US wants return on Ukraine aid money: Trump
US president Donald Trump said on Saturday he was trying to get money back for the billions of dollars sent to support Ukraine鈥檚 war against Russia.
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Musk says all US govt staff must justify their work or lose jobs
Elon Musk, the billionaire advisor to Donald Trump, said Saturday that all US federal employees must justify their work or lose their jobs, hours after the president pushed him to be 鈥榤ore aggressive鈥� in slashing government spending...
Trump fires top-ranked US military officer
President Donald Trump fired top US military officer General Charles 鈥楥Q鈥� Brown on Friday, part of a major shake-up of the armed forces鈥� leadership.
$29m USAID fund went to Bangladesh firm 鈥榳ith 2 people鈥�: Trump
The United States president Donald Trump has said that a firm with just two people received $29 million for a project to strengthen the political landscape in Bangladesh.
Trump tightens curbs on Chinese investments
US president Donald Trump signed a memo Friday calling for curbs on Chinese investments in strategic sectors like tech and critical infrastructure鈥攊ncluding restrictions by a foreign investment review panel.
Arab leaders meet in KSA over Gaza plan
Arab leaders met in Riyadh on Friday to craft a plan for Gaza鈥檚 post-war reconstruction to counter Donald Trump鈥檚 proposal for the United States to take over the territory without its Palestinian residents.
US Senate confirms Trump loyalist Kash Patel to head FBI
The Republican-controlled US Senate on Thursday confirmed Kash Patel, a staunch loyalist who has threatened to go after President Donald Trump鈥檚 political enemies, as director of the FBI, the country鈥檚 top law enforcement agency....
US pushes Zelensky to sign Ukraine resources deal
Trump wants Ukraine to give US companies access as compensation for the tens of billions of dollars of aid delivered under his predecessor Joe Biden, but Ukraine is seeking security guarantees from the United States in exchange for signing away precious rights to vast amounts of its natural resources and critical minerals...
Donald Trump appoints new 鈥榩ardon czar鈥�
United States president Donald Trump said on Thursday that he has appointed Alice Marie Johnson, a woman he pardoned in his first term, as 鈥榩ardon czar鈥� to advise on other cases....
Walls close in on Zelensky
Outgunned Ukrainian forces have slowly lost territory to Russian troops over recent weeks. But in the capital Kyiv, the ground is shifting rapidly beneath president Volodymyr Zelensky鈥檚 feet...
Trump says trade deal with China 鈥榩ossible鈥�
US president Donald Trump suggested on Wednesday that a trade deal was 鈥榩ossible鈥� with China 鈥� a key target in the US leader鈥檚 tariffs policy...
Trump says US govt should 鈥榯ake over鈥� Washington
Donald Trump said the federal government should 鈥榯ake over Washington DC,鈥� as the US president complained about crime, graffiti and 鈥榯oo many tents on the lawns.鈥�...
Musk says he鈥檒l work with Trump as 鈥榣ong as helpful鈥�
Elon Musk has said he would work with US president Donald Trump for as long as he 鈥榗an be helpful,鈥� as the pair dismissed concerns over possible conflicts of interest due to the tech tycoon鈥檚 work with the White House...
Zelensky accuses Trump of living in Russian 鈥榙isinformation鈥�
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday accused Donald Trump of succumbing to Russian 鈥榙isinformation鈥�, deepening a rift between Kyiv and the new US administration...
Trump says US auto tariffs to be about 25 per cent
US president Donald Trump expanded his offensive against trading partners on Tuesday, threatening 25 per cent tariffs on imported cars, and similar or higher duties on pharmaceuticals and semiconductors...
Trump outlines Musk鈥檚 role as enforcer-in-chief
US president Donald Trump painted Elon Musk as his enforcer-in-chief Tuesday, hailing the tech billionaire鈥檚 zeal in implementing the blizzard of executive orders the president has issued since returning to office...
Trump orders firing of all 鈥楤iden-era鈥� US attorneys
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he has ordered the firing of all remaining US attorneys nominated by his predecessor Joe Biden...
Deep state and Trump-Modi press briefing
THE recent joint press briefing between US president Donald Trump and Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has sparked significant discussion regarding the role of the deep state in shaping geopolitical events. While the discussion revolved primarily around trade, defence and diplomatic engagements, a key point of contention was whether the US deep state had...
Trump-Modi: illusive conjectures about Bangladesh
US PRESIDENT Donald J Trump and Indian prime minister Narendra Modi met at the Oval Office of the White House on February 13. They ended the meeting with a joint press conference. The exchange of verbal pageantry...
South Africans gather for pro-Trump rally
About a thousand people gathered outside the US embassy in Pretoria on Saturday to show their support for President Donald Trump after he hit out at the 鈥榠njust鈥� treatment of white South Africans.
Palestinians must 鈥榮tay on their land鈥�: Vatican
A top Vatican official on Thursday rejected US President Donald Trump鈥檚 proposal to move Palestinians from Gaza, saying 鈥榯he Palestinian population must remain on its land鈥�....
Trump eyes summit with Xi-Putin, shaking up world order
Donald Trump unveiled an extraordinary vision of a shake-up to the world order Thursday, eyeing a three-way summit with the Russian and Chinese leaders just a day after saying he had agreed with Vladimir Putin to start Ukraine peace talks....
Trump administration begins firing probationary staff
US President Donald Trump鈥檚 administration has begun laying off probationary employees as it moves to the next stage of its plans to aggressively shrink the federal workforce...
US judge temporarily lifts funding freeze on aid programs
A federal judge has temporarily lifted a freeze on funding to US aid and development programs ordered by President Donald Trump鈥檚 administration, court documents seen by AFP on Friday showed....
Trump offers top-end jets, trade deal to India in Modi bromance
US President Donald Trump on Thursday offered to sell state-of-the-art fighter jets to India as he and Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to ramp up trade, rekindling a bond that defies the new US administration's punitive approach to much of the world.
India's Modi builds bromance with Trump, Musk despite trade war
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi met US President Donald Trump -- and billionaire Elon Musk -- at the White House on Thursday, with the two national leaders hailing their close bond despite Trump's expanding global trade war.
Trump, Putin set to meet in Saudi Arabia on Ukraine
US president Donald Trump revealed on Wednesday he expected to meet Russian president Vladimir Putin in Saudi Arabia for Ukraine peace talks, in an extraordinary thaw in relations after a surprise phone call between the two leaders...
Musk and the myth of USAID
WHAT hath the make America great again movement wrought? I doubt the archest of Donald Trump鈥檚 arch-enemies ever imagined that in his second term he would take things this far in the direction of dangerous or dumb or both...
Trump leaves USAID staff in despair
Beyond putting its work in some of the world鈥檚 poorest countries in doubt, US president Donald Trump鈥檚 sudden move to shut down USAID has left many of its thousands of employees in shock and despair.
Dev sector jobs, services in Bangladesh hit by USAID fund suspension
Many non-governmental organisations and marginalised communities who benefit from different socio-economic services provided by these organisations in Bangladesh are already feeling the impact of the USAID fund freeze ordered by United States president Donald Trump in January...