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New Delhi/Washington/Islamabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with US President Donald Trump over phone during which he conveyed that “extreme rhetoric and incitement to anti-India violence by certain leaders in the region was not conducive to peace”, in an obvious reference to the Pakistani leadership spewing anti-India venom over the Kashmir issue. Days after the […]

Washington: After speaking with the leaders of India and Pakistan and urging them to reduce tensions over Kashmir, US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would be meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the weekend at the G7 in France, and he would do his best to mediate in the issue. Addressing reporters in […]

Washington: President Donald Trump has indicated that the US forces will not completely withdraw from warn-torn Afghanistan and America will have “somebody there” to make sure that Taliban does not regain control. During the presidential election campaign in 2016, Trump had pledged to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan and end America’s longest war. The Trump […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump is “ready to assist” India and Pakistan over the Kashmir issue if both sides ask for it, the White House said on Thursday, even as Washington was “very closely” monitoring the situation. Tensions between India and Pakistan spiked after New Delhi abrogated provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution to […]

San Francisco: Facebook has banned conservative news outlet and US President Donald Trump supporter The Epoch Times from buying ads on its platform for violating its policies. The Epoch Times spent $2 million on Facebook ads supporting Trump and conspiracy theories about his political enemies, The NBC News reported on Friday. “Over the past year, […]

San Francisco: Some Apple products like AirPods, Apple Watch, HomePods and iMac computers were likely to get costlier as the new 15 per cent US tariffs on Chinese products came into effect from Sunday. Apple has its products assembled by Foxconn in China. “For products covered by Annex A of the August 20, 2019 notice […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump said he has cancelled a peace deal with the Taliban. In a series of tweets, Trump said he had been set to meet senior Taliban leaders at Camp David on Sunday. However, he cancelled the meeting and called off negotiations after the group admitted to an attack in Kabul that […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump has once again offered to help ease tensions between India and Pakistan over the Kashmir issue, even after New Delhi has reiterated that it was a bilateral matter. While addressing the media at the White House on Monday, Trump said: “I am willing to help them if they want. They […]

Geneva: India and Pakistan are set to battle it out over Jammu and Kashmir at the UN Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) on Tuesday, with Islamabad desperately trying to internationalise the abolition of special status of the state. Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi is expected to make a statement on Jammu and Kashmir, after which […]

Washington: The US Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the administration to enforce new asylum rules, which would cut down the number of asylum seekers, in a major political victory for President Donald Trump. The decision allows the Trump administration to implement its policy while the litigation process in lower courts is on. Two of the […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump on Saturday confirmed that Hamza bin Laden, the son of slain al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, was killed in an American counter-terrorism operation along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. The confirmation of Hamza’s death has come more than a month after the US media reported that he was killed, citing the US […]

New Delhi/Washington: The White House has confirmed President Donald Trump’s attendance at the September 22 ‘Howdy Modi’ event organised by the Indian diaspora in Houston, adding that his participation would be “a great opportunity to emphasize strong ties” between the two nations. The White House said in a statement that President Trump “will travel to […]

Washington: The US is “locked and loaded” to respond to the unprecedented drone strikes on key Saudi oil facilities, President Donald Trump has warned, a day after his top diplomat blamed Iran for the crippling attack that has led to the biggest surge in crude oil prices since the Gulf War. The attacks on Saturday […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump’s decision to join Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the mega diaspora event “Howdy, Mody!” in Houston on September 22, suggests that Trump considers Modi to be his friend and ally, a former top Pakistani diplomat said Monday. “President Trump is signalling clearly that while he may have hosted (Pakistan) Prime […]

Kabul: The Taliban have said that their “doors are open” in case US President Donald Trump wants to resume peace talks in the future, hours after two attacks claimed by the terror group killed 48 people in Afghanistan. Peace talks between Washington and the Taliban to reach a deal on the withdrawal of thousands of […]