US-Pak discuss commitment to advancing ties based on 'shared interest'
Visiting Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met here and discussed about their mutual commitment to advancing a multifaceted relationship between the two countries based on "shared interest".
Oct 05, 2017, 09:07 AM IST
Chief US diplomat Rex Tillerson says he never considered resigning
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Wednesday he had never considered resigning and that he was committed to Donald Trump`s agenda but declined to directly address whether he had referred to the president as a "moron" as NBC News has reported.
Oct 05, 2017, 00:04 AM IST
Wall Street climbs to fresh highs after Tillerson's comments
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq reversed early losses following Tillerson`s comments, while the Dow extended gains.
Oct 04, 2017, 23:05 PM IST
Donald Trump tells Rex Tillerson: Stop negotiating with North Korea's ''Little Rocket Man''
United States President Donald Trump took to twitter to advise Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to stop negotiating with North Korea`s Rocket Man because the US will do what has to be done.
Oct 01, 2017, 23:19 PM IST
Tillerson in China as US presses North Korean economic squeeze
The United States sees China as critical to averting a military confrontation with Pyongyang, which is fast advancing toward its goal of developing a nuclear-tipped missile capable of reaching the United States.
Sep 30, 2017, 19:50 PM IST
High-level US-Pakistan meet to be held to defuse tensions between the two countries
Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif will meet US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Washington DC on Wednesday to resume bilateral talks and to discuss ways to remove tensions that cropped up after United States President Donald Trump's August 21 speech.
Sep 30, 2017, 12:35 PM IST
Iraq cuts Kurdistan air links with outside world
The Iraqi government cut autonomous Kurdistan's direct air links with the outside world indefinitely on Friday, partially isolating the northern region after it voted a massive "yes" in an independence referendum.
Sep 30, 2017, 11:06 AM IST
United States will admit up to 45,000 refugees next year: Donald Trump
The United States will admit a maximum of 45,000 refugees during the 2018 fiscal year, President Donald Trump said in a memorandum to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and released by the White House on Friday.
Sep 30, 2017, 07:44 AM IST
United States drastically slashes refugee intake to 45,000
The United States will curtail the number of refugees it will accept for resettlement to 45,000 next year, nearly half the figure for 2016, officials said on Thursday, triggering criticism from humanitarian groups and lawmakers.
Sep 28, 2017, 13:05 PM IST
US Defence Secretary to visit India, meet Narendra Modi, Nirmala Sitharaman
The visit, from September 26-28, is the first Cabinet-level visit to India under the Trump administration.
Sep 24, 2017, 00:10 AM IST
Nikki Haley denies designs on secretary of state job
US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley tried to scotch speculation Thursday that she is gunning to become secretary of state, saying she is not interested in the role.
Sep 22, 2017, 08:35 AM IST
Donald Trump orders new sanctions to tighten screws on North Korea
"Our new executive order will cut off sources of revenue that fund North Korea`s efforts to develop the deadliest weapons known to humankind."
Sep 21, 2017, 23:45 PM IST
Rex Tillerson meets Russian Foreign Minister, discusses Syria
The meeting between the two leaders took place at the Russian mission in New York ahead of the UN General Assembly.
Sep 18, 2017, 12:59 PM IST
Putin, Macron Agree ‘Negotiation’ the only way to defuse North Korea tension: Kremlin
In the statement, the Kremlin said that during Putin’s talk with Macron “it was underlined that an adequate response to Pyongyang’s irresponsible steps was taken” by the UN.
Sep 15, 2017, 22:31 PM IST
Rex Tillerson pays tribute to 9/11 victims
The president and first lady joined thousands of service members and families of 9/11 victims at the Pentagon, where hundreds of military personnel were killed after a hijacked plane crashed into the western side of the complex on Sept. 11, 2001.
Sep 11, 2017, 22:38 PM IST
US intends to work with Pakistan to take down terrorists: Jim Mattis
Pakistan has cancelled at least three high profile meetings with senior American officials, including a visit of Pakistan Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif to the US to meet Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
Sep 01, 2017, 13:02 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
South Korea conducts bombing drill as US, Seoul discuss tougher sanctions on North
Yoon Young-chan, a spokesman for the presidential Blue House in Seoul, told a briefing that South Korean fighter jets conducted bombing drills at a firing exercise ground after Pyongyang`s latest missile launch.
Aug 29, 2017, 09:33 AM IST
Rex Tillerson keeps distance from Donald Trump's race row stance
Trump triggered outrage earlier this month when he suggested both sides were at fault after unrest in Charlottesville, Virginia, in which a woman was killed when a white supremacist drove his car into a group of counter-protestors.
Aug 27, 2017, 22:52 PM IST
Rex Tillerson slams North Korea missile test but still seeks talks
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson declared on Sunday that North Korea`s latest missile test was a "provocative act" but said he still hopes to persuade Pyongyang to come to the negotiating table.
Aug 27, 2017, 22:00 PM IST