Donald Trump has claimed that he asked Emmanuel Macron to remove the 3 per cent tax on US tech giants or stay ready to face duties in the American market.
Washington and Tehran are at odds over the release of frozen Iranian assets ahead of the formal signing of their peace agreement in Geneva, exposing early tensions in the implementation process.
Indian markets opened sharply higher as investors welcomed easing tensions in West Asia, lower crude oil prices and reports of a breakthrough between the United States and Iran.
Asian markets recorded strong gains and oil prices dropped after Donald Trump announced a peace framework with Iran and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump said the US-Iran peace deal was complete and ordered the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, while Tehran said further negotiations would depend on Washington fulfilling its commitments.
The US has secured initial backing for the plan from Arab and Muslim partners needed for the postwar management of Gaza.
The recent decision by the United States to raise the H-1B visa fee to an unprecedented $100,000 per worker is another reminder of how disruptive economic nationalism can be when it collides with the realities of a global economy.
Netanyahu, meanwhile, maintained that Israel is "not done yet" in its war against Hamas.
US President Donald Trump announced a 100 percent tariff on "branded and patented pharmaceutical imports," effective October 1, 2025, unless companies establish manufacturing facilities in the United States.
US President Donald Trump on Thursday hosted Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Army Chief General Asim Munir at the Oval Office in Washington, marking Sharif’s first meeting with a US President and the first such engagement between the two countries' leaders in six years.
