US presses UN Security Council to sanction Iran
News Desk | The United States urged fellow UN Security Council members Wednesday to punish Iran for "malign behavior" in the Middle East, at a...
US supports Iranian protesters against their own regime
News Desk | US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sent a message of support on Wednesday to Iranians taking part in strikes and protests against...
Trump’s breakthrough with Putin: Summit announced
News Desk | Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to a summit with Donald Trump in a third country at talks Wednesday with the US leader's...
China refuses to budge on South China Sea in talks with US
AFP | Chinese President Xi Jinping stiffly defended his country's claim to disputed islands in the South China Sea after US Defense Secretary James Mattis...
U.S demands boycott of Iranian oil; threatens further sanctions
News Analysis | A senior official of U.S State department put an ultimatum to the oil importers to halt their petroleum imports coming from Iran...
‘Jurassic World’ tops with a whacking $148 million at US box office
AFP | Huge, green and scary stomped on cute, young and funny this weekend as "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" debuted at $148 million to dislodge...
US restrictions on Chinese investment next front in trade dispute
AFP | President Donald Trump this week is due to launch the next phase of his economic confrontation with Beijing, with new restrictions possible on...
Split families in limbo amid Trump immigration chaos
AFP | The fate of 2,300 children wrested from their parents at the US border with Mexico remained unclear Friday two days after Donald Trump...
Turkey gets its first F-35 jet despite U.S Senate’s move to block the sale
News Analysis | Pentagon has proceeded with the agreement to provide Turkey with state-of-the-art, 5th generation stealth F-35 fighter jets, bypassing Congressional approval. The F-35A...
‘Pyongyang-bound’ Trump says world avoided ‘nuclear catastrophe’
AFP | Donald Trump accepted an invitation from Kim Jong Un to visit North Korea during their historic summit, Pyongyang state media reported Wednesday, as...
Six things we learned from historic US-N.Korea summit
AFP | US President Donald Trump hailed his summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un as a "very great day in the history of the...
Trump-Kim Summit: History made as both leader convened in Singapore
News Analysis | After a year of threats, name calling and hostile statements, Donald Trump and Kim Jong unmade history by being the first sitting...