WASHINGTON - *Donald Trump returned late Monday from his European tour to face ire in Washington, where US intelligence officials and senior Republicans were denouncing the president as ‘shameful’ and ‘disgraceful’ after he refused to challenge Russian President Vladimir Putin ...

KABUL - The NATO-led Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan on Tuesday rejected reports its commander General John Nicholson had said the United States was ready to join direct negotiations with the Taliban, saying his comments were “mischaracterised”. In a statement, it referred to reports ...

WASHINGTON: The United States is trying to persuade NATO partner Turkey to purchase the Patriot surface-to-air missile system, a US official said, instead of rival Russian equipment. The NATO alliance is worried Turkey’s intent to deploy Russia’s S-400 anti-aircraft missile system could ...

WASHINGTON: The Trump administration has told American envoys to seek direct talks with Taliban to end the United States’ longest-ever war in Afghanistan. According to New York Times, change in White House stance rolls back a long-held position that any talks must be led and controlled by the ...

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to improve troubled relations between the two countries at their first summit at Helsinki.  Addressing a joint press conference after talks on an array of issues from Syria, Ukraine and China to trade tariffs and ...

Washington: NATO's Afghanistan mission denied Monday reports that its commander has said America is ready to join direct talks with the Taliban. US General John Nicholson spoke with Afghan officials in Kandahar, where he reportedly said the US was "ready" to talk to the Taliban -- a shift from the ...

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said he intends to run for re-election in 2020 because “everybody wants me to” and there are no Democratic candidates who could defeat him, the Mail newspaper reported. Asked by British journalist Piers Morgan in an interview given on Friday ...

WASHINGTON: The US President Donald Trump has named European Union as a top adversary of the United States in trade. He expressed these views in an interview in Scotland, before his departure for Helsinki, where he is scheduled to hold a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin ...

WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump says he has low expectations for his meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Finland tomorrow. Talking to CBS News, Trump said nothing bad and maybe some good would come out of the meeting. Trump said he would, also, raise subject of twelve ...

FARNBOROUGH, ENGLAND: The United States has struck a preliminary deal to buy F-35 jets from Lockheed Martin worth about $13 billion, clearing the way for a larger multi-year purchase that aims to bring the cost per jet down to $80 million by 2020, sources said. The deal for 141 F-35s lowers the ...