Tag: US
2020 tests if Dems can win enough black voters without Obama
DETROIT: When Barack Obama was on the ballot in 2008 and 2012, there was no question that Terrance Holmes would vote for the first...
US sees European maritime security effort in Gulf as ‘complementary’
KABUL: The United States believes a proposed European initiative to bolster maritime security in the Gulf would complement ongoing U.S. efforts there instead of...
US slaps $5bn fine, curbs on Facebook in privacy probe
MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA: The United States regulators on Wednesday slapped a record $5 billion fine on Facebook for privacy violations in a settlement requiring...
Latest: I did not clear Trump of obstruction of justice, tells...
WASHINGTON: Robert Mueller on Wednesday bluntly dismissed President Donald Trump’s claims of total exoneration in the federal probe of Russia’s 2016 election interference. The...
US policemen fired for suggesting Democratic lawmaker be shot
WASHINGTON: Two Louisiana policemen were fired on Monday over an incendiary Facebook post suggesting a liberal congresswoman should be shot, as President Donald Trump’s...
Robert Mueller to take center stage at Russia probe hearings
WASHINGTON: Former Trump-Russia special counsel Robert Mueller finally faces congressional interrogators on Wednesday, testifying in televised hearings that Democrats hope will weaken President Donald...
India denies Modi asked Trump to mediate Kashmir dispute
India's foreign ministry on Monday denied United States President Donald Trump had been asked by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to mediate the Kashmir...
President Trump to receive PM Imran at White House, says Qureshi
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Friday said that United States President Donald Trump will greet Prime Minister Imran Khan at White House.
He...
US Treasury sanctions Hezbollah operative over 1994 Buenos Aires attack
WASHINGTON: The U.S. Treasury on Friday placed sanctions on a senior Hezbollah operative it said coordinated the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community centre...
UAE joins US-led call against abuse of blasphemy
DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates on Thursday joined a US-led call to prevent the abuse of blasphemy laws, which are on the books in...
Trump blames ‘crazed’ media for rally taunt backlash
US President Donald Trump on Friday slammed what he called “crazed” media coverage of taunts targeting a Somali-born Democratic lawmaker during one of his...
Pak-Afghan relations on track despite sabotage attempts: Afghan adviser
ISLAMABAD: Relations between Kabul and Islamabad are on a positive trajectory and these developments bode well for regional peace efforts, said Sarwar Ahmadzai, an adviser...
Iran denies Trump claim that US shot down Iranian drone
TEHRAN: Iran on Friday denied President Donald Trump’s statement that a U.S. warship destroyed an Iranian drone near the Persian Gulf after it threatened...
Trump disavows ‘Send her back!’ chant as Omar stands defiant
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has chided his supporters who chanted “send her back” when he questioned the loyalty of a Somali-born congresswoman, joining widespread...
‘One giant leap’: US marks Apollo mission 50 years on
Fifty years after a mighty rocket set off from Florida carrying the first humans to the Moon, a veteran of the Apollo 11 crew...
Italian, US police make arrests as Mafia clan looks to regroup
PALERMO: Italian and U.S. police have launched a coordinated crackdown on a Sicilian Mafia family that was seeking to rebuild its power base after...
Biden aggressively defends health law known as ‘Obamacare’
IOWA: Joe Biden is taking an aggressive approach to defending the Affordable Care Act, challenging not just President Donald Trump but also some of...
