Tag Archives: US

BERLIN: Taliban founder Mullah Omar lived within walking distance of US bases in Afghanistan for years, according to a new book that highlights embarrassing failures of American intelligence. Washington believed the one-eyed, fugitive leader had fled to Pakistan, but the new biography says Omar was in fact living just three ...

WASHINGTON: EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom warned Thursday that US actions threatened to “break” the global trading system and she urged Washington to cooperate on reforming the rules of commerce instead. President Donald Trump´s aggressive trade policies have targeted friend and rival but he has focused the most attention on ...

BOLLYWOOD Actor Tanishaa Mukerji, sister of actor Kajol, has claimed in a report that she faced racist attack in New York earlier this week. The actor was in the US to attend the CRY America charity gala and later visited a restaurant with her friends when a man made insensitive ...

WASHINGTON: The US State Department has refused to take a position on New Delhi’s complaint against Pakistan for using F-16s in an air combat with India, saying that it does not offer public comments on bilateral agreements. “We have seen those reports and we’re following that issue very closely. I ...

ALABAMA: At least 23 people have been killed as tornadoes struck Lee County in eastern Alabama, authorities say. County Sheriff Jay Jones said there had been “catastrophic” damage and there were fears more bodies would be found. Dozens are thought to have been hurt. Rescue efforts have been halted until ...

BERLIN: In the wake of a US decision to unilaterally pull out of the INF Treaty, the Chinese Foreign Ministry voiced strong opposition to the move, as well as the expansion in the number of parties to the 1987 agreement. In an interview with Focus, German Defence Minister Ursula von der ...

MOSCOW: The United States has been pressing Turkey, its NATO ally, to reject a plan to purchase Russia’s cutting-edge S-400 missile systems, which Turkey estimates to be three times cheaper than a $3.5 billion order for US anti-aircraft weapons. Turkey has rejected the offer by the United States on the sale of US ...

Over 100 members of Venezuela’s National Guard had arbitrary left service, crossing the country’s border with Colombia, the long-term regional ally of the US, in hope to receive $20,000 promised to them for desertion, amid a political and economic crisis in Venezuela, the country’s Defence Minister, Vladimir Padrino Lopez, said. ...

WASHINGTON: In early February, Beijing reportedly deployed about 95 Chinese ships to Thitu Island, one of several disputed islands in the South China Sea , in a bid to stop ongoing construction work carried out by the government of The Philippines. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has pledged to defend the ...

LONDON: BEIJING: The founder of Huawei commented on the arrest of his daughter, Meng Wanzhou, Huawei chief financial officer, noting that he believes that arrest was politically motivated. In his first international broadcast interview since his daughter arrest, Ren accused the US of forcing other countries into the campaign against Huawei. “There’s no way ...