Saudi alliance doesn’t mean US ‘downplaying’ Khashoggi question: official
AFP | The US alliance with Saudi Arabia does not mean Washington is "ignoring or downplaying" the disappearance and suspected murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi,...
Guantanamo prison to stay open at least 25 years: US admiral
AFP | Former President Barack Obama had vowed to close the US military-run prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but now it will stay open for...
US defence chief Mattis says Trump is ‘100 percent’ with him
AFP | US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said President Donald Trump has assured him of his full support, one day after Trump appeared to cast...
MBS: Riding roughshod or playing a risky game of bluff poker? – James M Dorsey
James M. Dorsey | A stalemate in efforts to determine what happened to Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi is threatening to escalate into a crisis that...
IMF’s Debt trap vs Chinese debt peonage
Abdul Rasool Syed | With the mandate of fostering global monetary corporations, securing financial stability, facilitating international trade, promoting high employment and sustainable growth, and...
US “a loser” for abandoning Iran nuclear deal: Rouhani
AFP | Iran's president boasted Sunday that the United States has lost against the Islamic republic's "righteousness and wisdom" by walking out of the landmark...
‘Confusing’ US signals: China still hopeful about Trump-Xi meet
AFP | US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will "probably" meet at a G20 summit next month, a US official said Sunday,...
Myth of US Burgeoning support to India to curtail China
Usman Aziz | India has been enjoying the tremendous support of United States since the emergence of China as an economic power of the world....
In full offensive on China, Trump gambles on end-game
AFP | Donald Trump has escalated his feud with China into a full-press offensive that has drawn comparisons to the Cold War. Now the question...
‘India will find out’: Trump threatens
News Analysis | In characteristic style, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, has said in a news briefing that ‘India will soon find...
Pentagon grounds global fleet of F-35s after crash
AFP | The Pentagon grounded the global fleet of F-35 stealth fighters Thursday so that engineers could conduct urgent inspections following the first-ever crash of...
US investigators working with Saudis, Turkey on missing journalist: Trump
AFP | President Donald Trump said Thursday that US investigators were working with both Ankara and Riyadh to probe the suspicious disappearance in Turkey of...