NEW YORK — US President Donald Trump has brokered several peace deals, including the “very dangerous ones like India and Pakistan”, and deserves “tremendous credit” for reshaping America’s foreign policy, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said. During a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Tuesday, Rubio said for the first time in decades, […]
WASHINGTON — Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, accompanied by Field Marshal Asim Munir, met US President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday during his visit to the United States for the 80th United Nations General Assembly session. He made a brief visit to Washington from New York for the meeting with Trump on […]
UNITED NATIONS — China and India are the “primary funders” of the Ukraine war by continuing to purchase Russian oil, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday (September 23, 2025) in his address to the UN General Assembly. The Trump administration has imposed an additional 25% tariff on New Delhi as a penalty for its […]
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump vetoed an Israeli plan to assassinate Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a senior US official told AFP Sunday. “We found out that the Israelis had plans to hit Iran’s supreme leader. President Trump was against it and we told the Israelis not to,” said the US official, speaking […]
WASHINGTON — Despite India’s repeated dismissal of external involvement in the bilateral Kashmir dispute, US State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce raked it up, saying that it wouldn’t be a surprise if US President Donald Trump tried to mediate. Replying to a question at her regular briefing on Tuesday, about what the reporter asserted was Trump’s […]
NEW YORK — US President Donald Trump has said there has always been tensions between India and Pakistan and the two countries will figure it out between themselves “one way or the other”. Trump made these remarks on Friday after he was asked about tensions between India and Pakistan in the wake of the Pahalgam […]
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened further destruction of Gaza if all remaining hostages are not released, and issued an ultimatum to Hamas leaders to flee. Strongly backing Israel as a ceasefire teeters, Trump said he was “sending Israel everything it needs to finish the job” as his administration expedites billions of […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump berated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for being “disrespectful” Friday in an extraordinary Oval Office meeting, then abruptly called off the signing of a minerals deal that Trump said would have moved Ukraine closer to ending its war with Russia. The astonishing turn of events could scramble affairs in Europe and […]
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump has asked the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries to cut the prices of oil, arguing that it would stop the Russia-Ukraine war. He had made a similar claim earlier, too. Addressing the annual World Economic Forum at Davos in Switzerland via video conference, Trump accused the OPEC+ alliance […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order directing the United States to withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO), a body he has repeatedly criticized over its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. Speaking at the White House hours after his inauguration, Trump said the United States was paying far more to […]