Trump ‘could pardon himself over Russia but won’t’, says Giuliani
News Desk | Donald Trump probably has the power to pardon himself in the Russia collusion affair but does not intend to do so, his...
Trump says: Summit with Kim is back on
News Desk | US President Donald Trump's summit, with Kim Jong-un in Singapore on June 12, is back on, the US president says a week...
Chorus of condemnation intensifies in U.S. over trade tariff
News Analysis | Massive US tariffs have come into force as condemnation of the Trump administration's move intensifies. Top congressional Republicans joined the collective criticism...
Summit plans revived as Trump receives a “very nice” letter from Kim
News Analysis | President of the United States of America Donald Trump has announced that the summit he initially declared a dead end just a...
Indo-US nexus in Indian Ocean & beyond
News Analysis | The Pentagon is renaming its oldest and largest military command to reflect the growing importance of the Indian Ocean in US strategic...
Placid Singapore braces for Trump-Kim storm
AFP | Singapore hotel rooms are being snapped up, police are preparing to lock down the city and thousands of journalists are set to jet...
There is still a ray of hope for peace in Afghanistan: US General
News Analysis | The US top commander in Afghanistan General John Nicholson has expressed optimism that peace process in war-torn Afghanistan is not absolutely dead,...
The other Kim summit: Trump keeps up Kardashian at White House meet
AFP | Days away from a historic summit with North Korea's mercurial leader, US President Donald Trump held a White House meeting Wednesday with another...
Pompeo warns Russia: stay out of US ‘domestic matters’
AFP | US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke by telephone to Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov for the first time on Wednesday and warned...
Mental health and school security is focus after Texas mass shooting
AFP | Texas Governor Greg Abbott unveiled dozens of recommendations Wednesday focused on mental health and school safety after the latest US mass shooting to...
Kuwait at UN seeks backing for Palestinian protection
AFP | Kuwait on Tuesday circulated a watered-down draft UN Security Council resolution on setting up an international protection mission for the Palestinians in a...
US to keep confronting Beijing in S. China Sea: Mattis
AFP | Defense Secretary Jim Mattis vowed Tuesday that the US would keep confronting China over its territorial claims in the South China Sea, where...