Beijing: US President Donald Trump arrived in China on Wednesday for a three-day state visit during which he will discuss a host of global issues, including the Iran war, with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Trump, who is visiting China at the invitation of President Xi, was received by Chinese Vice President Han Zheng at the…
Washington: US Vice President J D Vance, in his upcoming memoir, recalls how he met his future wife Usha in college and became so “obsessed” with her that he told his friends that he would either “marry this girl” or remain a “lifelong bachelor”. In his new religious memoir ‘Communion: Finding My Way Back to…
Washington: Pakistan, which is playing mediator to end the US-Iran war, allowed Iranian military aircraft to park on its airfields to shield them from American airstrikes, CBS News reported here, quoting US officials. The report also claimed that Iran had parked its civilian aircraft in neighbouring Afghanistan to protect it from US airstrikes. Reacting to…
Beijing: US President Donald Trump will pay an official visit to China from May 13 to 15 at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson announced on Monday. This will be the first visit to China by a US president in almost nine years. Trump himself was the last US…
Dubai: Donald Trump rejected Iran’s response to the latest US proposal to end the Iran war as “TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!” — the latest setback to efforts to resolve the standoff in the Persian Gulf that has throttled shipping and sent energy prices soaring. In a social media post, Trump said, “I don’t like it — TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!”…
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Sunday that Iran has conveyed its response to a US proposal aimed at ending the conflict in West Asia, as efforts continued to sustain a fragile regional ceasefire. Pakistan has been mediating talks between Washington and Tehran amid tensions that have disrupted shipping through the Strait of…
Dubai: U.S. forces fired on and disabled two Iranian oil tankers on Friday after exchanging fire with Iranian forces in the Strait of Hormuz overnight. The United Arab Emirates, meanwhile, reported another Iranian missile and drone attack. The attacks cast more doubt on a tenuous month-old ceasefire that the United States has insisted is still in…
Dubai: An Indian crew member was killed in an “unfortunate” maritime incident, the Indian mission said on Friday, extending assistance. The Indian Consulate in Dubai did not give much information about the incident but said it was “saddened to learn of the unfortunate incident at Sea that caused the tragic death of an Indian crew…
Beijing: China, for the first time, has confirmed that it provided on-site technical support to Pakistan during the four-day conflict with India last year, official media reports here said. China’s state broadcaster CCTV on Thursday aired an interview with Zhang Heng, an engineer from the Aviation Industry Corporation of China’s (AVIC) Chengdu Aircraft Design and…
Washington: President Donald Trump has suspended “Project Freedom,” to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz, claiming progress in negotiations with Iran toward an agreement to end the war. In a post on Truth Social on Tuesday, Trump said, “Great progress has been made toward a complete and final agreement with representatives of Iran.” “Based…
