South Korea to broker a deal between US and North Korea
AFP | President Donald Trump will visit South Korea in June to meet with his counterpart Moon Jae-in over their efforts to persuade North Korea...
Trump steps up his game in pressurizing China; bans Huawei
AFP | Donald Trump stepped up his battle against Huawei Wednesday, effectively barring the Chinese telecom giant from the US market and adding it to...
US orders embassy staff to leave Iran at first notice amidst growing tensions
AFP | The United States Wednesday ordered non-emergency staff evacuated from its Baghdad embassy due to an "imminent" threat from Iranian-linked Iraqi militias, but President...
Xi Jinping dismisses any claims of cultural clash with US; calls it “stupid”
AFP | Chinese President Xi Jinping declared Wednesday there was "no clash" of civilizations and denounced racial supremacy as "stupid" amid tensions with the United...
Sabotage attempt at Saudi oil tankers alarmed authorities
AFP | It came as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo scrapped a planned visit to Moscow to head to Brussels instead for talks with...
Trump refutes plan of sending troops to counter Iran but doesn’t discard the idea
News Analysis | U.S President Donald Trump has snubbed New York Times for reporting that the administration is forming up nearly 120,000 U.S troops to...
China-US trade war heats up: 3 reasons it won’t cool down anytime soon
Greg Wright | The truce in the U.S.-China trade war is in tatters. China said on May 13 that it will impose new tariffs on...
US China trade standoff; global market plunges
AFP | The US-China trade war escalated Monday as Beijing announced it would raise painful tariffs on $60 billion in US exports by next month,...
Pentagon transferred funds meant for Afghanistan and Pakistan toward building the wall on the Mexican border
News Analysis | U.S Department of defense has re-allocated $1.5 billion, originally meant for Afghan forces and reimbursement to Pakistan for the cost incurred in...
Among war, US pilot made friends with Berlin’s little, annoyed girl
AFP | When in 1948 US bombers started dropping tiny, improvised parachutes loaded with sweets into Berlin during the Soviet blockade, one little German girl...
US hammers last nail in coffin and buries Palestinian peacemaking efforts
AFP | On May 14, 2018 United States moved its Israel embassy to Jerusalem, recognizing the disputed city as the Jewish state's capital, since then...
Iran plans on disregarding nuclear deal, European powers trying to mediate
AFP | European powers Thursday denounced Tehran's threat to resume nuclear work, drawing a sharp response from the Iranian foreign minister who accused them of...