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Tillerson plays down tensions with Trump
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Sunday minimized tensions with his boss, President Donald Trump, and brushed aside comments from an influential...
Anguish in Iran as Trump balks at nuclear deal
TEHRAN: A mix of anger and anguish among the Iranian public has greeted US President Donald Trump’s decision to declare that Iran is not...
Trump launches new Iran strategy, leaves nuclear deal hanging
United States President Donald Trump launched a tougher strategy to check Iran's “fanatical regime” on Friday and warned that a landmark international nuclear deal...
Trump lays out new Iran strategy Friday, complicating European ties
US officials said Trump was expected to announce that he will not certify the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, believing the agreement is not in...
Trump lauds recovery of kidnapped couple, says positive moment for Pak-US...
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump announced that US and Pakistani officials had secured the release of an American woman, her Canadian husband and their three...
Trump admits his ‘calm before storm’ remark was for North Korea
WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday appeared to confirm he had North Korea in mind last week when he described a gathering of...
Trump to name White House aide to homeland security post
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump will nominate Kirstjen Nielsen — who, as the top aide to his White House chief of staff, has sought to instil...
US bombs dropped in Afghanistan at highest since 2010, under new...
KABUL: American warplanes in Afghanistan are dropping bombs in numbers not seen since the height of the US troop surge in 2010 after President...
Melania accuses Trump’s first wife of making ‘attention-seeking, self-serving’ noise
WASHINGTON: US First Lady Melania Trump accused her husband's first wife Ivana of making "attention-seeking and self-serving noise" Monday after the former Mrs Trump...
Trump sends ‘hard-line immigration’ policy to Congress
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump sent Congress his immigration legislation priorities Sunday, including building a controversial border wall, speeding up deportations and dramatically increasing...
Top Republican lawmaker says US on course for WWIII with Trump...
WASHINGTON: A top Republican lawmaker warned Sunday that US President Donald Trump’s impulsive threats against other countries could set America “on the path to World...
Trump says ‘not surprised’ by Weinstein harassment allegations
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump, whose presidential campaign was jolted a year ago by the release of a recording in which he boasted about groping...
Ahsan Iqbal to visit Washington next week in bid to diffuse...
ISLAMABAD: In a bid to ease tensions that got worse following US President Donald Trump’s tirade against Pakistan, the United States and Pakistan are...
Trump to send top diplomatic, military advisers to Pakistan with ‘tough...
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump will dispatch his top diplomatic and military advisers to Pakistan in the coming weeks, turning up the heat on...
Trump opponents urge US Supreme Court to rule on travel ban
WASHINGTON: Challengers to President Donald Trump’s travel ban targeting several Muslim-majority countries on Thursday urged the US Supreme Court to decide the policy’s legality...
Trump expected to decertify Iran nuclear deal, official says
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump is expected to announce soon that he will decertify the landmark international deal to curb Iran’s nuclear program, a senior...
Rex Tillerson vows to stay on but doesn’t deny calling Trump...
WASHINGTON: During an unusual press briefing on Wednesday morning, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson denied news reports that he had considered leaving the administration.
In a short...