Former US Vice President Joe Biden plans to make a widely expected announcement of his candidacy for the presidency in a video on Wednesday, the Atlantic reported on Friday, citing sources close to Biden’s…
European Union countries have approved plans for trade talks with the United States. President Donald Trump and the head of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, agreed last year that they wanted to…
BOGOTA: The United States will use all economic and political tools at its disposal to hold Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro accountable for his country’s crisis and will make clear to Cuba and…
WASHINGTON: The United States congratulated the new Palestinian government on Sunday, a day after incoming Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh announced his new cabinet alongside President Mahmud Abbas – leaving out Hamas. “Congratulations to…
LONDON: Iran will ask the international community to take a position on the US designation of its Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organization, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was cited as saying…
SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the breakdown in talks with the United States has raised the risks of reviving tensions, and he is only interested in meeting President Donald…
The rising influence of lending by China to developing nations is increasingly under the spotlight amid concerns that the growing debt burden and onerous conditions could sow the seeds of a crisis.…
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Monday announced that the United States is designating Iran’s elite military force, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a terrorist organisation. Trump said in a statement that…
US Centcom chief General Kenneth McKenzie discussed geo-strategic environment and regional security including Afghanistan and Pakistan-India standoff in a meeting with Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Sunday,…
Pope Francis has blamed Europe and the United States for selling weapons in war zones, fueling conflicts and causing victims in Syria, Yemen and Afghanistan. Speaking to students and teachers of Milan’s…
–Spokesperson says US move to bypass China sets a ‘bad precedent’ –Washington says it will send junior officials to Belt and Road summit over ‘financing practices’ BEIJING/WASHINGTON: China has again warned the United…
WASHINGTON: Turkey remains an important NATO ally and partner to the United States despite concerns over its plans to buy missile defence systems from Russia, a senior State Department official said on…
BEIJING: China has urged the United States (US) to act watchfully on blacklisting of Masood Azhar issue and avoid bypassing the relevant committee of the UN Security Council. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng…
UNITED NATIONS: Stung by China’s rejection of the recent move to put Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar on the United Nations (UN) sanctions blacklist, the United States (US) on Wednesday circulated a draft…
WASHINGTON: The top U.S. law enforcement official could release as early as Saturday the main findings in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s confidential report on his 22-month-long inquiry into Russia’s role in the…
KABUL: Two United States service members were killed in Afghanistan on Friday while conducting an operation, the NATO-led Resolute Support mission said in a statement. It gave no further details and withheld the…
Relations between the United States and Pakistan are “very good,” said US President Donald Trump. The brief remarks released on Wednesday by the White House came as Trump prepared to depart for Ohio, where…
