Donald Trump
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Trump set to lay out 'America First' security strategy
President Donald Trump is set to lay out Monday a new National Security Strategy built upon his trademark "America First" slogan, which is expected to have economic security at its core.
18 December 2017
Trump not considering firing Mueller
President Donald Trump says he is not considering firing special counsel Robert Mueller, but that will not stop him from adding to the growing conservative criticism of Mueller’s acquisition of thousands of emails sent and received by Trump officials before the start of his administration.
18 December 2017
US tax bill: Republicans agree sweeping changes
Congressional Republicans unveils the final version of their dramatic US tax overhaul - debt-financed cuts for businesses, the wealthy and some middle-class Americans - and picked up crucial support from two wavering senators ahead of planned votes by lawmakers early next week.
16 December 2017
Trump, Putin discuss bilateral relations, Korean Peninsula situation
US President Trump speaks by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the two leaders “discussed working together to resolve the very dangerous situation in North Korea,” the White House said in a statement.
15 December 2017
What's behind Trump's Jerusalem gambit?
Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel has not only angered Palestinians but also outraged world leaders.
10 December 2017
Arab states urge US to abandon Jerusalem move
Arab foreign ministers urge the United States to abandon its decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, saying the move would increase violence throughout the region.
10 December 2017
Protests across Palestinian areas, Mideast after Trump move
Clashes between hundreds of Palestinian protesters and Israeli troops erupted across the West Bank, while demonstrators in Gaza burned posters of President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as Israeli and US flags.
7 December 2017
Trump’s decision on Jerusalem unacceptable: Bangladesh PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina slams US President Donald Trump as he declares Jerusalem as the capital of Israel on a “suo-moto move” (voluntarily).
7 December 2017
Iraq demands US backtrack on Jerusalem, summons ambassador
Iraq demands that the US government backtrack on a decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and summons the US ambassador in Baghdad to protest the decision.
7 December 2017
Mueller removed FBI agent from Russia probe for anti-Trump texts
The special counsel examining alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election has removed a top FBI investigator from his team for exchanging text messages with a colleague that expressed anti-Trump views, two US newspapers reports.
3 December 2017
Former Trump adviser Flynn pleads guilty to lying to FBI
Former US national security adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, prosecutors say, adding that he had spoken with a top member of Trump’s transition team regarding his communications with Russia's ambassador to the United States.
1 December 2017
North Korea says Trump deserves death penalty
North Korea's state media slams Donald Trump for insulting leader Kim Jong-Un, saying the US president deserve the death penalty and calling him a coward for cancelling a visit to the inter-Korean border.
15 November 2017