US President Donald Trump on Monday (local time) said he had been critical of UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer before his resignation as Labour Party leader, citing disagreements over energy policy and NATO-related decisions, including restrictions on North Sea oil drilling. Speaking during a signing ceremony of two Executive Orders on quantum technology at the … Read more
The recent US-Iran agreement is causing concern and angst in Israel, which knows that Iran is evidently the most serious threat to it. Israel’s leaders and security experts fear that the final deal carved on the basis of this agreement may strengthen Iran while failing to address the threats that Tehran poses and hence regard … Read more
US President Donald Trump has heaped praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, describing him as a “great leader” and a “very tough cookie”, and counting him among the world leaders he admires most during a wide-ranging interview with Axios that touched on power, diplomacy and global leadership. Throughout the conversation, Trump returned repeatedly to PM … Read more
Aforthcoming book by The New York Times journalists Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan has made fresh claims about Donald Trump’s habits inside the White House, alleging that staff members had to monitor the president’s trash after he repeatedly discarded sterling silver utensils. The allegations appear in Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump. Neither … Read more
New Delhi: As US President Trump put his signature to the 14-point US-Iran memorandum, diplomats and strategic thinkers have been busy trying to analyse the implications of the document. Mixed diplomatic reactions While some have termed it a “resounding Iranian diplomatic success,” which has the potential to change relations between the US and the Islamic Republic, … Read more
US President Donald Trump has defended the return of frozen Iranian assets as part of the evolving diplomatic process with Tehran, arguing that permanently withholding another country’s funds could undermine global confidence in the US dollar and the international financial system. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in France, Trump said … Read more
The Iranian Foreign Ministry suggested late on Wednesday that the deal with the United States could be signed by Presidents Donald Trump and Masoud Pezeshkian. Such an signing ceremony would represent a major step for the two countries, which saw diplomatic relations break off in 1980 over the US embassy hostage crisis in Tehran. Foreign … Read more
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the United States would help India if it came under attack, offering one of his strongest public statements on defence ties with New Delhi during a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G7 summit. Trump made the remarks when asked about the defence … Read more
US President Donald Trump has warned that the United States could resume military action against Iran if he is dissatisfied with the final terms of a peace agreement set to be signed later this week or if Tehran fails to uphold its commitments. Speaking alongside Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi at the G7 Summit in … Read more
Wars can only be addressed through dialogue, diplomacy and international cooperation, and all countries must ensure the safety of maritime routes and seafarers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told a gathering that included US President Donald Trump on Tuesday, days after a US strike on a merchant vessel killed three Indian sailors in waters off Oman. … Read more