Tag: United States
Turkey to suspend Syria offensive after US meeting
Turkey has agreed to a ceasefire in northern Syria to let Kurdish-led forces withdraw after US Vice-President Mike Pence and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met for talks in Ankara.
US-China trade talks resume amid diplomatic tension
China and the US resumed trade talks in Washington on Thursday against a backdrop of heightened diplomatic tension.
Asim Umar: Al-Qaeda’s South Asia chief ‘killed in Afghanistan’
A top al-Qaeda leader, Asim Umar, the head of al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) was killed in a joint US-Afghan military operation
US halts China visas over Uighur issue
The US will impose visa restrictions on Chinese officials accused of involvement in repression of Uighur Muslim populations in Xinjiang
US-Taliban deal would see 5,400 troops withdraw
The United States would withdraw 5,400 troops from Afghanistan within 20 weeks as part of a deal "in principle" with Taliban militants, Washington's top negotiator has said.
Share markets tumble as recession fears grow
Panic gripped Wall Street on Wednesday as investors fled shares amid fears over a US-China trade war and the health of the global economy.
Trump targets legal migrants who get food aid
US President Donald Trump's administration is to make it more difficult for poorer legal migrants to extend their visas or gain permanent resident status (a green card)
Trump escalates trade war with more China tariffs
US President Donald Trump has said he will impose a fresh 10% tariff on another $300bn (RM1.245 trillion) of Chinese goods, in a sharp escalation of a trade war between the two countries.
Sir Kim Darroch: UK ambassador to US resigns in Trump leaks...
Sir Kim Darroch has resigned as UK ambassador to the US, as a row over leaked emails critical of President Trump's administration escalates.
UK Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt rebukes ‘disrespectful’ Trump
US President Donald Trump has been "disrespectful" towards the prime minister and the UK, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said
