Tag: Donald Trump

Trump cuts foreign aid, threatens to close Mexico border

WASHINGTON: Threatening drastic action against Mexico, President Donald Trump declared he is likely to shut down America’s southern border next week unless Mexican authorities...

‘Reckoning’ looms for news media as Russia probe clears Trump

Donald Trump's inner circle piled in on Monday on the US news media, which was plunged into soul-searching over coverage of a two-year probe...

Pentagon authorises $1bn for Trump’s border wall

WASHINGTON: Acting Pentagon Chief Patrick Shanahan has authorised $1 billion to build part of the wall sought by Donald Trump along the US-Mexico border,...

Trump campaign did not coordinate with Russia

WASHINGTON: The Justice Department said Sunday that special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation did not find evidence that President Donald Trump’s campaign “conspired or coordinated”...

Trump says relations ‘very good’ with Pakistan

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...

Daesh will be wiped off map imminently: Trump

WASHINGTON: A bullish US President Donald Trump predicted Wednesday that the Daesh group would be wiped off the map within hours, as he unfurled...

New Zealand PM urges Trump to ‘show love’ for all Muslims

WELLINGTON: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said she told US President Donald Trump to show “sympathy and love” to all Muslim communities. Ardern said...

Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen sues Trump Organization for unpaid legal fees

 NEW YORK: Michael Cohen, the former personal lawyer of US President Donald Trump, on Thursday sued the Trump Organization, saying it reneged on its...

‘Tim Apple’ goes viral on social media after Trump gaffe

CALIFORNIA: Apple chief executive Tim Cook turned into "Tim Apple" on social media Thursday after a slip-up by US President Donald Trump sparked a...

Trump cancels US policy of reporting drone strike deaths

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump revoked a policy Wednesday that required the Central Intelligence Agency to account for civilian deaths from drone strikes. The move...

Modi worse than Trump, says Indian author Arundhati Roy

NEW DELHI: From ridiculing dyslexics for political gains to jeopardising democracy by cashing on the anti-Muslim rhetoric leading to a perpetual hate sentiment in...

North Korea offers more talks after nuclear no-deal in Hanoi

HANOI: North Korea on Friday promised further negotiations with the US, as both sides sought to hold open the door while staking out their positions...

Trump hints at de-escalation between India, Pakistan as US mediates

--US president says 'reasonably decent news' has been received from Pakistan and India, hopes escalation 'will come to an end'   HANOI: United States President Donald Trump...

Kim opens door to US presence in Pyongyang at summit

HANOI: Kim Jong Un Thursday raised the prospect of a permanent US diplomatic presence in Pyongyang, as President Donald Trump said he was in...

Trump and North Korea’s Kim predict success in high-stakes nuclear summit

HANOI: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump met in Vietnam on Wednesday for a second summit that the United...

Trump to delay China tariff hike after trade talks ‘progress’

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has vowed to delay a planned tariff increase on Chinese exports after both sides hailed "substantial progress" in trade...

Trump picks envoy to Canada Kelly Craft for UN ambassador

WASHINTON: President Donald Trump said on Friday he was nominating Kelly Craft, currently the US ambassador to Canada, to replace Nikki Haley as his...