Category: USA

NEWSBYTES: Khan’s Kabul Visit; FBR-China MOU; Pak-Turkey-Malaysia Alliance; Urdu in Punjab Schools; The ‘Clear-Headed Intellectual’ General

Pak-US $125M tech support deal for F-16s to go to Congress…Pak has 85 F-16s… Khan…

NEWSBYTES: Iranian Drone Seized Near Reko Diq? Google Gains $82Bn in Hours; Karachi Top Cop Writing Gritty Novels

Presidential election campaign kicks off Sunday in Afghanistan…Future Afghanistan won’t be terror hotbed, Khalilzad convinced……

NEWSBYTES: Sindh Slaps Internet Tax; Pak-Russia Military Drill; Shahbaz Puts Daily Mail on Notice; Trump Wants Mexico to Act as Wall

Hekmatyar’s Kabul Rally Chants ‘Death to America, Death to Trump’ for His Anti-Afghan Remarks…U.S. wants…

Trump Admin. Wants to Keep Asylum Seekers South of the Border

President Trump wants Mexico to process and temporarily settle refugees fleeing its southern neighbors, El…

Brain Scans Of 40 US Diplomats in Cuba Reveal ‘Something Happened’

Brain scans of about 40 US diplomats injured in mysterious circumstances in Cuba reveal visible…

UN ‘Deeply Concerned’ About New U.S. Asylum Restrictions –Likely to Be Challenged in Court

DESPARDES — United Nation’s Refugee Agency, UNHCR, is “deeply concerned” about the new rule barring…

President Trump Formally Invites PM Khan to White House, As Taliban-U.S. Talks Inch America Closer to Withdrawing From Afghanistan

“Our Afghan strategy shall be based on ground realities and not on arbitrary timetables” PKONWEB…

Trump Stresses On Unity In ‘Salute to America’ Speech in Washington, DC

“Very soon, we will plant the American flag on Mars” DESPARDES — Surrounded by U.S….

Former Executive of Arif Naqvi’s Abraaj Group Pleads Guilty to U.S. Charges in Plea Bargain

“I share responsibility for what happened,” Abdel-Wadood said. “I regret my involvement more deeply than…

U.S. Electoral Map Bias May Worsen as Gerrymandering Battle Shifts to States

The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that federal judges have no power to police partisan gerrymandering…

Gulf of Oman Tanker Attacks: US Says “Iran Did it”, UK Says Iranian Regime “Almost Certainly” Behind it

DESPARDES — “… here we go again … déjà vu … Iraq anyone?,” said a…

Record U.S. Trade Deficit In 2018: $891B On Trump’s Watch (Infographics)

Record U.S. trade deficit in 2018 reflects failure of Trump’s trade policies DESPARDES News Monitor…