US: Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump responded to Vladimir Putin’s comment, in which the Russian president called Trump “the absolute front-runner,” stating that it was a “great honor” to receive praise from a “highly respected” leader like Putin. “It is ...
Read More »OBAMA: US will Defeat Terror Threat’s New Phase
WASHINGTON: In a rare Oval Office address, President Barack Obama vowed Sunday night the U.S. will overcome a new phase of the terror threat that seeks to “poison the minds” of people here and around the world, as he sought ...
Read More »San Bernardino Shooting: Family Of Syed Rizwan Farook And Tashfeen Malik ‘In Complete Shock’
The family of the husband and wife who massacred 14 people at a work party in California have expressed their shock and said they wished they could have stopped the atrocity. Saira Khan, the sister of suspected gunman Syed Rizwan ...
Read More »Pakistan-origin Couple Blamed for US Shooting
WASHINGTON: Police have identified a couple of Pakistani origin as the shooters who killed 14 people and injured 17 in a mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, on Wednesday. On Thursday, US President Barack Obama told his nation that police ...
Read More »Suspects Syed Farook, Tashfeen Malik kill 14 in California Shooting: Authorities
LOS ANGELES: At least two heavily armed attackers opened fire on a banquet at a social services centre for the disabled Wednesday, killing 14 people and seriously wounding more than a dozen others in a precision assault that looked “as ...
Read More »Barack Obama Joins Summit in Turkey Clouded by Paris Attacks
ANTALYA, TURKEY: US President Barack Obama landed in a heavily guarded Turkish resort on the Mediterranean today to join a summit clouded by the Paris assaults claimed by Islamic State jihadists. Air Force One landed at 7am (0500 GMT) at ...
Read More »After Promising To End 2 Wars, Obama May Leave 3 Behind
File Photo: US President Barack Obama President Obama’s decision to expand the U.S. war effort in Iraq and Syria is a reflection of the conflicting pressures on a commander in chief who doubts that military force alone can end the ...
Read More »US Military Advisers Embark Upon Training of Moderate Syrian Rebels
US military advisors have started training the so-called ‘moderate rebels’ in Syria, media reports claimed. The move represents a U-turn around from Obama’s 2013 declaration not to put any “American boots on the ground in Syria.” The report cites a ...
Read More »US Receives Chinese Warning on Last Week’s Intrusion into Sovereign Waters
After last weeks intrusion into Chinese sovereign waters, United States has been urged by Chinese defence minister to respect the country’s sovereignty and national interest under international law. The concerns were forwarded by Chinese Defense Minister Chang Wanquan to US ...
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