Gen Soleimani played a key role bolstering Bashar al-Assad’s Iranian-supported government in the Syrian Civil War.
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2019 in Review: Trump, Modi at Howdy event symbolised growing ties
The New Delhi-Washington ties also weathered Trump’s quirky attempts at becoming an interlocutor between India and Pakistan on Kashmir, even claiming that Modi had asked him to be an arbitrator — an assertion dismissed by India — and his barbs on trade policies and climate change.
100,000 flee homes as Turkey steps up Syria offensive
Turkey defended its offensive as a bid to create a “safe zone” free of Kurdish militias which could also house Syrian refugees.
Nancy Pelosi doesn’t back down, goes for the kill
Speaker of the House of Representatives and Donald Trump’s principal bete noire Nancy Pelosi is not lying down and rolling over in the joust with the President.
US President Donald Trump hails Indian-Americans for revolutionizing technology
Thousands of Indians are working at some top American tech firms that are run by Indian-origin CEOs like Satya Nadella at Microsoft, Sundar Pichai at Google and Shantanu Narayen at Adobe, among others.
US President Donald Trump trolled after he claims moon part of Mars
Mars has two moons – Phobos and Deimos – however, the Moon which orbits the Earth is not a part of the Red Planet.
Huawei could be part of US-China trade deal: Donald Trump
“Huawei is something that’s very dangerous” from a security standpoint, Trump told reporters on Thursday.
Trump donates part of salary to Homeland Security
US President Donald Trump has said that he would be donating part of his annual presidential salary to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). On Monday, Trump posted a photo on Twitter of a cheque for $100,000 — one quarter of his annual $400,000 salary — made out to DHS,[Read More…]
Donald Trump called Apple CEO ‘Tim Apple’ to ‘save time’
Washington: US President Donald Trump has hit back at the media attention he generated when he appeared to flub Apple CEO Tim Cook’s name, claiming he meant to call the executive “Tim Apple” in order to “save time and words”. “At a recent round table meeting of business executives and[Read More…]
Trump announces plans to end $5.6 bn preferential trade programme for India
By Arul Louis New York: US President Donald Trump has announced that he was ending India’s $5.6 billion trade concessions under the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) programme accusing New Delhi of not providing Washington “equitable and reasonable access” to its markets. Trump, who is on a mission to expand[Read More…]
Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman likely to return home with American intervention, interprets Omar Abdullah
“So the US has secured the release of our pilot & in turn India has agreed to deescalate is how I read this statement from Trump”, tweeted, Omar Abdullah
Trump ramps up pressure on Venezuela’s Maduro
Washington: US President Donald Trump on Monday urged Venezuelan military officials to back the country’s self-declared interim president Juan Guaido and allow humanitarian aid to flow into Venezuela. Speaking in Miami as humanitarian aid remained stalled at the Venezuelan border, Trump decried President Nicolas Maduro as a “Cuban puppet” and[Read More…]
Trump to declare ’emergency’ over Mexico border wall
Washington: US President Donald Trump will declare a national emergency to fund his planned border wall with Mexico, the White House has said. He will sign a border security bill to avert a government shutdown, but also act to bypass Congress and use military funds for the wall, a statement[Read More…]
Trump nominates Malpass to head World Bank
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced that he has chosen David Malpass, undersecretary for international affairs at the US Treasury Department, as the US candidate for the next president of the World Bank. Calling Malpass a “very extraordinary man,” Trump said in a statement at the White House that[Read More…]
Trump to nominate David Bernhardt as US secretary of interior
Washington: US President Donald Trump said that he will nominate David Bernhardt, acting secretary of the Department of Interior, to lead the agency. “David has done a fantastic job from the day he arrived,” Trump wrote on Twitter on Monday afternoon. “We look forward to having his nomination officially confirmed!”[Read More…]
Trump to announce date, venue of second meeting with Kim next week
US President Donald Trump has said the date and location of his second meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un have been decided, and will be announced next week. “We’ll be announcing the location and… the exact date it will be… it’ll be end of February,” Trump told reporters at[Read More…]
God wanted Donald Trump to become President: White House official
Washington: White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said she believes that God wanted President Donald Trump to win the 2016 election, the media reported. “I think God calls all of us to fill different roles at different times and I think that he wanted Donald Trump to become President,[Read More…]
Trump expresses desire to meet Imran Khan: Pakistani Official
Addressing the weekly briefing here, the spokesperson Mohammad Faisal said that during his recent visit to Pakistan, US Senator Lindsey Graham, discussed Trump’s interest in meeting with Khan, however, date and venue have not been finalized yet. “There are no dates, as of now, for this meeting. A lot of[Read More…]
Trump hosted fast-food dinner for college football team
Washington, US President Donald Trump hosted a fast-food dinner for a university football team during their national championship celebration at the White House, the media reported. Before the dinner on Monday night, Trump told the media earlier in the day that he was serving “McDonald’s, Wendy’s and Burger King’s with[Read More…]
US begins withdrawing some military equipment from Syria
Washington/Damascus, The first US military ground equipment has been withdrawn from Syria, signaling the beginning of the drawdown ordered by President Donald Trump, according to an administration official. “Some cargo has already moved,” the official told CNN on Friday. Due to security concerns, the official would not describe exactly what[Read More…]
Modi, Trump agree to further boost India-US ties
New Delhi, Days after US President Donald Trump’s jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over India’s role in ensuring peace and stability in Afghanistan, the two leaders agreed to further strengthen bilateral relations in the year ahead. According to a statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office on Tuesday, Modi[Read More…]
Not concerned about Apple’s stock price slump: Donald Trump
Washington, Even as Apple Inc.’s shares fell after it lowered its revenue estimate for the first quarter of fiscal 2019, President Donald Trump has said he is not bothered about the tech giant’s concerns, the media reported. Claiming that Apple mostly makes its products in China, Trump told reporters at[Read More…]
Donald Trump takes a jibe at PM Modi for funding Afghanistan library, wonders “Who’s using it?”
Calling the aid “of no use,” US President Donald Trump mocked the Indian Prime Minister for funding the library in the war-torn country Afghanistan. Speaking on the role of countries to facilitate dialogue with Afghanistan, Trump, who was addressing his first Cabinet meeting of the year, said, “I could give[Read More…]
Maverick Trump does it again, pushes West Asia into deep gorge of instability
All learned pundits of foreign relations are shocked; majority of international community members are stunned; close American allies are traumatized and they are scrambling for words to respond to President Donald Trump’s sudden decision to pull out US troops from Syria. They were not prepared for such unpredictability of the[Read More…]
Trump defends Syria pullout, says US can’t be world’s policeman
Washington, US President Donald Trump on Wednesday confirmed his decision to withdraw US troops from Syria and said that his country cannot be the world’s policeman in a surprise visit to troops deployed in Iraq. Trump made his remarks to reporters after arriving with first lady Melania Trump about 7:16[Read More…]