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US approves potential USD 5 billion bomb sale to Saudi Arabia
Washington: The United States has approved a potential USD 5 billion sale of bombs, Joint Direct Attack Munition guidance kits and related equipment to Saudi Arabia, as the kingdom seeks to strengthen…
- Middle East
Syria welcomes US removal from state terror sponsors list
Damascus: Syria welcomed the US decision to remove the country from Washington’s list of state sponsors of terrorism, calling the move an important step toward ending decades of isolation. In a statement,…
- India
Obedient servant: Rahul slams PM over US vessel attack remarks
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday, June 14, lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the US’ statements after three Indian sailors were killed in American attacks, saying “our…
- Middle East
Trump’s Iran dealmakers were targets of Israel spying: Pentagon
The Pentagon’s military intelligence arm has raised its counterintelligence threat assessment for Israel to “critical,” its highest possible designation, amid growing alarm that Israeli spy agencies are aggressively monitoring senior American officials…
- Middle East
Israel strikes southern Lebanon, forcing many to displace
Dibbine: Israel’s air force struck different parts of southern Lebanon on Friday, June 4, as the military issued evacuation warnings for nine villages, including one that had been spared much of the…
- Middle East
Israeli troops push deeper into Lebanon as military talks begin at Pentagon
Beirut: Israeli troops entered a southern Lebanese village early on Friday, pushing deeper into the country as Lebanese and Israeli military officials held direct talks at the Pentagon over the deadly conflict.…
- India
US team likely to visit India in June for trade talks
New Delhi: The US team is expected to visit India in June for the next round of talks on the interim trade agreement, though no dates have been finalised yet, Commerce Secretary…
- World
Suspect’s writings suggest political motive in WHCA dinner shooting; Trump recounts chaos
Washington: US President Donald Trump said he wanted to see what was happening when Secret Service agents hustled him out of the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday night after a…
- World
Man held after shots heard at White House press dinner, Trump safe
Washington: President Donald Trump was uninjured, and other top White House officials were evacuated from an annual dinner of the White House Correspondents’ Association on Saturday night, April 25, after an unspecified…
- India
India tough nut to crack: US representative as trade talks wrap up
Washington: India is a “tough nut to crack”, United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said here as a delegation from New Delhi wrapped up negotiations on the bilateral trade agreement with Washington.…
- World
UK PM faces backlash after appointment of Epstein associate as Ambassador
London: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will try on Monday, April 20, to get a grip on a crisis that has left power slipping from his grasp. Starmer will face a tough…
- World
New Zealand foreign Minister to visit United States
Auckland: New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters will travel to Washington D.C. this week. “The current global context is the most challenging New Zealand has faced in the past 80 years,” Peters…
- World
Washington-area airports halt flights due to chemical smell at air traffic centre
Washington: Airports serving Washington, D.C., Baltimore and some cities in Virginia briefly halted all flights on the evening of Friday, March 27, because of what federal authorities said was a strong chemical…
- World
Trump set to feature on gold coin to celebrate 250 years of US Independence
Washington: US President Donald Trump is all set to feature on a gold coin to commemorate the nation’s 250th anniversary, amid questions over the legality of the move. The 24-karat gold coin,…
- Offbeat
Trump, Epstein’s Titanic statue appears in Washington mall
Washington: A statue of United States President Donald Trump and late financier and convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein in a pose inspired by the 1997 movie, Titanic, appeared at the National Mall in Washington…