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Trump suggested on Monday that he had little doubt that Syria was to blame, but neither he nor other administration officials have produced hard evidence. (Photo: File)

Missiles are coming: Trump bashes Russia over chemical attack on Syria

Trump cancelled a foreign trip in order to manage a crisis that is testing his vow to stand up to Assad.

12 Apr 2018 3:34 PM

Trump announced in July that he would prohibit transgender people from serving in the military, reversing former President Barack Obama's policy of accepting them. (Photo: File)

Trump’s shocking ban blocks Transgender individuals from US army

A number of federal judges have issued rulings blocking Trump's ban.

24 Mar 2018 11:25 AM

The first two-plus-two meeting between India and the US was tentatively scheduled for April 18-19. (Photo: AP)

India-US two-plus-two meeting postponed

The two-plus-two dialogue was seen as a vehicle to elevate the strategic relationship between the two countries.

18 Mar 2018 10:03 AM

'Seventy per cent of their military hardware is Russian in origin. You can’t expect India to go cold turkey on that,' Admiral Harry Harris told the lawmakers. (Photo: AFP)

Can’t expect India to go cold turkey on Russian arms: Top US Admiral

India is 'a key partner and a great strategic opportunity' for the US, Admiral Harry Harris said.

16 Mar 2018 3:33 PM

CIA Director Mike Pompeo, who has been nominated by President Donald Trump to be his next Secretary of State, is seen as an advocate of a tough policy on Pakistan. (Photo: AP)

Trump nominates Pompeo to replace Tillerson for ‘tougher’ Pak policy

Week's before Trump announced his decision on Pakistan through a tweet on the wee hours of January 1, Mike Pompeo had warned Pakistan.

14 Mar 2018 3:36 PM

At a hearing to confirm nominees for top State Department roles, senators said they had been told by members of President Donald Trump's national security team that no such idea was even on the table. (Photo: File)

US lawmakers say, possibility of ‘bloody nose’ strike on N Korea zero

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has vowed to pursue a diplomatic solution.

16 Feb 2018 3:14 PM

Trump rolls out new policy to modernise nuclear arsenal

The strategy, President Donald Trump said, is tailored and flexible to address the wide array of threats in the 21st century.

04 Feb 2018 2:22 AM

'China is a strategic competitor using predatory economics to intimidate its neighbours while militarizing features in the South China Sea,' Mattis wrote. (Photo; File)

Russia, China 'growing threats', must be ready for war: Jim Mattis

Mattis's assessment came as he unveiled the Pentagon's vision for the future detailed in a document called the national defense strategy.

20 Jan 2018 12:23 PM

In an August memorandum, Trump gave the military until March 2018 to revert to a policy prohibiting openly transgender individuals from joining the military and authorizing their discharge. (Photo: File)

Win for LGBTQ: Court rejects Trump’s bid to stop transgender military recruits

Four federal judges around the country have issued injunctions blocking Trump’s ban on transgender people from the military.

23 Dec 2017 12:10 PM

Jim Mattis did not elaborate on what was lacking in the test to show it was not a capable threat. (Photo: File)

Not yet capable threat: Jim Mattis on latest N Korean ICBM to reach US

In November, North Korea said it had successfully tested a new type of ballistic missile that could reach US mainland and South Korea.

16 Dec 2017 2:36 PM

President Trump campaigned on the pledge of increasing military spending and has said America needs more ships, submarines, troops and missiles. (Photo: File)

US tightens its muscle: Trump signs USD 700 billion defence bill

President Trump called on Democrats in Congress to get in line with Republicans and back a ‘clean funding bill.’

13 Dec 2017 12:23 PM

Jim Mattis asks Pakistan to 'redouble' efforts to confront militants operating from its soil. (Photo: File)

Mattis' meeting with Pak leaders was to find common grounds, fight terror

‘The meeting of US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis with leaders of Pakistan was fruitful,’ says Dana White.

08 Dec 2017 3:10 PM

The government's filing calls for a partial delay specifically that the Pentagon does not accept transgender recruits from that date. (Photo: AP)

Trump administration moves to block hiring of transgender recruits to Pentagon

Trump sent out three tweets in July saying that transgender troops could not serve ‘in any capacity’ in the military.

08 Dec 2017 11:24 AM

Visiting Islamabad about a week after the White House asked Pakistan to immediately charge and arrest the 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind, Hafiz Saeed, in the absence of which it warned of repercussions, Mattis said he needs to talk to leaders in the country and gain their understanding. (Photo: AFP)

Will find common ground, work hard to fight terror together: Mattis in Pak

Mattis is on a five-day tour to Egypt, Jordan, and Kuwait and Pakistan, since taking over the charge of the Pentagon.

04 Dec 2017 3:39 PM

The CIA director gave this warning at the Reagan National Defence Forum in California on Saturday, when he was queried about what Trump administration was doing to make Pakistan participate in its new Afghan strategy. (Photo: AP)

Act against terrorist safe havens or we will: CIA to Pakistan

The warning comes as Defence Secretary Jim Mattis is scheduled to arrive in Islamabad on Monday.

04 Dec 2017 2:04 PM

Mattis is the first top US official to visit Pakistan after the completion of the first 100 days of the new South Asia Strategy that was announced by President Donald Trump on August 21. (Photo: PTI/ File)

Fight against terrorism: US plans to find common grounds with Pak

US Defense Secretary Mattis says he wants to work with Pakistan; listening to one another without being combative, to address the problems.

04 Dec 2017 1:02 PM

The new South Asia strategy comprises of regionalisation, realigning of forces, reinforcing them and to reconciliation, the political goal, he told reporters at the NATO headquarters in Brussels. (Photo: AFP)

NATO nations aim to ensure Pak removes safe havens for terrorists: Jim Mattis

‘A border adjoining Afghanistan, makes Pakistan a priority,’ Jim Mattis said.

10 Nov 2017 11:29 AM

South Korean media and opposition politicians have called for US tactical nuclear weapons, which were withdrawn from the peninsula in the 1990s, to be returned. (Photo: File/AP)

S Korea will not develop atomic weapons of its own: President Moon Jae-In

In recent months Pyongyang has carried out its sixth nuclear test, its most powerful by far.

01 Nov 2017 5:21 PM

‘I cannot imagine a condition under which the United States would accept North Korea as a nuclear power,’ Jim Mattis said. (Photo: AP)

Nuclear missile attack from N Korea rising, says Jim Mattis

Some South Korean government officials have endorsed the nation getting nuclear-powered submarines amid calls for more military strength.

28 Oct 2017 3:47 PM

US defence secretary Jim Mattis and South Korean defence minister Song Young-moo visit Observation Post Ouellette in Paju near the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarised zone on the border between North and South Korea on Friday. (Photo: AP)

Jim Mattis says US goal is ‘not war’ with North Korea

The remark came a day after Mr Mattis had said that Washington was "not rushing to war" and was looking for "peaceful resolution".

28 Oct 2017 6:04 AM

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