When Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado handed US President Donald Trump her Nobel Peace Prize medal this week, the gesture was heavy on symbolism and light on clarity. Was Trump being “given” a Nobel? Can such a prize be passed on? And what exactly does ownership of the medal mean?Here is how the rules, […]
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said that Ukraine – not Russia – is holding up a potential peace deal, rhetoric that stands in marked contrast to that of European allies, who have consistently argued Moscow has little interest in ending war in Ukraine. “I think he’s ready to make a deal,” Trump said of Russian […]
Donald Trump (Photo credit- AP) TOI correspondent from Washington: US President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy military forces in Minneapolis, escalating a volatile standoff between federal authorities, local officials and protesters amid intensifying unrest tied to immigration enforcement. The warning, delivered in a post on Truth Social, has […]
US President Donald Trump early Thursday threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act after another shooting involving a federal agent overnight in Minnesota.“If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of ICE, who are only trying to do their job, I will institute […]
Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Oman led efforts to talk US President Donald Trump out of attacking Iran, fearing “grave blowbacks in the region,” a senior Saudi official said Thursday.The official, speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity, said the Gulf trio “led a long, frantic, diplomatic last-minute effort to convince President Trump to give Iran […]
While the Trump administration is cracking down on all visas, it chose to do otherwise for religious workers’ visa as the administration announced a new rule to remove a one-year out-of-country waiting period for priests and religious workers seeking a new temporary R-1 visa after their previous visa expires. Old R-1 visa rule The R-1 […]
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that a resolution could come up amid his repeated threats to seize Greenland, following a high-level meeting in Washington with officials from Denmark and the autonomous territory. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office after the talks, Trump said the United States had “a very good relationship with […]
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he has been informed “on good authority” that executions in Iran “are stopping”. Although Tehran had indicated it may carry out rapid trials and executions amid a harsh crackdown on protesters.“We’ve been told that the killing in Iran is stopping — it’s stopped — it’s stopping,” Trump […]
US President Donald Trump said that he believed the woman who was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent last week was likely a “very, solid, wonderful person,” but said her actions before she was killed were “pretty tough”.Trump spoke with “CBS Evening News”, less than a week after 37-year-old Renee Good was […]
File photo: US President Donald Trump (Picture credit: AP) US President Donald Trump on Wednesday renewed his push for the United States to acquire Greenland, saying the Arctic island is vital for American national security and for the “Golden Dome” defence system he claims Washington is building.In a post on Truth Social, Trump said, “The […]
