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A military fighter jet flies above the Taiwan Strait as seen from the 68-nautical-mile scenic spot, the closest point in mainland China to the island of Taiwan. (Photo: AP)

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Beijing bully runs berserk: Taiwan today, India next?

What began in 1950 subsequently became a familiar pattern, leading to routine and repetitive acts

13 Aug 2022 12:14 AM

AA Edit | China goes over the top in Taiwan missile drills

China has been flexing its military muscle with missile launches and military movement that could potentially blockade the island nation

06 Aug 2022 12:30 AM

Chinese military helicopters fly past Pingtan island, one of mainland China's closest point from Taiwan, in Fujian province on August 4, 2022, ahead of massive military drills off Taiwan following US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to the self-ruled island. (Hector RETAMAL / AFP)

China begins major Taiwan military drills after Pelosi visit

Pelosi left Taiwan Wednesday after a trip that defied a series of stark threats from Beijing, which views Taiwan as its territory

04 Aug 2022 10:52 AM

Visiting US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (C) waves to journalists during her arrival at the Parliament in Taipei on August 3, 2022.

AA EDIT | Pelosi in Taiwan: World on edge over China response

None can dispute the right of a US citizen to visit Taipei, but it’s the timing of her visit that raises the hackles

04 Aug 2022 12:20 AM

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, center, walks with Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu, left, as she arrives in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022. Pelosi arrived in Taiwan despite threats from Beijing of serious consequences (AP)

Nancy Pelosi lands in Taiwan, defying China threats

Pelosi, second in line to the presidency, is the highest-profile elected US official to visit Taiwan in 25 years

03 Aug 2022 8:27 AM

US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, with House impeachment managers, speaks to the press after the Senate voted to acquit former US President Donald Trump, in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on February 13, 2021. (Alex Edelman / AFP)

Speaker Pelosi proposes 9/11-type commission to probe US Capitol storming

The Republican former president was accused of inciting riots in the Capitol which left five people, including a police officer, dead

16 Feb 2021 11:48 AM

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., holds a news conference on the day after violent protesters loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, January. 7, 2021. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

House will move to impeach Trump if he doesn't resign 'immediately', says Pelosi

Indian-American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal said the impeachment proceedings should begin immediately

09 Jan 2021 11:45 AM

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi takes her oath of office as the Speaker of the 117th Congress after being re-elected at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Sunday, January. 3, 2021. (Erin Scott/Pool via AP)

Nancy Pelosi re-elected as Speaker of US House of Representatives

Following the election of the House Speaker, Pelosi administered the oath to the rest of the members of the House

04 Jan 2021 11:47 AM

US President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Cecil Airport, in Jacksonville, Florida. - President Donald Trump should be able to resume "public engagements" from October 10, 2020, the White House physician announced on October 8, saying the US leader has responded "extremely well" to Covid-19 treatment. (AFP)

Trump hopes to campaign Saturday as Pelosi questions his fitness for office

With just 26 days until the election, Pelosi took the extraordinary step of proposing a commission to probe Trump's fitness for the job

09 Oct 2020 9:27 AM

A person drops applications for mail-in-ballots into a mail box in Omaha. (AP File Image)

US House passes bill to reverse changes blamed for mail delays

The rare Saturday session also approved to send $25 billion to shore up the agency ahead of the November election

23 Aug 2020 9:21 AM

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP)

Pelosi to call House back into session to vote on USPS bill

'In a time of a pandemic, the Postal Service is Election Central,' Pelosi wrote in a letter to colleagues

17 Aug 2020 12:49 PM

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks on the House floor, Thursday, July 23, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Ocasio-Cortez's objections to a Republican lawmaker's verbal assault on her expanded Thursday as she and other Democrats took to the House floor to demand an end to a sexist culture of “accepting violence and violent language against women.” (AP)

AOC, Democrat women call out culture of sexist slur within Congress

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s outrage over Republican Ted Yoho’s sexist slurs broadened into an extraordinary moment on the House floor

24 Jul 2020 1:26 PM

US President Donald Trump tours a section of the border wall in San Luis, Ariz. (AP)

Trump 'wrongly' diverted military funds for border wall construction

A federal appeals court rules that the Trump administration sidestepped Congress, which gets to decide how to use the funds

27 Jun 2020 2:20 PM

A man wearing a protective face mask walks by statues of bulls on display outside a bank in Beijing (AP)

Despite gains on Wall Street, Asian stocks lower

The White House press briefing had raised hopes of recovering from a Covid-19 affected economy

11 Mar 2020 4:37 PM

"The House cannot choose our impeachment managers until we know what sort of trial the Senate will conduct," the Democratic speaker of the House of Representatives said on Twitter. (Photo: File)

US Speaker Nancy Pelosi not ready to name team for Trump's Senate trial

House managers will prosecute the case against Trump before the Republican majority Senate in a trial expected to begin in January.

24 Dec 2019 11:27 AM

Earlier, Trump had once again hit out at House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying that she is afraid to present her "phony impeachment hoax" to the Senate. (Photo: File)

'Want an immediate trial,' says Trump on impeachment proceedings

The President also asserted that Republicans have never been so united.

20 Dec 2019 8:24 AM

The US President accused the Speaker of violating her oath of office by proceeding ahead with the "invalid impeachment." (Photo: File)

You've cheapened importance of very ugly word, impeachment: Trump to US Speaker

The letter came a day before the House is set to vote on his impeachment.

18 Dec 2019 9:15 AM

Trump tweeted that if Democrats “are going to impeach me, do it now, fast". He said he wanted to get on to a “fair trial” in the Senate. (Photo: File)

'No choice but to act': US House Speaker on move to impeach Donald Trump

'The president's actions have seriously violated the Constitution,' Pelosi said from the speaker's office at the Capitol.

06 Dec 2019 8:38 AM

Pushing back against accusations from the president that the process has been stacked against him, Pelosi said Trump is welcome to appear or answer questions in writing, if he chooses. (Photo: File | AP)

'Speak under oath': Democrats invite Trump to testify in impeachment inquiry

Sondland, Trump's ambassador to EU, is among the only people interviewed to date who had direct conversations with the president.

18 Nov 2019 11:14 AM

Pelosi’s comments could offer a preview of articles of impeachment Democrats might put forward. (Photo: File)

Trump has admitted to bribery, says Pelosi as impeachment probe intensifies

'What the president has admitted to and says it’s ‘perfect,’ I say it’s perfectly wrong. It’s bribery,' Pelosi said.

15 Nov 2019 1:00 PM

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