WASHINGTON: The US military shot down an Iranian drone that came within 1,000 yards of one of its naval vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump said. "The (USS) Boxer took defensive action against an Iranian drone which had closed into a very, very near distance, approximately 1,000 ...

*WASHINGTON - **US President Donald Trump responds over arrest of JuD Chief Hafiz Saeed in Pakistan.* *US President Donal Trump lauded Pakistan’s arrest of Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed hours after Saeed was taken into custody by Punjab’s Counter-Terrorism Department.* India and ...

WASHINGTON: Top US and Chinese trade negotiators are due to speak by telephone in the coming days, but no face-to-face talks have been scheduled yet, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Monday. That would be the second call in two weeks by senior officials from Washington and Beijing as the ...

WASHINGTON – Former Vice President Joe Biden would beat President Donald Trump if the two were to face off in a US presidential election held today, a Rasmussen Reports poll revealed on Friday. “The latest Rasmussen Reports White House Watch biweekly telephone and online survey finds that ...

WASHINGTON - A small twin-engine passenger plane crashed in Texas in the United States on Sunday, killing 10 people, officials said. "The Dallas County Medical Examiner has confirmed 10 fatalities and no survivors," a spokeswoman for the town of Addison told AFP. The plane was heading for St. ...

ISLAMABAD - US President Donald Trump met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in the Demilitarised Zone between the North and South Korea on Sunday. Both leaders expressed hope for peace. Speaking on the occasion, Donald Trump said it is a great day for the world while North Korean leader said the ...

ISLAMABAD - United States and Afghan Taliban crucial endgame talks begin in Qatar. The seventh round of the talks between the US and Taliban negotiators kicked off on Saturday amid high expectations of reaching a conclusion on one of the four key issues under debate which could facilitate ...

WASHINGTON - The US has deployed F-22 stealth fighters to Qatar for the first time, its military said Friday, adding to a buildup of US forces in the Gulf amid tensions with Iran. The Air Force F-22 Raptor stealth fighters have been deployed “to defend American forces and interests,” the US ...

ISLAMABAD - US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a meeting discussed various bilateral and global issues including Iran, 5G Communications Networks, Trade and Defense ahead of the G-20 Summit. Modi thanked Trump for expressing his "love towards india" in a ...

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump has expressed hope for productive talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on a trade war. Trump stated this while talking to reporters in Osaka, Japan after a series of meetings with leaders where he made clear that his priority is two-way trade deals to ...