WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to the White House Tuesday, kicking off a state visit featuring a major upgrade in defense ties against a resurgent China.A gala dinner and Rose Garden press conference are on the menu for the formal part of the visit on Wednesday, in a sign…
NEW DELHI: As Israel braces for what prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said would be a “long war” against Hamas, the heat of the battle has reached Washington where former US president Donald Trump and other Republican contenders have accused President Joe Biden of fanning the flames by unfreezing Iranian assets worth over $6 billion. Launching…
WASHINGTON: Anglophone solidarity is coming up against “strategic” ties with India in the Canada spat. The Biden White House on Thursday firmly threw its weight behind Ottawa’s allegation about India’s hand in the assassination of a separatist Sikh militant in Canada, saying it took the accusation seriously, and “there is not some special exemption you…
