A week after US President Donald Trump imposed a temporary travel ban for residents of seven Muslim-majority countries, dozens of lawyers remained at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport to defend the rights of those affected, the media reported. The Central Diner, a 24-hour eatery in Terminal 4, has become a makeshift office for […]
US Defence Secretary James Mattis on Saturday reaffirmed Washington’s commitment to defending Japan, including a group of disputed islands which have been claimed by China. “I made clear that our long-standing policy on the Senkaku Islands stands — the US will continue to recognise Japanese administration of the islands and as such Article 5 of […]
Manila India’s Roshmitha Harimurthy failed to make it to the top 13 contestants at the Miss Universe 2016 contest, continuing the nation’s dry run at the pageant. France’s Iris Mittenaere was crowned at the gala, which featured Indian beauty Sushmita Sen as a judge and interestingly, saw questions being posed on US President Donald Trump. […]
The US Treasury Department issued a notice easing sanctions on a Russian intelligence agency that former President Barack Obama sanctioned over Moscow’s alleged hacking activities in last year’s US presidential election. In a statement on Thursday, the Treasury Department authorized certain transactions with the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) that are needed […]
Despite US President Donald Trump being a prolific Twitter user, the employees of the micro-blogging site donated $1.59 million to an organisation to fight Trump, a media report said. According to a report in TechCrunch on Thursday, nearly 1,000 employees donated the hefty amount to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to fight Trump’s executive […]
A 12-hour long US prison standoff continues in Delaware with four out of five employees still remaining hostage with the inmates, a media report said on Thursday. The single hostage released was sent to a hospital, a police spokesperson said, Xinhua news agency reported. The FBI and Delaware state police continued negotiations with inmates inside […]
The Archbishop of Canterbury has issued an “unreserved and unequivocal” apology on behalf of the Church of England for not reporting a child abuser to the police in the 1970s, a media report said. Archbishop Reverend Justin Welby apologised after admitting that he had worked at the holiday camps where teenage boys were groomed for […]
The Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates said that the decision of the US President to ban the entry of citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries is a sovereign decision and not directed against Islam. Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan made his remarks on Donald Trump’s ban in a press conference on Wednesday held with […]
US President Donald Trump urged Senate Republicans to take the so-called “nuclear option” to prevent Democrats from using a filibuster to block his Supreme Court pick, media reports said. “If we end up with that gridlock I would say if you can, Mitch, go nuclear,” Trump said of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday. […]
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer has said that he and his team reserve the right to occasionally “disagree with the facts” asking for the same chance as the press to issue a “correction” if mistakes were made, a media report said on Tuesday. At his first daily press briefing on Monday, Spicer responded to […]