Washington: US President Donald Trump on Friday said the United States would respect historic institutions but that other countries must pay their fair share to support the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Trump, speaking at a news conference following his meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, said he thanked her “forRead More

Washington: A California man who scaled the White House fence last week was on the property’s south grounds for at least 15 minutes before he was captured, CNN reported on Friday, citing an unnamed U.S. Secret Service source. Jonathan Tran, 26, faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prisonRead More

Washington: Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny caused a stir at the White House on the eve of Saint Patrick’s day today, pointedly telling President Donald Trump that the festival is in honor of an immigrant. Before a sea of green-clad revelers in the East Room of the White House lastRead More

Washington: US President Donald Trump on Friday welcomed German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the White House for talks expected to focus on their differences over NATO, Russia, global trade and a host of other issues. The Oval Office meeting had been scheduled for Tuesday, before a major snowstorm in theRead More

Washington: President Donald Trump braced Thursday for a long legal battle over his ban on travel from six mainly-Muslim countries after two federal judges ruled against the measure, saying the Republican’s own comments suggested religious bias. It was a humiliating setback for Trump, who saw his first attempt at limitingRead More

London: British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday ruled out a call for a Scottish independence referendum by saying “now is not the time” for another vote. May said a repeat of the 2014 referendum was not appropriate because the country was already going through a huge change in termsRead More

Paris: A 17-year-old student has been arrested after opening fire in a school in the southern French town of Grasse, injuring eight persons and prompting the government to issue a terror warning. The student, carrying two hand guns, a hunting rifle and two “training” grenades, entered the Alexis de TocquevilleRead More

Beijing: China and Pakistan on Thursday agreed to continue and further increase military cooperation, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. The development came during Pakistan Army Chief Qamar Javed Bajwa’s three-day trip to China, ISPR said in a statement. The army chief thanked the Chinese leadership for their defence supportRead More

London: Queen Elizabeth II today gave her Royal Assent to the Brexit trigger bill, empowering Prime Minister Theresa May to invoke Article 50 at any time to begin Britain’s exit talks from the European Union. Speaker John Bercow announced the historic milestone in the House of Commons, prompting cheers fromRead More

Brussels: The EU expects Turkey to honour a key migrant return accord which Ankara has threatened to ditch amid a bitter dispute with the bloc, a European Commission spokesman said today. “We remain committed to the implementation of the EU-Turkey statement … This is an engagement of mutual trust andRead More