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Russia offered Afghan militants bounties to kill U.S. troops – NY Times

12:00 am June 28, 2020

U.S. intelligence has concluded that the Russian military offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants in Afghanistan to kill American troops and other coalition forces, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing officials briefed on the matter. A Russian military intelligence unit linked to assassination attempts in Europe had offered rewards for successful attacks last year, according to the newspaper. It said Islamist militants, or […]

Twitter slaps label on another Trump tweet

7:44 pm June 24, 2020

New York: Twitter has for the fifth time placed a label over one of Donald Trump‘s tweets for violating its policies after he threatened “serious force” against protesters, escalating the microblogging platform’s spat with the US President. The tweet says: “There will never be an ‘Autonomous Zone’ in Washington, DC, as long as I’m your President. If […]

Trump says he’ll sign executive order to punish vandalization of monuments

11:52 pm June 23, 2020

Washington: US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he will soon sign an executive order to punish all those responsible for vandalization of historic monuments and statues. “I will have an executive order very shortly. And all it’s really going to do is reinforce what’s already there, but in a more uniform way,” Trump told reporters […]

Trump says China trade deal still on after adviser’s remarks

11:51 am June 23, 2020

Washington: President Donald Trump is tweeting that an initial trade agreement with China is still on after a top White House adviser’s comments seemed to suggest it was over, spooking markets late Monday. Trump tweeted: The China Trade Deal is fully intact. Hopefully they will continue to live up to the terms of the Agreement!” […]

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Sino-India border situation ‘very tough’, US talking to India and China to help them out: Trump

8:25 pm June 21, 2020

Washington DC: Amidst the “very tough” standoff at the China-India border, US President Donald Trump has said that his administration is talking to both countries to “help them” resolve their ongoing tensions. Trump’s comments came in the backdrop of the violent face-off between the Indian and Chinese armies in the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh on June 15 in which 20 […]