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Trump denies calling US war dead 'losers,' 'suckers'

Trump faces credibility test as he plays down virus threat

2:34 pm February 27, 2020

Washington: President Donald Trump faces a critical personal challenge in grappling with the new coronavirus outbreak: Asking Americans to believe him after he and some of his top advisers have contradicted federal scientists in playing down the threat. Keenly aware of the stakes not just for public health but also his credibility, Trump conducted a […]

Seattle City Council passes resolution against CAA, NRC

2:00 pm February 4, 2020

Washington: The Seattle City Council, one of the most powerful city councils in the US, on Monday unanimously passed a resolution condemning India’s recently-enacted Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC). The new citizenship law passed by Parliament in December 2019 offers citizenship to non-Muslim persecuted religious minorities from Pakistan, […]

Hundreds of Central American migrants cross into Mexico

5:38 am January 24, 2020

Ciudad Hidalgo (Mexico): Hundreds of Central American migrants surged into Mexico Thursday, wading unopposed across a river on the Guatemalan border where Mexican troops had used tear gas earlier in the week to keep them back, AFP journalists at the scene reported. Once on the other side of the Suchiate River, the migrants quickly formed […]

Pakistan's counter-terrorism steps important but not irreversible: US

JuD chief Hafiz Saeed pleads not guilty in terror financing cases: court official

7:15 pm January 14, 2020

Lahore: Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed on Tuesday pleaded “not guilty” in two terror financing cases against him as the Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief recorded his statement in a Pakistani anti-terrorism court here, amidst mounting international pressure on Islamabad to rein in militant groups. The Counter Terrorism Department had registered 23 FIRs against Saeed and his accomplices […]

Impeachment arguments as seen by Democrats, Trump team

Trump says no Americans harmed in attack by Iran, offers peace

11:21 pm January 8, 2020

Washington: President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that no Americans were harmed in the attack by Iran on US bases in Iraq as he offered to embrace peace along with the Iranian leadership, in a significant move to de-escalate spiralling tensions in the Middle East. His remarks came hours after Iran launched over a dozen […]