A senior US diplomat arrived in Pakistan for bilateral talks, focusing on diplomatic efforts to push for peace process in Afghanistan, official and diplomatic sources said. US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Alice Wells, who landed in here on Sunday after concluding her two-day visit to Afghanistan, […]
Left-winger Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has a clear lead in the race to be Mexico’s next president, exit polls said. The first official results were expected shortly. The former mayor of Mexico City, who was the front-runner ahead of the vote, is estimated to have polled at least 53 per cent, one survey by Parametria […]
US President Donald Trump has said he would prefer to wait until after the November mid-term congressional elections before signing an updated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). “NAFTA, I could sign it tomorrow, but I’m not happy with it,” Trump told Maria Bartiromo of the Fox Business Network on Sunday. “I want to make […]
China on Thursday urged the US to complain to the World Trade Organization instead of accusing Beijing of illegal practices. Reiterating the country’s commitment to WTO regulations, China’s Vice Minister of Commerce Wang Shouwen said that if Washington was sure about the alleged violations, they should complain to the WTO. Wang presented a report by […]
The Pentagon announced that it has received a request from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) “to house and care for an alien family population of up to 12,000 people”. A Defence Department spokesman said on Wednesday that the Pentagon has been asked to “identify any available facilities that could be used for that purpose”, […]
Russia’s Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump will meet in a third country for their first official summit, which has been sought out for some time by the two leaders to attempt to mend the badly strained bilateral relations, senior officials of both governments said here on Wednesday. Confirmation of the summit came after […]
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told American lawmakersthat North Korea remains a nuclear threat, but defended President Donald Trump for tweeting earlier this month that Pyongyang was “no longer” a threat. “I’m confident what (Trump) intended there was, ‘we did reduce the threat’,” Pompeo said during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on Wednesday. “I […]
Newly elected Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will visit Washington and meet President Donald Trump on July 30, the White House has said. During Conte’s visit, Washington and Rome will look to deepen cooperation in addressing global conflicts and promote economic prosperity on both sides of the Atlantic, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said […]
Apple and Samsung have decided to end their epic patent infringement battle that began in 2011 and went all the way to the US Supreme Court. In a filing at a district court in San Jose, California, late on Wednesday, the two tech giants notified the judge that that “they have agreed to drop and […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping told visiting US Defence Secretary James Mattis that Beijing is committed to peace but will not give up “any inch of territory” in the Pacific Ocean, media reports said on Thursday. “Our stance is steadfast and clear-cut when it comes to China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” CNN quoted Xi as saying […]