Donald Trump: News

12 Nov 2017

North Korea

Won't call Kim 'short, fat': Trump on Kim's 'old' comment

After North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called Donald Trump "old", it was the American president's turn.

12 Nov 2017

Vietnam

Trump and Putin hit it off at APEC summit

US President Donald Trump met Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the ongoing Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Vietnam.

11 Nov 2017

Russia News

Trump: Putin was insulted by US election interference claims

US President Donald Trump said his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin felt insulted by allegations of Russia's interference in the US presidential elections.

11 Nov 2017

India

APEC summit: Trump praises India's "astounding" economic growth since liberalization

US President Donald Trump praised India for achieving "astounding" growth since it opened up its economy.

10 Nov 2017

South Korea

Trump to address APEC summit in Vietnam

US President Donald Trump is set to deliver a much-anticipated address at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Da Nang, Vietnam.

10 Nov 2017

North Korea

Trump softens stance on China during visit to Beijing

US President Donald Trump lavished praise on his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping during his visit to Beijing.

09 Nov 2017

Beijing

Xi Jinping rolls out red carpet for Trump's "state visit-plus"

President Xi Jinping has rolled out the red carpet for Donald Trump at Beijing's Forbidden City in what's being billed as the US president's "state visit-plus."

09 Nov 2017

Afghanistan

NATO to scale up troop presence in Afghanistan

NATO recently conveyed that it intends on deploying 3,000 additional troops to Afghanistan.

08 Nov 2017

South Korea

Trump visits South Korea, urges North to 'make a deal'

US President Donald Trump landed in South Korea yesterday, the second stop in his ongoing East Asia tour.

07 Nov 2017

White House

Employers fire cyclist who showed middle-finger to Trump's motorcade

A picture of a female cyclist flipping US President Donald Trump's motorcade had recently gone viral.

07 Nov 2017

North Korea

#TrumpInAsia: 'Era of strategic patience with North Korea is over'

US President Donald Trump has kick-started his East Asia tour with a visit to Japan.

06 Nov 2017

Russia News

#ParadisePapers: Massive leak reveals US commerce secretary Wilbur Ross's Russia-ties

A recent massive corporate information leak termed "Paradise Papers" has exposed US commerce secretary Wilbur Ross's business ties to Russia.

05 Nov 2017

North Korea

Trump begins Asia tour with Japan

US President Donald Trump's arrival in Japan at the start of his marathon Asia tour was cheered on by US and Japanese troops at the Yokota air base near Tokyo.

04 Nov 2017

Hillary Clinton

Top Democratic senator agrees her party rigged nomination for Clinton

Senator Elizabeth Warren has agreed that the Democratic party "rigged" its primary for Hillary Clinton to help her secure the presidential nomination.

04 Nov 2017

South Korea

What we can expect from Trump's marathon 5-nation Asia tour

President Donald Trump has embarked on a marathon 11-day tour of Asia, the longest by an American president to the continent in 25 years.

03 Nov 2017

Uber

Manhattan truck attacker was my Uber driver: British tourist recalls

A British tourist has expressed shock at discovering that the Uber driver who drove him to his hotel during a trip to the US last week turned out to be suspected Manhattan truck attacker Sayfullo Saipov.

03 Nov 2017

BBC

We now have a word of the year for 2017

Dictionary publisher Collins has named 2017's word of the year.

03 Nov 2017

South Korea

Intelligence-reports: North Korea may conduct missile test before Trump's visit

After briefly traveling on the road to nuclear escalation, US-North Korea relations have been relatively calm this past month.

03 Nov 2017

X

Trump briefly vanished from Twitter, users rejoiced

For about 11 minutes yesterday, the account of US President Donald Trump, an active Twitter user, disappeared.

Trump wants to abolish diversity green card lottery

President Donald Trump has called for the termination of the US' green card lottery, blaming it for allowing the suspected Manhattan truck attacker to live in America.

01 Nov 2017

South Korea

US continues diplomatic engagement with N.Korea through 'New York channel'

US President Donald Trump has publicly said that talks with North Korea are a waste of time.

Ex-RBI governor Raghuram Rajan to next head US Federal Reserve?

Former governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Raghuram Rajan, makes for an ideal candidate to head the US Federal Reserve, says international financial magazine Barron's.

31 Oct 2017

Russia News

Trump campaign adviser Papadopoulos lied to FBI about Russian links

George Papadopoulos, Donald Trump's election campaign adviser, has pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about the timing of his meetings with individuals having Russian government links.

31 Oct 2017

Facebook

Facebook: Russia-linked posts reached 126 million American users

Facebook has revealed that at least 126 million Americans have seen political adverts posted by Kremlin's operatives both during and after the 2016 US presidential elections.

28 Oct 2017

India

New Delhi "open" to US-India-Japan-Australia quadrilateral strategic dialogue

Japan and America are reportedly urging India to join them and Australia to form a quadrilateral strategic dialogue to counter China's growing regional assertiveness.

Illegal sale of opioids: Indian-American pharma billionaire arrested

Indian-American billionaire John Kapoor has reportedly been arrested for illegally marketing opioids.

27 Oct 2017

Dallas

Trump declassifies some documents on John F. Kennedy assassination

Around 2,800 files on former President John F. Kennedy's (JFK) assassination have been released on President Donald Trump's orders.

27 Oct 2017

White House

US: Trump declares opioid crisis a public health emergency

US President Donald Trump has declared the opioid crisis a "public health emergency." He also termed the crisis a "national shame."

27 Oct 2017

Washington DC

UK considered setting up warning system over Trump's unexpected announcements

It appears the UK government is just as alarmed by its ally US President Donald Trump's unpredictable announcements as everyone else.

26 Oct 2017

Russia News

Did Democrats bankroll dirty Russia dossier on Trump?

President Donald Trump's term has been mired in controversy, especially over his alleged links to Russia.

26 Oct 2017

H-1B Visa

H-1B visa extension gets tougher under new Trump administration directive

The Trump administration has passed a new directive making it tougher for non-immigrant visas, including H-1B and L1, to be renewed. Such visas are popular among Indian techies.

25 Oct 2017

Germany

Singapore has the 'most powerful' passport in the world

The Singaporean passport has been declared the world's most powerful with a score of 159- the first time an Asian country has clinched the top spot.

25 Oct 2017

Barack Obama

After Trump, Hillary Clinton, Obama being investigated for Russia ties

Republican committees have started parallel inquiries into former US President Barack Obama and 2016 presidential candidate Hilary Clinton.

25 Oct 2017

Barack Obama

Why a top US-senator considers President Trump "utterly untruthful"

Senior Republican Senator Bob Corker has attacked US President Donald Trump, calling him "utterly untruthful."

24 Oct 2017

North Korea

Trump to discuss China's 'predatory' trade practices during visit

A White House official said President Donald Trump will tell China to "cease predatory trade" practices during his maiden presidential visit to Beijing.

23 Oct 2017

India

Chabahar port: Are US-Iran tensions affecting India's dream project?

After a brief period of calm, US-Iran relations have once again become strained under Donald Trump's presidency.

20 Oct 2017

Trump Administration

Trump's call to the soldier's widow can cost him dearly

President Donald Trump finally decides to make condolence-calls to the families of the American soldiers killed in Niger on October 4, and how.

19 Oct 2017

India

Rex Tillerson: Trump wants to "dramatically deepen" ties with India

Ahead of his visit to India next week, US secretary of state Rex Tillerson in a policy address at the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies outlined how US views relations with India.