President Donald Trump

Trump to speak in 'tough terms' about North Korea in first UN speech

President Donald Trump will speak forcefully about the threat posed by North Korea during his first address to the United Nations on Tuesday while knocking those he sees as enabling Pyongyang.

Sep 19, 2017, 06:46 AM IST

Iran leader Khamenei warns against US 'wrong move' on nuclear deal

"The Iranian nation is standing firm and any wrong move by the domineering regime regarding the (nuclear accord) will face the reaction of the Islamic Republic," state television quoted Ayatollah Khamenei as saying on Sunday.

Sep 17, 2017, 19:07 PM IST

Day after 'sinking' threat, North Korea fires second ballistic missile over Japan

UN Security Council has called for an emergency meeting Friday on North Korea missile launch

 

Sep 15, 2017, 06:55 AM IST

Hurricane Irma kills 10, may hit Florida Sunday as Category 4

The eye of Irma was moving west-northwest off the northern coast of the Dominican Republic, heading slightly north of Haiti, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. 

Sep 08, 2017, 00:12 AM IST

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.

Sep 06, 2017, 07:46 AM IST

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