Day: August 21, 2019

Trump insists US already has ‘strong’ gun background checks

9:26 pm August 21, 2019

Washington : President Donald Trump has insisted that the US already has “very, very strong background checks” for gun purchases in the latest sign that he is backing away from throwing his political support behind changes to the system that are opposed by the powerful gun lobby. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on […]

Ayodhya: Lord Ram’s birthplace is deity, no one can claim right over it, Ram Lalla’s lawyer tells SC

9:25 pm August 21, 2019

New Delhi: The birthplace of Lord Ram at Ayodhya is itself a deity and no one can claim ownership right over the sacred place by merely putting up a structure like a mosque, a counsel for ‘Ram Lalla’ told the Supreme Court on Wednesday. ‘Ram Lalla Virajman’, a deity which is one of the parties […]

China threatens sanctions on US firms linked to Taiwan warplanes sale

9:24 pm August 21, 2019

Beijing: China on Wednesday blasted a huge planned US arms shipment to self-ruled Taiwan and threatened to sanction firms involved in the sale of F-16 fighter jets. The US State Department on Tuesday approved the transfer of 66 Lockheed Martin-built F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan in a US$8 billion deal, following another huge military hardware […]

Venezuelan officials discussed Maduro exit behind his back: Bolton

9:21 pm August 21, 2019

Washington: Venezuelan officials reached out to the US behind President Nicolas Maduro’s back solely to discuss his exit from power and free elections, National Security Advisor John Bolton said Wednesday. Bolton’s comment came after Maduro said he had authorised the contacts with high level US officials, casting them as a long-standing initiative that he was […]

Xi orders Chinese military to strengthen training under real combat conditions

China unveils new counter-terror unit in Muslim-majority Xinjiang province

9:20 pm August 21, 2019

Beijing: China has set up a new counter-terror special operations unit in its restive Muslim-majority Xinjiang province where a large number of security forces are conducting operations against the separatist East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM). State-run Global Times reported on Wednesday that the Chinese People’s Armed Police have for the first time unveiled to public […]