Tag: US

Young attackers are key for U.S. in Mexico Gold Cup showdown

MEXICO: One of international football’s newest but fiercest rivalries will resume on Sunday when the United States take on Mexico in the Gold Cup...

Qatar’s emir to meet with Trump on July 9

DUBAI: Qatar’s ruling emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on July 9 to exchange views on...

Trump calls America’s story ‘the greatest political journey’

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump celebrated the story of America as “the greatest political journey in human history” in a Fourth of July commemoration before...

UN calls for Libya ceasefire as death toll climbs to 1,000

LIBYA: The UN Security Council called on Friday for a ceasefire in Libya as the death toll from a three-month offensive on Tripoli reached...

Iran threatens British shipping in retaliation for tanker seizure

LONDON: An Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander threatened on Friday to seize a British ship in retaliation for the capture of an Iranian supertanker by...

Southern California reels from magnitude 7.1 quake

LOS ANGELES: A quake with a magnitude of 7.1 jolted much of California, cracking buildings, setting fires, breaking roads and causing several injuries while...

Biden: It would be ‘great’ to have a female vice president

WASHINGTON: Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden says it would be “great” to have a female vice president, but he won’t say whether he’d pick...

Trump says US should start manipulating the dollar

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Wednesday accused China and Europe of playing a “big currency manipulation game.” He said the United States should match...

Trump is ‘very fond’ of Palestinian President Abbas, willing to engage...

WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM: White House adviser Jared Kushner said on Wednesday the United States is willing to engage with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas but hinted a...

Putin signs bill suspending participation in nuclear treaty

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill suspending Russia’s participation in a pivotal nuclear arms treaty. Putin’s decree released on Wednesday formalizes Russia’s departure...

Intra-Afghan peace meeting in Qatar aimed at building trust

KABUL: Taliban officials are due to meet a group of Afghan delegates in Doha this weekend as diplomatic efforts build to withdraw foreign forces...

US government staff told to treat Huawei as blacklisted

WASHINGTON: A senior US official told the Commerce Department’s enforcement staff this week that China’s Huawei should still be treated as blacklisted, days after...

Trump touts July 4 military ‘salute’; critics see politics

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump is marshalling tanks, bombers and other machinery of war for a Fourth of July celebration that traditionally is light on...

Europeans urge Iran to abide by nuclear pact; Israel says preparing...

PARIS/DUBAI: European signatories to a nuclear pact with Iran said on Tuesday they were “extremely concerned” by Tehran’s apparent breach of the 2015 deal,...

Iranians say US sanctions hurt the people, not government

TEHRAN: While opinions differ across Tehran’s Grand Bazaar about the ongoing tensions between the U.S. and Iran over its unraveling nuclear deal, there’s one...

Trump says US will keep strong intel presence in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump says he wants to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan but will leave a strong intelligence presence, branding the country the...

Erdogan says ‘out of question’ to support US Palestinian plan

ISTANBUL: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said it was "out of the question" for Turkey to support the US economic plan for Palestinians, in comments...