Our Overseas Desk Anxiety is steadily rising within the Republican Party as fears grow that the upcoming US midterm elections could turn into a major political setback for conservatives despite recent gains through aggressive redistricting battles. For weeks, senior Republican leaders privately acknowledged that the political atmosphere had turned increasingly hostile for the party. President…
The Hague: Terming India a “land of opportunities”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that the country is undergoing an unprecedented transformation and its aspirations are “no longer limited to its borders”. Addressing the Indian community in The Hague, the Prime Minister also said that India is dreaming big and its youth aspires to…
Islamabad: Pakistan is expected to raise its defence budget by about PKR 100 billion in the upcoming fiscal year as the government prepares its budget under an International Monetary Fund (IMF)-backed reform programme that projects a sharp rise in revenues, according to a media report. The Dawn newspaper, citing the IMF staff report issued after…
Abu Dhabi: India is ready to extend all possible support to bring peace in West Asia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday during his talks with UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The Modi-Al Nahyan meeting took place shortly after the prime minister landed in the Gulf nation in the first leg…
Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump had an in-depth exchange of views on major issues concerning the two countries and the world, and reached a series of new common understandings, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said Friday. Xi and Trump, who is on a three-day visit to China, met twice…
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!”…
