Donald Trump

Trump: ‘Unlikely’ he’d submit to a Russia probe interview

President Donald Trump says that it “seems unlikely” that he’d give an interview in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into potential coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign.
11 January 2018, 07:41 AM

South Korea's Moon says Trump deserves 'big' credit for North Korea talks

South Korean President Moon Jae-in has credited US President Donald Trump for helping to spark the first inter-Korean talks in more than two years, and warned that Pyongyang would face stronger sanctions if provocations continued.
10 January 2018, 13:46 PM

Donald Trump awarded for undermining press freedom: CPJ

United States President Donald Trump among other top world leaders was awarded for “his overall achievement in undermining press freedom”, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says.
9 January 2018, 05:18 AM

Breaking Bannon

The just-released book about Donald Trump and his dysfunctional presidency (Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House) has left much of Washington reeling.
7 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Twitter maintains that Trump stay on their site

After so many calls from netizens for Twitter to ban US President Donald Trump, the social media site stands its ground and says they are keeping his account.
7 January 2018, 05:51 AM

Trump threatens ex-ally Bannon with legal action amid book fallout

President Donald Trump threatens his former chief strategist Steve Bannon with legal action over “defamatory” statements about Trump's son and son-in-law over a meeting with Russians during the 2016 US presidential campaign.
4 January 2018, 06:39 AM

Americans should worry about Kim's mental fitness, not Trump's: White House

The White House defends Donald Trump’s tweet about the size of his nuclear button, saying Americans should be concerned about the North Korean leader’s mental fitness, not their president‘s.
4 January 2018, 05:20 AM

Jerusalem not for sale: Palestine

Palestinian officials have voiced outrage over President Donald Trump’s threat to cut funding to the Palestinian Authority, calling his tweets “blackmail” in the aftermath of the US administration’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
3 January 2018, 13:57 PM

Trump threatens to cut off US aid to Palestinian Authority

Acknowledging his push to broker peace in the Middle East has stalled, President Donald Trump appears to threaten to cut off US aid money to the Palestinian Authority, asking why the US should make “any of these massive future payments” when the Palestinians are “no longer willing to talk peace.”
3 January 2018, 12:27 PM

Don't care for US threats: Nawaz

Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in a press conference asserts that the PML-N government does not care for United States (US) threats to cut funding to Islamabad in the war against terrorism.
3 January 2018, 10:31 AM

Pakistan summons US ambassador over Trump tweet

Pakistan has summoned the US ambassador, an embassy spokesman says, a rare public rebuke after Donald Trump lashed out at Islamabad with threats to cut aid over "lies" about militancy.
2 January 2018, 06:34 AM

Defying Trump, countries vote in favour of UN Jerusalem resolution

More than 120 countries defy President Donald Trump and vote in favour of a United Nations General Assembly resolution calling for the United States to drop its recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
21 December 2017, 19:07 PM

Trump set to lay out 'America First' security strategy

President Donald Trump is set to lay out Monday a new National Security Strategy built upon his trademark "America First" slogan, which is expected to have economic security at its core.
18 December 2017, 12:54 PM

Trump not considering firing Mueller

President Donald Trump says he is not considering firing special counsel Robert Mueller, but that will not stop him from adding to the growing conservative criticism of Mueller’s acquisition of thousands of emails sent and received by Trump officials before the start of his administration.
18 December 2017, 12:15 PM

US tax bill: Republicans agree sweeping changes

Congressional Republicans unveils the final version of their dramatic US tax overhaul - debt-financed cuts for businesses, the wealthy and some middle-class Americans - and picked up crucial support from two wavering senators ahead of planned votes by lawmakers early next week.
16 December 2017, 04:23 AM

Trump, Putin discuss bilateral relations, Korean Peninsula situation

US President Trump speaks by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the two leaders “discussed working together to resolve the very dangerous situation in North Korea,” the White House said in a statement.
15 December 2017, 06:15 AM

What's behind Trump's Jerusalem gambit?

Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel has not only angered Palestinians but also outraged world leaders.
10 December 2017, 18:00 PM

Arab states urge US to abandon Jerusalem move

Arab foreign ministers urge the United States to abandon its decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, saying the move would increase violence throughout the region.
10 December 2017, 04:42 AM

Protests across Palestinian areas, Mideast after Trump move

Clashes between hundreds of Palestinian protesters and Israeli troops erupted across the West Bank, while demonstrators in Gaza burned posters of President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as Israeli and US flags.
7 December 2017, 15:47 PM

Trump’s decision on Jerusalem unacceptable: Bangladesh PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina slams US President Donald Trump as he declares Jerusalem as the capital of Israel on a “suo-moto move” (voluntarily).
7 December 2017, 12:46 PM