Macron calls defence council meeting over Ukraine PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron has convened his country's defence and Security Council for a meeting Monday... Published 22 Feb, 2022 12:31am
World Putin must decide on 'possible' Biden summit: France PARIS: France on Monday called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to make a decision on meeting US counterpart Joe... Published 21 Feb, 2022 06:01pm
World Biden asked Macron to make offer of summit to Putin PARIS: US President Joe Biden had asked French President Emmanuel Macron to make the offer of a summit between Biden... Updated 21 Feb, 2022 05:56pm
Markets Rouble recovers from 1-week low to strengthen with Ukraine tensions in focus MOSCOW: The Russian rouble clipped a one-week low on Monday before firming past 77 against the dollar as investors... Published 21 Feb, 2022 02:36pm
World Kremlin says 'premature' to organise Biden-Putin summit on Ukraine MOSCOW: The Kremlin said Monday it was too early to discuss organising a summit between the Russian and American... Updated 21 Feb, 2022 02:18pm
Markets US plans to cut ties with targeted Russian banks if Ukraine is invaded WASHINGTON/NEW YORK: President Joe Biden's administration has prepared an initial package of sanctions against ... Published 21 Feb, 2022 11:41am
World Biden will meet Putin 'if an invasion hasn't happened': White House WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden has agreed in principle to a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin... Published 21 Feb, 2022 10:14am
World Tensions mount behind scenes as Biden ponders Supreme Court pick WASHINGTON: Intensive vetting, lobbying and even a bit of skullduggery are underway as President Joe Biden prepares... Published 21 Feb, 2022 10:04am
World Putin, Biden agree in principle to summit as Ukraine tensions soar KYIV: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Joe Biden have agreed to a summit -- to be held only ... Published 21 Feb, 2022 09:49am
World Biden will meet Putin 'at any time' to prevent Ukraine war: Blinken WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden is willing to meet Russia's Vladimir Putin "at any time" to prevent a war in... Published 20 Feb, 2022 09:07pm
World EU warns of information 'manipulation' over Ukraine BRUSSELS: The EU is seeing stepped-up "manipulation" of information to support what looks like fabricated pretexts... Published 20 Feb, 2022 11:36am
World 'Don't try to guess' Russian decisions on Ukraine: German minister MUNICH: Germany's foreign minister warned Saturday against trying to guess or assume Russia's decisions on Ukraine,... Published 19 Feb, 2022 07:45pm
World Ukraine shelling renews invasion fears as Russia expels US diplomat MOSCOW/KYIV: Shelling in Ukraine on Thursday renewed Western fears of an imminent Russian invasion as US President... Published 18 Feb, 2022 10:11am
World Biden to seek more than $770bn in 2023 defence budget WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden is expected to ask Congress for a U.S. defense budget exceeding $770 billion for the... Published 18 Feb, 2022 04:31am
Opinion Putin makes inroads in pressure campaign against West, Ukraine Russian leader Vladimir Putin has secured some wins in his confrontation with the West over Ukraine, but it’s too... Published 18 Feb, 2022 04:31am
Print US says war appears imminent after shelling on Ukraine front line MOSCOW/KYIV: US President Joe Biden said on Thursday there was now every indication Russia was planning to invade... Updated 18 Feb, 2022 09:25am
Markets Gold jumps, stocks stumble as Ukraine crisis deepens NEW YORK: Gold prices jumped to an eight-month high and safe-haven debt rose on Thursday after U.S. President Joe... Published 18 Feb, 2022 12:03am
Markets Oil slides 2% as Iran talks overshadow Ukraine crisis NEW YORK: Oil prices fell about 2% on Thursday as talks to resurrect a nuclear deal with Iran entered their final... Published 17 Feb, 2022 11:43pm
World Threat of Russian invasion of Ukraine 'very high': Biden WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden on Thursday said the threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine was "very high" and... Published 17 Feb, 2022 08:05pm
World Biden to promote Great Lakes clean up efforts on Ohio trip US President Joe Biden will visit Ohio on Thursday to tout $1 billion in funding from the bipartisan infrastructure... Published 17 Feb, 2022 03:37pm
World Biden to seek more than $770 billion in 2023 defense budget, sources say WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden is expected to ask Congress for more than $770 billion for his US defense budget for... Published 16 Feb, 2022 09:59pm
World Kremlin says 'positive' that Biden wants to continue talks MOSCOW: The Kremlin said Wednesday it was "positive" that US President Joe Biden wanted to continue talks on the... Published 16 Feb, 2022 03:52pm
Pakistan New special representative: State Department announces appointment ISLAMABAD: The United States Department of State on Tuesday announced the appointment of Dilawar Syed as the new... Published 16 Feb, 2022 06:20am
Markets Oil slumps from 7-year high as Russia says withdraws some troops NEW YORK: Oil tumbled over 4% from a seven-year high on Tuesday after Russia said some of its military units were... Published 16 Feb, 2022 06:20am
World US should not exacerbate suffering of Afghan people: China Foreign ministry spokesperson says Washington should unfreeze Afghanistan's assets, and lift unilateral sanctions as soon as possible Published 15 Feb, 2022 09:12pm
World Biden, Zelensky pursue 'diplomacy and deterrence' in Ukraine crisis: White House WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden spoke at length Sunday with Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky about... Updated 14 Feb, 2022 01:46am
World Putin told Biden his security ideas do not tackle main Russian concerns MOSCOW: Russian leader Vladimir Putin told U.S. President Joe Biden that Moscow would review ideas he laid out to... Updated 13 Feb, 2022 02:02pm
World Russia chases off US submarine from its far east waters MOSCOW: A Russian naval vessel chased away a US submarine in Russian waters in the Pacific after the submarine... Published 13 Feb, 2022 05:48am
Print US decision to release half of Afghan funds questionable: FO ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Saturday expressed disagreement with the United States decision to release $3.5 billion for... Published 13 Feb, 2022 05:48am
Opinion US to send 3,000 additional troops to Poland, officials say The United States will send 3,000 additional troops to Poland, Poland’s Defence Minister said late on Friday,... Published 13 Feb, 2022 05:48am