COLOMBO: China has raised objections to what it called US bullying of Sri Lanka after Washington said the Indian Ocean island must make “difficult but necessary choices” regarding its ties with China. The comments by the Chinese embassy in Colombo came shortly before the arrival today of US Secretary of […]
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PESHAWAR: A bomb blast at a religious seminary in the Pakistani city of Peshawar today killed at least seven people and wounded more than 80, police and hospital officials said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bomb in the northwestern city, near the border with Afghanistan, which […]
WASHINGTON: With just a week to go until the November 3 election, President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden will criss-cross the country today in an intense day of campaigning that will also see former President Barack Obama back on the stump. Trailing Biden in national opinion polls, Trump will […]
NEW DELHI: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in New Delhi today, kicking off a four-country Asia tour that he has said will focus on the “threats” posed by China. Joined by Defense Secretary Mark Esper for the two-day visit, Pompeo will hold top-level talks following a spike in […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has summoned France’s ambassador in Islamabad, the foreign office said on Monday, a day after Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said French President Emmanuel Macron had “attacked Islam”. The foreign office spokesman confirmed to Reuters that the French ambassador had been summoned and shared a statement from his […]
WASHINGTON: The Republican-controlled US Senate handed President Donald Trump a major pre-election political victory yesterday by confirming his Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, with the White House planning a celebratory event afterward. The Senate voted 52-48, with Democrats unified in opposing Barrett’s confirmation, which creates a 6-3 conservative majority […]
ROME: Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi said yesterday organised crime groups planned to kill her and her family because she was taking them on in parts of the Italian capital where they hold sway. Raggi became the Eternal City’s first-ever woman mayor when she was elected in 2016 in a major […]
FLORIDA: US President Donald Trump promised supporters in Florida on Friday (Oct 23) that the COVID-19 pandemic would end soon and accused Democratic rival Joe Biden of overstating the health crisis to scare Americans into voting for him. The pandemic, which has killed more than 224,000 people in the United […]
NASHVILLE: Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden renewed his attacks on President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic at Thursday’s (Oct 22) final debate, seeking to bolster his lead in opinion polls with 12 days to go to the Nov 3 election. Trump, a Republican, initially adopted a more restrained […]
KANNAPOLIS: A North Carolina man indicted last month on child pornography charges had searched earlier this year for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s home online, travelled near the home and wrote a checklist that ended with the word “execute”, according to federal court documents. The information was contained in documents […]