A US Air Force officer who went missing in 1983 has been found in California living under an assumed name, authorities said, adding that he absconded from the military because he was depressed. William Howard Hughes Jr, who had top secret clearance while in the Air Force, was arrested without incident last week during a […]
MoU on returning Indians living illegally in Britain was dropped after intervention by Foreign Minister A last-minute intervention by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj was responsible for ensuring that Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not sign a key agreement on taking back illegal immigrants when he visited the U.K. in April, senior officials in New […]
SINGAPORE: An Indian-origin man from Malaysia went to Singapore and spent a whopping $573 to stay at a luxury hotel for one night so that he could get a chance to meet US President Donald Trump ahead of his historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Maharaj Mohan, a 25-year-old consultant, checked into his […]
SINGAPORE: U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged on Tuesday to work toward complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula while Washington committed to provide security guarantees for its old enemy. But a joint statement signed at the end of their historic summit in Singapore gave few details on how […]
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s daughter and son in law made at least 82 million dollars in outside income while serving as senior White House advisers last year thanks to investment deals from companies they had previously led, news reports said on Tuesday.Ivanka Trump reported 3.9 million dollars from her stake in the Trump International […]
BEIJING, CHINA: Chinese social media users are scratching their heads over a “Chinese proverb” US President Donald Trump’s daughter and advisor Ivanka posted to Twitter as her father prepared for his summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un. “’Those who say it can not be done, should not interrupt those doing it.’ -Chinese Proverb,” […]
TAIPEI: The United States unveiled a new $256 million representative office in Taiwan’s capital on Tuesday, a de facto embassy that underscores Washington’s strategic ties with the democratic, self-ruled island as it faces escalating tensions with China. Washington cut diplomatic ties with Taipei in 1979 but remains the island’s strongest ally and sole foreign […]
UNITED NATIONS: On the eve of a historic summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore, UN secretary general Antonio Guterres said that peace and verifiable denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula must remain the clear and shared goal of the meeting.The UN chief hoped that diplomatic processes underway […]
US President Donald Trump said the recent G7 spat-dominated meeting in Canada was “good”, but in the same breath warned the host country would pay for the comments of its prime minister.“I had a very good meeting with the G7,” Trump said, rejecting suggestions the summit was a failure. But he also said that critical […]
WASHINGTON: The diplomatic world was left gobsmacked this weekend after US President Donald Trump caused havoc at the annual G7 summit + in Canada before jetting off halfway across the world to Singapore to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un with nothing more than a “getting-to-know each-other” agenda for now. In scenes, remarks, and tweets […]