Trump says Iran ‘wants to negotiate’ and meeting ‘being set up’
US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Iran’s leadership had called seeking “to negotiate” after his threats of military action amid mass anti-government protests in the Islamic Republic. “The leaders of Iran called” yesterday, Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One, adding that “a meeting is being set up… They want to negotiate.” However, Trump added […]
US mulls supplying Ukraine with long-range missiles
WASHINGTON/MOSCOW: US President Donald Trump’s envoy Keith Kellogg has floated the possibility of long-range strikes by Ukraine against Russia with American weapons, following the administration’s recent pivot on the conflict. In a Fox News interview broadcast on Sunday, Kellogg was asked whether Trump had authorised strikes deep into Russian territory — days after Moscow was accused of […]
Trump administration says it won’t publish major climate change report on NASA website as promised
WASHINGTON: The Trump administration has taken another step to make it harder to find major, legally mandated scientific assessments of how climate change is endangering the nation and its people. Earlier this month, the official government websites that hosted the authoritative, peer-reviewed national climate assessments went dark. Such sites tell state and local governments and […]
Court rejects Netanyahu’s bid to delay graft trial hearings
JERUSALEM: An Israeli court on Friday rejected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s request to postpone giving testimony in his corruption trial, after US President Donald Trump said the case should be cancelled. Netanyahu’s lawyer on Thursday asked the court to excuse the leader from hearings over the next two weeks, saying he needed to concentrate on […]
US treasury secretary says trade talks with China ‘stalled’
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday that trade negotiations with China were “a bit stalled” and suggested President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping could get involved. “I would say that they are a bit stalled,” Bessent told broadcaster Fox News when asked about trade talks with Beijing. “I believe that […]
White House’s doctor finds Trump in ‘excellent health’
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump is in “excellent health,” a White House doctor’s assessment said on Sunday, after he underwent his first annual medical checkup since returning to the US presidency. Republican Trump, 78, has repeatedly boasted about his own vigor since starting a second term, while mocking his 82-year-old Democratic predecessor Joe Biden as decrepit and […]
Beijing calls for end to sanctions against Tehran
BEIJING: China urged an end to “illegal” sanctions against Iran as it hosted Iranian and Russian diplomats on Friday for talks Beijing hopes will restart long-stalled negotiations on Tehran’s nuclear programme. The United States withdrew from a landmark 2015 deal, which imposed curbs on Tehran’s nuclear development in return for sanctions relief, during US President […]
Pakistan train attack: 16 terrorists killed, 104 passengers rescued as op continues in Balochistan
At least 16 terrorists were killed and 104 passengers rescued by security forces after Baloch militants hijacked a passenger train in a tunnel in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province on Tuesday, security officials said. The Jaffar Express, carrying around 400 passengers in nine bogies, was travelling from Quetta to Peshawar when armed men intercepted it in […]
Trump’s business ventures spark new conflict-of-interest concerns
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump faces renewed accusations of monetising the presidency, with potential conflicts of interest emerging from ventures that include cryptocurrency, social media and other avenues for those seeking to funnel money his way. Trump handed over management of those assets to his children before returning to the White House and he will […]
Zelensky accuses Trump of living in Russian ‘disinformation’ bubble
KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday accused Donald Trump of succumbing to Russian “disinformation”, deepening a rift between Kyiv and the new US administration. Speaking to reporters at a press conference on Tuesday, Trump echoed many of Russia’s talking points on the three-year war in Ukraine, blaming Kyiv for having “started” the fighting and […]
