The United States and China have agreed to set up military-to-military channels to “deconflict and deescalate any problems” following the “historic” meeting between the countries’ leaders, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, according to the US defence secretary. In a statement on X on Saturday, Pete Hegseth said he and his Chinese counterpart, Minister of National…
Al-Sharaa’s trip, planned for November 10, will be first-ever visit by a Syrian president to the White House. United States President Donald Trump will host Syria’s interim leader, Ahmad al-Sharaa, for talks on November 10, according to Washington’s envoy to Damascus, in what would mark the first-ever visit by a Syrian president to the US…
Trump’s comments appear to contrast with his own early remarks, as US sends warships to the Caribbean. United States President Donald Trump has said he is not considering strikes within Venezuela, appearing to contradict his own comments earlier this month, amid a major US military build-up in the region. The US has now deployed fighter…
Reporters blocked from key White House area without prior approval, citing structural changes and security concerns. Published On 31 Oct 202531 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share United States President Donald Trump’s administration has barred reporters from accessing part of the White House press office without an appointment, citing the…
Relations nosedived in 2018 after Canada arrested a senior Huawei executive and have remained rocky ever since. The leaders of China and Canada have taken a step towards mending the long-fractured ties between their countries with a meeting in South Korea during the Asia-Pacific Economic Summit. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Canadian Prime Minister Mark…
Beijing is positioning itself as the defender of free trade as Washington’s tariff hikes disrupt the global economy and Trump skips the economic summit. Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for efforts to promote economic globalisation and multilateralism at an annual economic regional forum pointedly snubbed by United States President Donald Trump. Xi took centre…
The US president called for Republicans to go for the ‘Nuclear Option’ in order to end the Democratic Senate roadblock. Published On 31 Oct 202531 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share United States President Donald Trump has called on the Senate to vote to scrap the filibuster custom so that…
Tehran rebukes US plans for nuclear tests, citing hypocrisy over peaceful nuclear programme accusations. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has condemned calls by United States President Donald Trump for the Pentagon to resume nuclear weapons testing, calling the move both “regressive” and irresponsible”. “Having rebranded its ‘Department of Defense’ as the ‘Department of War,’ a…
Advocates say new rules let Education Department to politically punish groups working on immigration, transgender care. The United States Department of Education has finalised new rules that could bar nonprofits deemed to have undertaken work with a “substantial illegal purpose” from a special student loan forgiveness programme. Those rules, finalised on Thursday, appear to single…
Every era of American government has had its scandal. Trump’s innovation is to make scandal itself a governing philosophy. Although it is tempting to see the Trump regime’s corruption – its open profiteering, its use of the state as an instrument of vengeance and self-enrichment – as a perversion of American democracy, the truth is…