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Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Reliance Industries are not accepting offers from traders for Russian oil loading in March and April, says a trader

Lewis, a former Dow Jones chief executive and publisher of the Wall Street Journal, was appointed to the role at the Washington Post in 2023 as the newspaper was suffering steep financial losses

Netanyahu's office says both leaders will discuss negotiations with Iran during the meeting

Ukraine says ceding ground will embolden Moscow and so it will not sign an agreement that fails to deter Russia from invading again

India-US joint statement did not mention India’s Russian oil purchases or a formal pledge from India to confirm the move

A planned White House-backed Gaza meeting raises concerns about Trump’s new global peace initiative

Washington and Tehran signal openness to further talks after indirect negotiations in Oman, despite new sanctions

Marco Rubio says all countries share responsibility for strategic stability, especially China

US envoy Steve Witkoff, with Jared Kushner, and Iran’s FM Abbas Araghchi lead their delegations in talks

Social media users have amplified AI-generated images purporting to show the convicted sex offender socializing with politicians such as New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his mother, award-winning filmmaker Mira Nair

Trump administration presses for a new treaty to include China, whose arsenal is growing but still significantly smaller than those of Russia and the United States

Final preparations under way for Friday's meeting in Oman amid heightened tensions as the US builds up forces in the Middle East

HRW says tough-on-crime policies in Latin America have raised rights violations

Since taking office, Trump has withdrawn the United States from dozens of global and UN entities

Fresh Epstein files surface as Bill Gates apologizes for meetings and rejects allegations made in draft emails