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US military completes latest strikes on Iran; Tehran vows retaliation after wedding home hit, killing five

By Odisha News Online Sep 2, 2026 60

WASHINGTON, SEP 2 : The US military hit targets in Iran on Tuesday and Tehran fired missiles and drones at various sites across the region in response as hostilities flare once again in an intermittent war that has lasted more than six months. One US strike hit a home hosting a wedding, killing five people […]Continue Reading

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‘Not going to deter me from winning Iran war’: Trump after White House dinner shooting

By Odisha News Online Apr 26, 2026 173

WASHINGTON, APR 27 :  US President Donald Trump said Saturday the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner would not deter him from the Iran war, although he believed the incident was unlikely linked to the conflict. “It’s not going to deter me from winning the war in Iran. I don’t know if that […]Continue Reading

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Trump tariffs struck down: The $133 billion refund problem now facing US

By Odisha News Online Feb 21, 2026 264

WASHINGTON, FEB 21 : The US Supreme Court on Friday struck down President Donald Trump’s biggest and boldest tariffs. But the justices left a $133 billion question unanswered: What’s going to happen to the money the government has already collected in import taxes now declared unlawful? Companies have been lining up for refunds. But the […]Continue Reading

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With fragile Gaza ceasefire taking hold, Trump says he’s now looking to ‘get Russia done’

By Odisha News Online Oct 16, 2025 268

WASHINGTON, OCT 16 : With a fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage deal holding, US President Donald Trump says he’s now turning his attention to bringing Russia’s war on Ukraine to an end and is weighing providing Kyiv long-range weaponry as he looks to prod Moscow to the negotiating table. Ending the wars in Ukraine and […]Continue Reading

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Trump announces 100% tariffs on pharmaceutical drugs, 50% on kitchen cabinets, furniture and 25% on heavy trucks

By Odisha News Online Sep 26, 2025 485

WASHINGTON, SEP 26 : President Donald Trump has said that he will put import taxes of 100 per cent on pharmaceutical drugs, 50 per cent on kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities, 30 per cent on upholstered furniture and 25 per cent on heavy trucks starting on October 1. The posts on his social media site […]Continue Reading

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Assassination of Charlie Kirk adds to America’s roll call of public violence

By Odisha News Online Sep 11, 2025 540

WASHINGTON, SEP 11 : In the tragic roll call of violence in American public life, Charlie Kirk’s name joins what has fast become a long list. The influential 31-year old commentator, who cast his young professional life rousing other young people to embrace or debate his brand of conservatism, was slain doing what he does […]Continue Reading

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Trump’s personal rapport with Modi ‘gone now’, says former US NSA Bolton

By Odisha News Online Sep 4, 2025 541

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, SEP 4 : President Donald Trump had a very good personal relationship with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but “that’s gone now”, US’ former National Security Adviser John Bolton has said, cautioning that close ties with the American leader “won’t protect” world leaders from the “worst”. Bolton’s remarks Continue Reading

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We get along with India very well but relationship was ‘one-sided’: Donald Trump

By Odisha News Online Sep 3, 2025 579

NEW YORK,SEP 3 :  Washington US President Donald Trump said America gets along with India very well but the relationship was “one-sided” for many years since New Delhi was charging Washington “tremendous tariffs”. “No, we get along with India very well,” Trump said in the White House on Tuesday in response to a question on […]Continue Reading

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Trump claims ‘five jets were shot down’ in India-Pak standoff; renews claim of halting conflict

By Odisha News Online Jul 19, 2025 390

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, JUL 19 : In a fresh claim, US President Donald Trump said “five jets were shot down” during the conflict between India and Pakistan in May and repeated his assertion that the fighting ended following his intervention. The US president did not specify whether the jets were lost by either of the two […]Continue Reading

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Iran-Israel conflict: Tehran announces cessation of hostilities, says fought till last moment of ceasefire; Israel’s response awaited

By Odisha News Online Jun 24, 2025 615

WASHINGTON, JUN 24 : President Donald Trump on Monday declared the “12 day war” between Israel and Iran was set to end in a ceasefire, holding the announcement out as validation for his strategic gamble of ordering a devastating U.S. airstrike over the weekend on three Iranian nuclear sites. “It has been fully agreed by […]Continue Reading