February 14, 2025

Hamas willing to move ahead with Gaza deal "The Palestinian resistance group Hamas has signalled that a crisis threatening to unravel the Gaza ceasefire deal could be avoided despite uncertainty over the number of hostages due to be released on Saturday and disagreements over aid supplies. Hamas said it did not want the deal to collapse, though it rejected what it called the ""language of threats and intimidation"" from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump." Erdogan, Sharif pledge stronger Türkiye-Pakistan ties in Islamabad "Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral relations and expanding economic cooperation. Turkish President said during a joint news conference in Islamabad that the two countries agree to increase efforts to reach the target of $5 billion in trade volume. Erdogan underscored the importance of private-sector collaboration, encouraging Turkish investors to expand their activities in Pakistan." Trump offers F-35 jets, trade deal to India in talks with Modi "US President Donald Trump has offered to sell state-of-the-art fighter jets to India as he and Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to ramp up trade, rekindling a bond that defies the new US administration's punitive approach to much of the world. Trump, who hours before meeting Modi complained about Indian tariffs, agreed with Modi that the two countries would work together on a trade deal." Trump wants denuclearisation talks with Russia's Putin and China's Xi "US President Donald Trump has said he wants to hold talks with Russia and China on a mutual reduction in military spending, with a possible summit for the countries' leaders. Outlining his vision for a shake-up in the world order, Trump also said he would ""love"" to have Russia back in the G7, from which it was suspended in 2014 after Moscow annexed Ukraine's Crimea peninsula. Trump also said he would consider a summit with Putin and China's Xi Jinping when things calm down." US inks plans for 'reciprocal tariffs' "US President Donald Trump has inked plans for sweeping ""reciprocal tariffs"" hitting both allies and competitors, in a dramatic escalation of an international trade war that economists warn could fuel inflation at home. Speaking in the Oval Office on Trump said he had decided to impose the reciprocal duties, telling reporters that US allies were often ""worse than enemies"" on trade issues. ""We had a very unfair system to us,"" Trump said in the Oval Office."