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Aug 6, 20243 min read
Prez Murmu addresses Fijian Parliament, highlights close ties between two nations
Suva, Aug 6 - President Droupadi Murmu addressed the Fijian Parliament on Tuesday, emphasising the "close ties" and "shared values"...


Aug 4, 20241 min read
Pentagon chief revokes plea deals with three Sept. 11 suspects
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday revoked plea deals agreed to earlier this week with the man accused of masterminding the...


Aug 3, 20243 min read
Children of freed sleeper agents learned they were Russians on the flight, Kremlin says
MOSCOW - A family of Russian sleeper agents flown to Moscow in the biggest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War were so deep under...


Aug 2, 20245 min read
Analysis-Prisoner swap a legacy boost for Biden but critics see risks
WASHINGTON - The largest prisoner exchange between Russia and the West in decades could help U.S. President Joe Biden burnish his foreign...


Aug 2, 20242 min read
'This is momma': Tears in Oval Office as families speak to prisoners freed in swap
WASHINGTON - Tears of joy flowed in the Oval Office the moment families of prisoners such as Evan Gershkovich, freed by Russia in the...


Aug 1, 20243 min read
North Korea wants to restart nuclear talks if Trump wins, says ex-diplomat
SEOUL - North Korea wants to reopen nuclear talks with the United States if Donald Trump is re-elected as president and is working to...


Jul 20, 20244 min read
Russian court jails US reporter Gershkovich for 16 years in spying case his employer calls a sham
MOSCOW - A Russian court found U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich guilty of espionage on Friday and sentenced him to 16 years in a maximum...


Jul 20, 20243 min read
Explainer-Relations between Taiwan and the United States
TAIPEI - Taiwan should pay the United States for its defence as it does not give the country anything, U.S. Republican presidential...


Jul 12, 20242 min read
Factbox-Biden makes a series of verbal gaffes at NATO summit
U.S. President Joe Biden had a series of verbal slip-ups on Thursday alongside the NATO summit in Washington, an unfortunate development...


Jul 12, 20242 min read
Ukraine gets new $225 million US military aid after Biden meets Zelenskiy
WASHINGTON - The United States on Thursday announced a new security package for Ukraine worth $225 million, which includes a Patriot...


Jul 12, 20243 min read
Russia to counter 'threatening' US deployment of long-range missiles in Germany
MOSCOW - Russia will act to counter the planned U.S. deployment of long-range missiles in Germany, the Kremlin said on Thursday, as it...


Jul 12, 20242 min read
Iran's acting foreign minister says indirect talks with US ongoing via Oman
DUBAI - Iran is still conducting indirect nuclear talks with the United States via Oman, Iran's Etemad newspaper on Thursday quoted...
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