Tag: Donald Trump
Trump terms Indo-Pak row ‘very dangerous situation’
--US president says Washington has developed 'much better' relations with Pakistan recently
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump voiced alarm Friday at the "very dangerous situation"...
Former Trump campaign chief Manafort to be sentenced March 8
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, will be sentenced for bank and tax fraud on March 8, according to a...
China trade talks ‘going very well’: Trump
WASHINGTON DC: President Donald Trump said Tuesday that trade talks with China are complex but are "going very well" and again indicated the March...
US Democrats warn Trump may rush nuclear transfer to Saudis
WASHINGTON: US lawmakers said Tuesday they were probing whether President Donald Trump is rushing to sell sensitive nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia to please...
Trump policies unite allies against him at European security forum
In 2009, then US Vice President Joe Biden came to Munich to “press the reset button” with Russia. A decade later he came again...
Democratic lawmakers vow to fight Trump’s emergency declaration
WASHINGTON: Democratic leaders said Friday that they would use "every remedy available" to challenge President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency in an effort to...
New York Grand Hyatt, Trump’s first big project, faces demolition
NEW YORK: A New York developer and a partner plan to demolish the Grand Hyatt New York, the hotel that launched US President Donald...
Talks with Taliban ‘constructive’: Trump
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that talks with Afghanistan's Taliban were making headway as he voiced cautious hope for a negotiated end...
Trump did not ask permission to ‘watch Iran’: Iraqi president
Iraqi President Barham Salih said on Monday that President Donald Trump did not ask Iraq’s permission for US troops stationed there to “watch Iran.”
Speaking...
Trump pushes withdrawal from ‘endless’ Afghanistan, Syria wars
Pushing back against Republican opposition, US President Donald Trump reaffirmed his determination to pull US troops out of "endless wars" in Syria and Afghanistan,...
Corruption seen rising in Trump’s US, says watchdog
WASHINGTON: The United States last year slid down the rankings of a global corruption index as America's system of checks and balances faced growing...
Trump associate Stone arrested, faces obstruction charge
WASHINGTON: Roger Stone, a confidant of President Donald Trump, was arrested Friday morning on several criminal charges stemming from the special counsel’s Russia investigation.
Stone...
Get a loan: US commerce chief to federal workers
WASHINGTON: US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on Thursday urged furloughed federal workers facing a second missed paycheck to seek loans to pay their bills...
John Travolta, Donald Trump score Razzie nominations
LOS ANGELES: John Travolta’s mob movie flop “Gotti” and President Donald Trump were nominated on Monday for the Razzie Awards for the worst films...
Giuliani backtracks on comments about Trump’s Moscow deal
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani backtracked on Monday from earlier comments that Trump pursued a business deal to erect a tower...
Trump pursued Moscow tower throughout 2016: Giuliani
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump pursued a business deal to erect a tower bearing his name in Moscow throughout 2016, his attorney said on...
Erdogan: Turkey is ready to take over Syria’s Manbij
ISTANBUL: Turkey is ready to take over security in Syria’s Manbij, where four US citizens died in an Islamic State-claimed bombing last week, President...