Modi to meet Trump on June 26 ST PETERSBURG (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Russian President Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg on June 1 and the two countries concluded a much awaited agreement to build the last two […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): President Donald Trump’s top adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner, on the firing line for his reported attempt to set up a “back-channel” with Russia, has received support from US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley who was […]
VIENNA (TIP): OPEC decided on May 25 (Thursday) to extend cuts in oil output by nine months to March 2018, OPEC delegates said, as the producer group battles a global glut of crude after seeing prices halve and revenues drop […]
By Ravi Batra The cascading events, generally are layered and rarely, as now, erupt into a crescendo from an approaching constitutional crisis. Initially, let me disclose that I am a registered Democrat, and seeing […]
“Mr. Rouhani’s decisive victory is a shot in the arm for the moderates coming after the elections in February last year for the Parliament and the Assembly of Experts where the moderates and the reformists had registered […]
Jared Kushner Under Scrutiny in Russia Probe, Say Officials WASHINGTON (TIP): An NBC News report said, May 25, quoting “multiple US officials” that Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and one of his senior advisers, has come under FBI scrutiny […]
GM to stop selling products, focus on exports NEW DELHI (TIP): American auto major General Motors today decided to stop selling its vehicles in India as there was no turnaround in its fortunes here after struggling for over […]
UNITED NATIONS: US Ambassador Nikki Haley accused North Korea on Tuesday of intimidating the entire international community with its nuclear program, military ability and cyberattacks, and said any country that doesn’t implement UN sanctions is supporting Pyongyang’s actions. “No […]
Trump decries special counsel’s appointment as ‘single greatest witch-hunt’ in US history WASHINGTON (TIP): Former FBI director Robert Mueller has been appointed as special counsel to investigate alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US election and possible collusion between President Donald […]
UNITED NATIONS: US Ambassador Nikki Haley accused North Korea on Tuesday of intimidating the entire international community with its nuclear program, military ability and cyberattacks, and said any country that doesn’t implement UN sanctions is supporting Pyongyang’s actions. “No […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US Justice Department on May 17 independently named former FBI Director Robert Mueller as special counsel to investigate ties between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, sending the four month old Presidency into a deeper crisis. The appointment, apparently made […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Brimming with resentment, President Donald Trump fervently denied on May 18 that his campaign had collaborated with Russia or that he’d tried to kill an FBI probe of the issue, contending that “even my enemies” recognize his innocence and declaring […]
A closer look at how Robert Mueller’s investigation into Trump and Russia will play out. The Justice Department’s decision to name former FBI Director Robert Mueller to investigate possible collusion with Russia by Donald Trump’s presidential campaign rocked […]
“The Mueller appointment and the surrounding controversy around Trump and Russia remains as much a political issue as a legal one”, says the author. The appointment of ex-FBI director Robert Mueller as special […]
China’s Silk Road forum latest effort to boost Xi Jinping’s stature BEIJING (TIP): China will seek to burnish President Xi Jinping’s stature as a world-class statesman at an international gathering centered on his signature foreign policy effort envisioning a future world […]
KREMLIN SAYS ‘TOO EARLY’ TO SPEAK OF THAW IN RUSSIA-US TIES MOSCOW (TIP): The Kremlin said on Thursday it was too early to speak of a thaw in ties with Washington, a day after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met […]
‘Obama warned Trump against Flynn as national security adviser’ WASHINGTON (TIP): Former U.S. President Barack Obama warned then- President-elect Donald Trump not to give the post of national security adviser in his administration to Michael Flynn who was eventually fired […]
Trump asked FBI director three times if he was target of investigations WASHINGTON (TIP): Donald Trump said May 11 he asked his now-fired FBI director on three occasions whether he was the target of ongoing investigations, stoking allegations of presidential interference. […]
Trump’s Nixon moment? U.S. President Donald Trump’s dramatic decision to sack Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) chief James Comey hardly escapes comparisons with the 1973 “Saturday Night Massacre”. On October 20 that year, Richard Nixon fired Archibald Cox, the special prosecutor investigating […]
Trump Fires FBI Director Comey: Claims he is not under FBI investigation Democrats see a “Russiagate”: US Presidency under a Cloud US President Donald Trumpsays he is not under investigation, even as acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe on Thursday, […]
GENEVA (TIP): The UN’s Syria envoy said today that he will hold talks with Russian officials next week but without the US present after previous plans for a trilateral meeting were “postponed”. UN peace mediator […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Nikki Haley, the tough-talking and blunt U.S. Ambassador to the UN, was heckled during an annual summit on women here as she spoke about President Donald Trump and Russia. The Indian American […]
Piqued by Syria’s use of banned chemical weapons that killed at least 100 people, the U.S. military launched dozens of cruise missiles Thursday, April 6 night at a Syrian airfield Two U.S. warships in the […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says there’s no question Russia was involved in the U.S. presidential election and insists President Donald Trump would fully support strong action against the Kremlin once […]
The first open hearing into the alleged links between the campaign of Donald Trump and unnamed parties associated with the Russian government kicked off this week, even as the President put out a series of […]
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