Trump says a U.S. peace deal with the Taliban is likely
President Donald Trump said on Thursday he thinks there is a good chance the United States will reach a peace deal with the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Trump says China is handling coronavirus ‘professionally’
U.S. President Donald Trump praised China over its handling of the fast-moving coronavirus outbreak in an interview that aired on Thursday, adding that the United States was working closely with Beijing.
Rocket hits northern Iraqi base hosting U.S. forces, no casualties: security sources
A rocket hit a base in northern Iraq that hosts U.S. forces on Thursday but caused no casualties, Iraqi security sources said.
Ireland’s Fianna Fail leader says cannot rule out second election
The leader of Ireland’s largest party Fianna Fail said the process of forming a government after inconclusive elections at the weekend will be so difficult that he could not rule out another poll.
Trump administration taking $3.8 billion more from military for Mexico border wall
The U.S. Defense Department sent Congress a request to shift nearly $4 billion from the military budget to pay for a wall on the border with Mexico, a central promise of President Donald Trump’s campaign for the White House four years ago and bid this …
Over 800,000 Syrians, mostly women and children, flee Russian-backed offensive: U.N.
More than 800,000 Syrians, mostly women and children, have fled their homes during a Russian-backed Syrian military campaign to clear the opposition in northwest Syria since Dec. 1, a senior U.N. spokesperson said on Thursday.
Indian generic drugmakers may face supply shortages from China if coronavirus drags on
Shortages and potential price increases of generic drugs from India loom if the coronavirus outbreak disrupts suppliers of pharmaceutical ingredients in China past April, according to industry experts.
Pompeo sees breakthrough in Taliban talks, wants ‘significant’ reduction in violence
The United States has had “a pretty important breakthrough” in peace talks with the Taliban over the past couple of days, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday, but he cautioned that Washington wants to see a significant fall in violence…
Former chief of staff Kelly rejects Trump North Korea approach as futile: report
President Donald Trump’s former chief of staff John Kelly has dismissed the U.S. president’s unprecedented engagement with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as futile, saying he had never believed North Korea would give up its nuclear weapons and Pyongya…
Mali troops return to key northern city after six-year absence
More than 200 Malian troops reached the northern city of Kidal on Thursday, the army said, in the military’s first permanent deployment there since being chased out by Tuareg separatist rebels in 2014.
