to formally withdraw from a multilateral arms regulation treaty when it exits the international agreement prohibiting the use of cluster munitions on 6 March, citing growing security concerns. Since the United Nations was established 80 years ago, only five […]

CAIRO, 4 March 2025 (BSS/AFP) – Arab leaders are gathering in Cairo on Tuesday to devise an alternative to a widely condemned proposal by US President Donald Trump, which seeks to assume control of war-torn Gaza and displace its Palestinian population. The Arab League summit on the reconstruction of the territory follows Israeli Prime Minister […]

SYDNEY, 4 March 2025 (BSS/AFP) – A heavily populated stretch of Australia’s eastern coastline braced itself on Tuesday as a rare tropical cyclone threatened to make landfall—the first such event in the region in half a century. Tropical Cyclone Alfred was churning approximately 550 kilometres (340 miles) east of Brisbane, with meteorological models predicting its […]

WINDSOR, Canada, 4 March 2025 (BSS/AFP) – Residents of Windsor, the Canadian border city long intertwined with the US automotive industry, had clung to hope that President Donald Trump’s threats of tariffs on Canadian imports would not materialise. However, that optimism was shattered on Monday, sparking widespread fear and uncertainty. Trump initially announced sweeping tariffs […]

WASHINGTON, 4 March 2025 (BSS/AFP) – President Donald Trump has suspended military assistance to Ukraine, a senior US official revealed on Monday, significantly increasing pressure on Kyiv to engage in peace negotiations with Russia. The decision follows a dramatic public confrontation at the White House between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, as the US […]

WASHINGTON, 4 March 2025 (BSS/AFP) – The United States Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on Tuesday in a $10 billion lawsuit filed by Mexico, accusing American gun manufacturers of exacerbating drug trafficking and violence. The lawsuit, first filed in 2021, alleges that companies such as Smith & Wesson and the US firearms distributor […]