America

Netanyahu's prospects bolstered amid Israel-Hamas fighting

Trump invites Netanyahu to US for peace plan talks

5:47 am January 24, 2020

Jerusalem: US Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main election rival to Washington next week to discuss Donald Trump’s long-awaited Middle East peace plan. The White House said the talks would take place on Tuesday. “President Trump asked me to extend an invitation to Prime Minister Netanyahu […]

Impeachment arguments as seen by Democrats, Trump team

3:02 pm January 21, 2020

Washington: Legal filings to the Senate have laid out the arguments that will be made in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, where he faces two distinct allegations of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. A look at the main points Democrats are making as they argue for Trump’s removal from office, and Trump’s response […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

UN thanks India for paying regular budget assessments in full

3:23 pm January 11, 2020

United Nations: The UN has thanked India for paying its regular budget assessments, only the fourth nation to make full contributions within the specified timeframe of the 193-member world body. India paid USD 23,396,496 net assessment on January 10, becoming only the fourth country to have paid its regular budget assessments in full by February […]

Merkel to meet Putin in Moscow for talks on Mideast crises

9:24 pm January 6, 2020

Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel will travel to Moscow on Saturday to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin amid growing tensions in the Middle East and elsewhere, officials said Monday. Merkel and Putin will discuss “current international questions,” said Steffen Seibert, the chancellor’s spokesman. Those will include Syria, Libya, Iran, Iraq, Ukraine and bilateral ties. […]

Weeping, Iran supreme leader prays over general slain by US

8:51 pm January 6, 2020

Tehran: Weeping amid wails from a sea of mourners, Iran’s supreme leader on Monday prayed over the remains of a top Iranian general killed in a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad, an attack that’s drastically raised tensions between Tehran and Washington. The procession for Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani drew a crowd of mourners and […]