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Trump says Modi feels he has ‘it under control’ in Kashmir

Shawdesh Desk: US President Donald Trump said Monday he had no need to help mediate between Pakistan and India over tensions in disputed Kashmir because prime minister Narendra Modi feels

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Trump switches tone on Iran, raising hopes at G7

Shawdesh Desk: US president Donald Trump said Monday he had agreed to the Iranian foreign minister flying in for a G7 summit and insisted he was not seeking regime change

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G7 wrestles with Iran, Amazon fires and trade

Shawdesh Desk: G7 leaders close their summit Monday with discussion of world problems including the fires ravaging the Amazon rainforest, but overshadowed by President Donald Trump’s trade wars and questions

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UK PM to request Trump de-escalate trade tensions

Shawdesh Desk: British prime minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday he would tell president Donald Trump at this weekend’s G7 summit to pull back from a trade war that is

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Trump scraps Denmark tour as Danes refuse selling Greenland

Shawdesh Desk: US president Donald Trump Tuesday postponed a planned visit to Denmark after Danish officials insisted its autonomous territory of Greenland was not for sale. Trump’s decision confirms just

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Iranian tanker departs as Gibraltar rejects US demand

Shawdesh Desk: The Iranian oil tanker at the centre of a diplomatic dispute has departed from Gibraltar after the British overseas territory rejected a US demand to seize the vessel.

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US stocks end turbulent week with broad gains

Shawdesh Desk: You’re not the only one confused about where the economy is headed. Just look at the stock market, where perplexed investors have been sending stocks on a wild

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US justice department issues warrant to seize Iranian oil tanker

Shawdesh Desk: The United States justice department unveiled a warrant Friday for the seizure of the Iranian oil supertanker Grace 1, one day after a Gibraltar judge allowed the release

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