NEW DELHI: Quad foreign ministers may meet in Washington shortly after the swearing-in of president-elect Donald Trump. External affairs minister S Jaishankar will represent India at the inauguration.Trump has appointed Republican senator and pro-India leader Marco Rubio as secretary of state. Japanese foreign minister Takeshi Iwaya and his Australian counterpart Penny Wong too have confirmed…
US secretary of state Antony Blinken confirmed on Saturday that American officials have been in direct communication with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a Syrian rebel group designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the US since 2018.“We’ve been in contact with HTS and with other parties,” Blinken told reporters. HTS recently led a coalition of…
Donald Trump and Mike Waltz (File photo) TOI Correspondent from Washington:Mike Waltz, a decorated combat veteran-turned-lawmaker and China hawk, who is also co-chair of the India caucus on the Hill and has proposed a formal alliance with India, will be Donald Trump’s National Security Advisor. The US President-elect has also zeroed in on Florida senator…
