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Under US pressure, UN agrees deep cuts to peacekeeping

NEW YORK: A tentative deal to cut nearly $600 million from the UN peacekeeping budget… Read More

US administration has started speaking language of India: Nisar

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Tuesday lamented that the United States administration… Read More

China rejects US criticism over Nobel laureate’s treatment

BEIJING: China on Tuesday rejected criticism over its treatment of cancer-stricken Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo… Read More

Trump unpopular worldwide: poll

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump and his policies are broadly unpopular around the world --… Read More

Modi heads to Washington for ‘no frills’ Trump meet

NEW DELHI: India's leader heads to the US this weekend for his first meeting with… Read More

Emirates looking at Saudi Arabia to make up for drop in US demand

PARIS: Emirates, the Middle East's largest airline, is looking to the region's biggest economy, Saudi Arabia,… Read More

Gunmen kill eight Afghan guards at Bagram base

KABUL: Taliban gunmen have killed eight Afghan guards working at the largest American base in… Read More

Russia slams Trump’s ‘Cold War’ policy on Cuba

MOSCOW: Russia's foreign ministry on Sunday said it regretted US President Donald Trump's policy reversal… Read More

US to make Afghanistan troop announcement in weeks: Mattis

WASHINGTON: Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Wednesday he will present a new US military… Read More

Oscar-winner Oliver Stone brings Putin to US television

NEW YORK: Oliver Stone, the Hollywood director and triple Oscar winner, puts Russian President Vladimir… Read More

Trump says Comey not telling truth, willing to respond under oath

WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday denied he tried to interfere with an FBI… Read More

US joins battle as Philippines takes losses in besieged city

MARAWI CITY, PHILIPPINES: U.S. special forces have joined the battle to crush Islamist militants holed up… Read More

Trump berates Qatar as Gulf stand-off escalates

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has accused Qatar's leadership of bankrolling extremists and demanded a… Read More

Iran turns wrath on US, Saudi as attacks dead mourned

TEHRAN: Tehran hit out at Washington and Riyadh as tens of thousands attended the funerals… Read More

Pakistan Railways to receive twenty locomotives from US

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways on Wednesday signed an agreement with US company General Electric under which… Read More

Trump taps Christopher Wray as new FBI director

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he is tapping former Justice Department official Christopher… Read More

US election hackers could have been from anywhere: Putin

WASHINGTON: Russian President Vladimir Putin said hackers trying to influence last year's US election could… Read More

UN slaps sanctions on North Koreans amid US warning

NEW YORK: The UN Security Council on Friday imposed sanctions on 18 North Korean officials… Read More

Muslims in Ramadan protest outside New York’s Trump Tower

NEW YORK: A crowd of Muslims kneeled to pray before breaking their Ramadan fast outside… Read More

US backsliding on Paris deal a gift for China

BEIJING: The US exit from the Paris climate pact is a gift to China's ambitions… Read More