*NEW YORK - India was left fuming by* Donald Trump tweet which has called Hindu Diwali event a "holiday observed by Buddhists, Sikhs and Jains" and not mentioning the Hindus in his tweet concerning the festival of lights. Donald Trump's tweet on Diwali triggered a storm on Twitter with ...

RIYADH – The United States on Thursday placed punishing economic sanctions on 17 Saudis allegedly involved in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, including top aides of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The sanctions were declared after Riyadh s public prosecutor announced that five ...

Washington: Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said that the military operation to harden the US-Mexico frontier was clearly necessary, as he visited troops deployed on the controversial mission. President Donald Trump ordered the deployment in the build-up to last week's midterm elections, with critics ...

Washington: Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said he will visit the US-Mexico border, where thousands of active-duty soldiers have been deployed to help border police prepare for the arrival of a "caravan" of migrants. President Donald Trump ordered the military deployment in the build-up to last ...

Washington: Donald Trump unleashed an extraordinary attack on Emmanuel Macron, mocking the French president's approval rating and lashing him over European defense proposals which enjoyed a crucial new boost from Germany. On the heels of a rocky trip to Paris to mark the World War I centenary, ...

TOKYO – A US Navy fighter jet on Monday crashed in the Philippine Sea, south of the Japanese island of Okinawa. The F/A-18 Hornet was conducting routine operations when it “experienced a mechanical issue” that forced the two crew to eject, the US 7th Fleet said. U.S. Navy Aircraft Crashes ...

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Sunday the US will hold accountable all those involved in the killing of a dissident Saudi journalist, in a telephone call that also took in the conflict in Yemen. The killing of Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi ...

Washington: The United States and China resumed top-level talks after months of spiraling tension, looking to see if they can find a way forward on disputes from trade to human rights. Yang Jiechi, a longtime architect of Chinese foreign policy, and the defense minister, General Wei Fenghe, led ...

Washington: Donald Trump boasts about winning, but after Democrats seized the House of Representatives, the reality show-host-turned-president is finding out how it feels to be one of the "losers" he usually mocks. And has he responded with humility? Did the former billionaire real estate dealer ...

Washington: US President Donald Trump said he hoped to meet again early next year with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un but that he was in "no rush" to negotiate. In a wide-ranging news conference after congressional elections, Trump said he was willing to accede to North Korea's key demand of ...