SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — North Korea said on Saturday its nuclear weapons are not meant for negotiations but are intended for combat use against enemies that threaten its people and world peace, its state media reported. The statement comes after U.S. President Donald Trump hosted Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the White House on … Read more
JUNEAU, ALASKA — The Alaska Legislature passed a resolution Friday urging President Donald Trump to reverse course and retain the name of North America’s tallest peak as Denali rather than change it to Mount McKinley. Trump, on his first day in office, signed an executive order calling for the name to revert to Mount McKinley, … Read more
Washington: The United States on Friday announced the approval of the sale of more than $7.4 billion in bombs, missiles and related equipment to Israel, which has used American-made weapons to devastating effect during the war in Gaza. The State Department has signed off on the sale of $6.75 billion in bombs, guidance kits and … Read more
The bilateral ties between the US and Pakistan have undergone many ups and downs in the last 77 years. What is certain is, however, Pakistan’s strategic location, which has allowed it to be a frontline state for the US on several occasions. During the Cold War, as a member of both the South-East Asian Treaty … Read more
Santo Domingo: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday it was “absurd” for US naval vessels to pay to transit the Panama Canal, after Panama’s president denied an agreement on free passage. “I find it absurd that we would have to pay fees to transit a zone we are obligated to protect in time … Read more
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday he would skip Group of 20 talks this month in South Africa, accusing the host government of an “anti-American” agenda. Rubio’s announcement comes two days after US President Donald Trump lashed out at South Africa over land reforms aimed at redressing inequalities perpetrated … Read more
Livingston, United States: A man was executed by lethal injection in the US state of Texas on Wednesday for the 2011 murder of a pastor that he insisted he did not commit. Steven Nelson, 37, spent more than a dozen years on death row for the murder of Clint Dobson, 28, during a robbery of … Read more
Washington, United States: The United States said Wednesday that its government vessels would be allowed to sail for free through the Panama Canal, following heavy pressure from President Donald Trump. “US government vessels can now transit the Panama Canal without charge fees, saving the US government millions of dollars a year,” the State Department said … Read more
New Delhi: The UN chief warned Wednesday against ethnic cleansing in Gaza as he rejected US President Donald Trump’s bombshell proposal for the United States to take control of the Palestinian territory and displace all its people. Trump, in a White House news conference on Tuesday alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, stunningly proposed “long-term … Read more
Washington, United States: The US Treasury said Tuesday that Elon Musk’s government reform team can read data from its highly sensitive payment system but not alter it, after Democratic lawmakers raised the alarm over the move and called for an investigation. Musk, the world’s richest person, is leading President Donald Trump’s federal cost-cutting efforts under … Read more
Democracy—widely believed to be the Western world’s crowning achievement, the jewel in its crown so to speak, and the bedrock of its long-held cherished values—is proving remarkably adept at unsettling itself. This most precious system, designed to reflect the will of the people, is now ushering in governments led by far-right parties, riding high on … Read more
Washington DC: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose military had engaged in fierce fighting with Hamas militants in Gaza for over a year, on Tuesday laid out his three main goals for the besieged Palestinian enclave and stressed Israel would “achieve all three” war goals. Asked if he supports the Gaza hostage deal during a … Read more