Pakistan PM to meet Trump for talks on improving ties

ISLAMABAD, July 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will meet US President Donald Trump in Washington later this month, its foreign office said, a visit that could help to ease tensions between the two countries. Trump late last year accused Pakistan of not doing “a damn thing” for the United…

Russia: Pres Putin signs law suspending INF disarmament treaty

MOSCOW, July 5 (NNN-Xinhua) — Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a bill into law suspending the country’s participation in the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty with the United States. The law, published on Russia’s legal information website, became effective immediately. The Russian State Duma, the lower chamber of parliament, passed…

US ‘hell-bent’ on hostility despite talks, North Korea says at UN

UNITED NATIONS, July 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — North Korea has accused the US of being “hell-bent on hostile acts”, despite a recent agreement between the two countries to resume nuclear talks. Pyongyang’s delegation to the United Nations said that the US was “obsessed with sanctions”. It also accused Washington of attempting…

Embattled Boeing to give $100 mn to 737 MAX crash victims’ families

NEW YORK, July 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Boeing, under scrutiny after two crashes that claimed 346 lives, announced it would give $100 million to communities and families affected by the 737 MAX disasters. Describing the sum as an “initial investment” over multiple years, the company said it would work with local…

US Pres Trump: Migrants can opt ‘not to come’ if they dislike squalid camps

WASHINGTON, July 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump brushed off reports of overcrowding and squalid conditions in migrant detention centers by saying the migrants can opt “not to come” to the United States. “If Illegal Immigrants are unhappy with the conditions in the quickly built or refitted detentions centers, just…

Mexico launches ‘permanent deployment’ on Guatemala border

TAPACHULA (Mexico), July 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Mexican government began a “permanent deployment” of federal forces along the Suchiate River on the border with Guatemala to prevent the entry of migrants, a senior officer said. General Vicente Antonio Hernandez told reporters that in addition to the Suchiate River deployment, members…

Mexico says political conspiracy behind police protest

MEXICO CITY, July 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Mexican government said there is a political conspiracy behind a protest by federal police angry overtheir imminent transfer to President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s newNational Guard. Hundreds of federal police have been blocking roads and demonstrating inMexico City the past two days to…

US races for Taliban deal but Afghan peace further away

WASHINGTON, July 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — After nearly two decades inAfghanistan, the United States is racing to reach an agreement with theTaliban within two months but a broader peace deal for the war-ravagedcountry looks far more elusive. President Donald Trump, in a rare position widely backed by the rivalDemocratic Party, is…

Pres Trump celebrates US might, avoids politics in rousing July 4 speech

WASHINGTON, July 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump sang thepraises of the US military and American heroes of the past two and a halfcenturies Thursday as he skirted politics in a rousing Independence Dayspeech in Washington. “What a great country,” Trump exclaimed in an address saturated withpatriotism and exceptionalism. “For…

US: Southern California rocked by strongest quake in two decades

LOS ANGELES, July 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Southern California was rocked by its largest earthquake in two decades on Thursday, a 6.4-magnitude tremblor that caused “substantial damage” at a military facility but otherwise only minor injuries in the sparsely populated area. The shallow quake, followed by dozens of aftershocks, struck in…
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