Donald Trump
Trump puts America back in Asia
The 37th annual Cobra Gold military exercise among 29 nations, now under way in Thailand, reflects the United States' nuanced geostrategic playbook under the Trump administration. It was thought in many quarters that the administration of US President Donald Trump would take an isolationist turn and be aloof from Asian affairs, given its “America First” mantra. But this has not been the case after its first year in office.
20 February 2018, 18:00 PM
Trump backs effort to improve gun background checks: White House
The White House says that President Donald Trump supports efforts to improve federal background checks for gun purchases, two days after a shooting at a Florida school killed 17 people.
19 February 2018, 15:53 PM
Trump wishes aide well after abuse allegations
President Donald Trump on Friday praised White House aide Rob Porter, who resigned this week after allegations that he abused two former wives, and stressed that Porter has maintained his innocence.
10 February 2018, 04:27 AM
Trump pushes hardline immigration policies even as he urges unity
US President Donald Trump urged lawmakers on Tuesday to work toward bipartisan compromises, but pushed a hard line on immigration, insisting on a border wall and other concessions from Democrats as part of any deal to protect the children of illegal immigrants.
31 January 2018, 04:32 AM
Kosovo farmer names one of his wolves Trump
When Hysni Rexha from Kosovo finally made his dream happen and took four wolves from the wild to feed and raise them he had no doubts over how to name one of them. He calls it Trump.
30 January 2018, 09:57 AM
I tweet from bed sometimes, Trump says
US President Donald Trump, who has garnered a large following on social media with rambunctious postings, said he sometimes tweets from bed, though he occasionally allows others to post his words.
29 January 2018, 05:15 AM
Trump hits Jay-Z on black employment following CNN interview
US President Donald Trump took credit for a decline in the African-American unemployment rate again, this time by taking aim at rapper and businessman Jay-Z following his comments on CNN Saturday night, reports CNN tonight.
28 January 2018, 18:36 PM
Trump's dealmaker image tarnished by US govt shutdown
On the first anniversary of Donald Trump's presidency, he becomes unable to avert a government shutdown after his failure to win passage by the US Congress of a stopgap bill to maintain funding for the federal government further damages his self-crafted image as a dealmaker who would repair the broken culture in Washington.
20 January 2018, 09:20 AM
Trump: ‘Unlikely’ he’d submit to a Russia probe interview
President Donald Trump says that it “seems unlikely” that he’d give an interview in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into potential coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign.
11 January 2018, 07:41 AM
South Korea's Moon says Trump deserves 'big' credit for North Korea talks
South Korean President Moon Jae-in has credited US President Donald Trump for helping to spark the first inter-Korean talks in more than two years, and warned that Pyongyang would face stronger sanctions if provocations continued.
10 January 2018, 13:46 PM
Donald Trump awarded for undermining press freedom: CPJ
United States President Donald Trump among other top world leaders was awarded for “his overall achievement in undermining press freedom”, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says.
9 January 2018, 05:18 AM
Breaking Bannon
The just-released book about Donald Trump and his dysfunctional presidency (Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House) has left much of Washington reeling.
7 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Twitter maintains that Trump stay on their site
After so many calls from netizens for Twitter to ban US President Donald Trump, the social media site stands its ground and says they are keeping his account.
7 January 2018, 05:51 AM
Trump threatens ex-ally Bannon with legal action amid book fallout
President Donald Trump threatens his former chief strategist Steve Bannon with legal action over “defamatory” statements about Trump's son and son-in-law over a meeting with Russians during the 2016 US presidential campaign.
4 January 2018, 06:39 AM
Americans should worry about Kim's mental fitness, not Trump's: White House
The White House defends Donald Trump’s tweet about the size of his nuclear button, saying Americans should be concerned about the North Korean leader’s mental fitness, not their president‘s.
4 January 2018, 05:20 AM
Jerusalem not for sale: Palestine
Palestinian officials have voiced outrage over President Donald Trump’s threat to cut funding to the Palestinian Authority, calling his tweets “blackmail” in the aftermath of the US administration’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
3 January 2018, 13:57 PM
Trump threatens to cut off US aid to Palestinian Authority
Acknowledging his push to broker peace in the Middle East has stalled, President Donald Trump appears to threaten to cut off US aid money to the Palestinian Authority, asking why the US should make “any of these massive future payments” when the Palestinians are “no longer willing to talk peace.”
3 January 2018, 12:27 PM
Don't care for US threats: Nawaz
Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in a press conference asserts that the PML-N government does not care for United States (US) threats to cut funding to Islamabad in the war against terrorism.
3 January 2018, 10:31 AM
Pakistan summons US ambassador over Trump tweet
Pakistan has summoned the US ambassador, an embassy spokesman says, a rare public rebuke after Donald Trump lashed out at Islamabad with threats to cut aid over "lies" about militancy.
2 January 2018, 06:34 AM
Defying Trump, countries vote in favour of UN Jerusalem resolution
More than 120 countries defy President Donald Trump and vote in favour of a United Nations General Assembly resolution calling for the United States to drop its recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
21 December 2017, 19:07 PM