5 d. ago US sees progress after Ukraine talks in Florida as Trump envoy heads to Russia

US and Ukrainian officials held what both sides called productive talks on Sunday about a Russia peace deal, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressing optimism about progress despite challenges to ending the more than three-year-long war. Rubio met with a Ukrainian delegation led by a new chief negotiator in Florida, his home state, for talks that he said were meant to create a pathway for Ukraine to remain sovereign and independent. “We continue to be realistic about how difficult this is,...

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8 d. ago ‘Internal affair’: China dismisses reported US mediation in Japan row

Beijing has warned against foreign interference in its internal affairs following reports that US President Donald Trump privately pressed Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to dial back her rhetoric on Taiwan. During a call on Tuesday, the US leader urged Takaichi not to provoke China, according to a Wall Street Journal report that cited government officials. While reportedly briefed on Takaichi’s domestic political constraints, Trump asked her to “temper” her tone, but stopped short of...

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1 week ago Trump accuses Ukraine of ingratitude as officials report progress on peace plan

The United States said it had made significant progress on crafting a plan to end the war in Ukraine during talks on Sunday but no agreement was reached on how to guarantee Kyiv’s security amid concerns about the threat posed by Russia. Earlier, Trump said Ukraine had not been grateful for American efforts over the war, prompting Ukrainian officials to stress their gratitude to the US president for his support. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio led the talks in Geneva with a high-level Ukrainian...

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2 w. ago ‘Punishable by death’: Trump suggests ‘seditious’ Democrats should be executed

US President Donald Trump on Thursday accused half a dozen Democratic lawmakers of sedition “punishable by DEATH” after the lawmakers - all veterans of the armed services and intelligence community - called on US military members to uphold the Constitution and defy “illegal orders”. The 90-second video was first posted early Tuesday from Senator Elissa Slotkin’s X account. In it, the six lawmakers - Slotkin, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly, and Representatives Jason Crow, Chris Deluzio, Maggie...

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2 w. ago Trump to sue BBC for up to US$5 billion: ‘they’ve even admitted they cheated’

US President Donald Trump said on Friday he would likely sue the BBC next week for as much as US$5 billion after the British broadcaster admitted it wrongly edited a video of a speech he gave but insisted there was no legal basis for his claim. The British Broadcasting Corporation has been plunged into its biggest crisis in decades after two senior leaders resigned following accusations of bias, including over the editing of Trump’s speech on January 6, 2021, when his supporters stormed the...

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3 w. ago Trump threatens to sue BBC for US$1 billion over edited speech, demands retraction

US President Donald Trump has threatened legal action against the BBC over the way a speech he made was edited in a documentary aired by Britain’s national broadcaster. BBC chairman Samir Shah on Monday apologised for the “error of judgment”, which triggered the resignations of the BBC’s top executive and its head of news. Director General Tim Davie and news chief Deborah Turness quit Sunday over accusations of bias and misleading editing of a speech Trump delivered on January 6, 2021, before a...

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3 w. ago Singapore police grab 2 Malaysians after woman hands over gold to fake officials

Two Malaysian men have been arrested in Singapore for their suspected involvement in separate government official impersonation scams targeting a woman. Police said on Sunday that they received a scam report two days earlier involving the impersonation of government officials claiming to be from the Ministry of Law and the Monetary Authority of Singapore. The victim had received a call from an unknown person claiming to work for a bank. When informed that a credit card had been applied for under...

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