Ahead of the US-India-Afghanistan trilateral talks in New York later this month and in the wake of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s recently concluded visit to New Delhi, Washington has praised India’s “generosity and focus” in helping Afghanistan become a stronger nation. “We obviously support India’s generosity and focus on Afghanistan and willingness to help Afghanistan […]
Substantive Brexit talks between the UK and the rest of the European Union (EU) were unlikely to start before the end of 2017, a former European Council president has said. Speaking to the BBC on Wednesday, Herman Van Rompuy — first President of the European Council from January 1, 2010 to November 30, 2014 — […]
Afghanistan has urged for global action against “state elements” that orchestrate and support terrorism and also lashed out against militants based in Pakistan and their supporters it blamed for the rising tide of “cowardly” attacks on civilians. “As a strategic imperative, we must move beyond rhetoric and address the enablers of terrorism, including the role […]
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said that the disdain his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, showed for voters by calling his supporters “deplorables” made her unfit to occupy the White House. “You cannot run for President if you have such contempt in your heart for the American voter. You can’t lead this nation if you have […]
Brazil’s lower house was considering whether to expel former Speaker Eduardo Cunha amid accusations that he lied about undeclared Swiss bank accounts, a media report said on Tuesday. Cunha denies wrongdoing and has said former president Dilma Rousseff’s supporters are seeking revenge, the BBC reported. He has also threatened to reveal compromising information about other […]
The US military on Tuesday flew two nuclear-capable supersonic bombers over South Korea in a show of force following North Korea’s recent nuclear test. Two B-1B Lancers, which can carry nuclear weapons, flew over the Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, some 70 km south of capital Seoul, at about 10 a.m. local time, Xinhua reported. […]
US President Barack Obama is set to veto a bill that would allow survivors and families of victims of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks to sue Saudi Arabia, the White House said on Monday. “That’s still the plan,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest said when asked if the President planned to veto the […]
The 15th anniversary of the horrific 9/11 attacks saw President Obama’s call for unity against terrorism, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s fainting and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s only statement on social media. US President Barack Obama on Sunday led millions of Americans in paying moving tribute to the victims of the 9/11 attacks urging […]
After being criticised for removing an iconic photograph of a girl fleeing a Napalm attack taken during the Vietnam war in 1972, social media giant Facebook on Friday took a U-turn saying it would allow the photo to be posted on the platform. It had previously removed the image, posted by a Norwegian author, on […]
US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reached on Saturday a landmark agreement which would see both countries greatly enhance cooperation in a bid to end the five-year-old Syrian conflict. According to Kerry, who spoke first after day-long discussions with his Russian counterpart, the plan aims to rekindle a nation-wide […]