WASHINGTON: Former US Vice President Dick Cheney, a defining figure in modern American statecraft and the “War on Terror,” was honored Thursday at a funeral attended by Washington’s political and military elite. President Donald Trump, however, was notably absent from the ceremony. The Washington National Cathedral hosted over 1,000 guests, including former presidents George W. […]
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Double standards? German multilateralist mantra under scrutiny
Keen to use its presidency of the U.N. Security Council to demonstrate its commitment to multilateralism, Germany has laid itself bare to criticism from disenchanted allies of double standards on defence spending, energy and arms exports. Powerful business interests and the compromises needed to hold together conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel’s loveless coalition with the Social […]
US targets return to Moon in 2024
Donald Trump’s administration announced Tuesday it was speeding up plans to send US astronauts back to the Moon, from 2028 to 2024, calling for a “spark of urgency” to prevail over delays that have plagued NASA’s lunar return plans. “It is the stated policy of this administration and the United States of America to return […]
North Korea lambasts US VP Pence, threatens to cancel summit
North Korea called US Vice-President Mike Pence “ignorant and stupid” for his warnings over a planned summit with Donald Trump, renewing a threat to cancel as the US president said the fate of the historic talks will be decided next week. Trump is due to meet his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong Un in Singapore […]
Mike Pence tells Abbasi to ‘do more’
WASHINGTON: United States (US) Vice President Mike Pence has on Sunday told Pakistan Prime Minister (PM) Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to ‘do more’ against the terrorists allegedly living in Pakistan. In a meeting held at the Vice President’s residence, PM Abbasi was informed that US feared about the future of the Afghan peace process and reiterated […]