Hurricane Irma thrashes St Martin as Florida braces for weekend landfall
Irma could become the second powerful storm to thrash the US mainland in as many weeks, but its precise trajectory remained uncertain. Hurricane Harvey killed more than 60 people and caused as much as $180 billion in damage after hitting Texas late last month.
Sep 06, 2017, 23:17 PM IST
President Donald Trump nominates Kenneth Ian Juster as US envoy to India
Washington, Sep 6 (PTI) President Donald Trump has sent Kenneth Ian Juster's nomination to the US Senate for the next American ambassador to India.
Trump mulls snapping trade ties with nations doing business with North Korea
Trump's statement comes on the backdrop of nuclear test conducted by the North Korea on Sunday.
Sep 03, 2017, 23:40 PM IST
North Korea 'great threat and embarrassment' to China: President Donald Trump
"North Korea has conducted a major nuclear test. Their words and actions continue to be very hostile and dangerous to the United States," Trump tweeted.
Sep 03, 2017, 19:38 PM IST
President Donald Trump says North Korea actions 'very hostile and dangerous to US'
US President Donald Trump on Sunday called North Korea`s actions "very hostile and dangerous" to the United States, after Pyongyang conducted its sixth nuclear test.
Sep 03, 2017, 17:33 PM IST
Muslims at haj are worried about Donald Trump's policies towards them
"No one that I know is happy at the current circumstances or the current administration. No one, not a single person in this entire gathering."
Sep 03, 2017, 16:29 PM IST
Donald Trump hugs Harvey's victims in test of presidential mien
In a widely watched test of his presidential mien, Trump comforted victims and thanked volunteers and first responders after being criticized earlier in the week for not showing sufficient empathy to Texas residents during catastrophic flooding.
Sep 03, 2017, 16:19 PM IST
People denied US entry under first travel ban can reapply
The court ruling temporarily blocked the travel ban from being implemented nationwide Because the case was filed as a class action lawsuit.
Sep 02, 2017, 00:32 AM IST
Harvey's floods hang on in Texas, complicating rescue efforts
The storm has displaced more than 1 million people with 44 feared dead from flooding that paralyzed Houston, swelled river levels to record highs and knocked out the drinking water supply in Beaumont, Texas, a city of about 120,000 people.
Sep 01, 2017, 20:28 PM IST
Top advisers in more displays of disagreement with Donald Trump
"We are never out of diplomatic solutions," Mattis told reporters, just hours after Trump said in a tweet that "talking is not the answer" to the standoff over North Korea`s nuclear weapons and missile programs.
Aug 31, 2017, 20:51 PM IST
UN slams US government's 'failure' to reject racist violence
On August 12, a car rammed into a crowd marching against a white supremacist rally in Virginia's Charlottesville, killing a woman and injuring 19 others.
Aug 24, 2017, 16:20 PM IST
White House to issue guidance on transgender military ban
The guidance also instructs the Pentagon to stop paying for transgender troops` medical treatment, informed officials told the Journal.
Aug 24, 2017, 13:05 PM IST
No decision yet on size of US troop increase in Afghanistan: Defense Secretary James Mattis
The Afghan government welcomed Trump`s speech but the Taliban said it would make the country a "graveyard for the American empire."
Aug 22, 2017, 20:43 PM IST
US Secret Service crunched by Trump and family's travel
Randolph "Tex" Ailes, the service's chief, said 1,100 agents will exceed caps for the fiscal year on salary and overtime pay because of the crushing workload.
Aug 22, 2017, 00:22 AM IST
President Donald Trump likely to approve modest troop increase for Afghanistan
Trump will give a prime-time address to the nation at 9 pm to detail his view of the US role in Afghanistan, an issue that vexed his two predecessors.
Aug 22, 2017, 00:21 AM IST
Twitter trolls President Donald Trump on 'heel'
US journalist Mark Harris made a pun saying that one of Trump`s staff members had been helping him understand the importance of the Boston counter-protesters and good spelling.
Aug 20, 2017, 12:21 PM IST
Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger urges President Donald Trump to reject white supremacists
"There are not two sides to bigotry and there are not two sides to hatred," Schwarzenegger said in the video that received over two million clicks within two hours of its release.
Aug 18, 2017, 13:41 PM IST
3.5 million North Koreans sign up to fight against US
North Korea has a population of 25 million, with an army of between 700,000 and 1.3 million members.
Aug 12, 2017, 13:00 PM IST
India a major foreign policy priority for US: Richard Rahul Verma, former US Ambassador to India
Richard Rahul Verma hoped that the US will "really pursue" the Major Defence Partner status granted to India, which is completely brand new and unique.
Aug 10, 2017, 08:54 AM IST
South Korea's military says prepared to act immediately against North Korean provocation
North Korea dismissed on Thursday warnings by US President Donald Trump that it would face "fire and fury" if it threatened the United States as a "load of nonsense".
Aug 10, 2017, 08:42 AM IST