Tag: United States (US)

US National Debt Nears US$40.4 Trillion, Up US$400 Billion in Two Months

WASHINGTON, October 21 2026, The United States’ national debt has climbed by nearly US$400 billion in two months, approaching US$40.4 trillion after surpassing the US$40 trillion milestone in August. Data from the US Treasury Department showed that the national debt crossed US$40 trillion on Aug 19, before rising by another US$250 billion by early October. […]

Trump Says He Will Not Provide Sanctions Relief For Iran Until Deal Complete

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- United States (US) President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will not sign off on any effort to ease sanctions on Iran until a deal to permanently end the war on Tehran is finalised, Anadolu Ajansi (AA) reported. “I'm not doing any relief until they sign an agreement. When they sign an agreement, we can get that place built up again and have something that's really a good country for the people, but no, we haven't offered anything,” he told reporters at Joint Base Andrews. Trump earlier on Wednesday said negotiations are in their ‘final stages” but insisted he is “in no hurry” to complete them. “I just wonder whether or not they have the good of the people, because some of the things they're doing, to me, mean they don't have the good of the people, and they have to have the good of the people. There's a lot of anger now in Iran, because people are living so badly,” he said. Earlier Wednesday, Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi arrived in Tehran for his second visit to Iran in less than a week, Iranian state broadcaster IRIB reported. After his arrival, Naqvi met with his Iranian counterpart Eskandar Momeni at the Interior Ministry. Pakistan has played a key role in mediating efforts to end the US-Israeli war on Iran. Regional tensions boiled over Feb 28 when the US and Israel launched surprise attacks on Iran, prompting Iran to retaliate with barrages of drones and missiles that hit targets across the region as Tehran shuttered the Strait of Hormuz. A ceasefire took effect on April 8 through Pakistani mediation, but talks in Islamabad failed to produce a lasting agreement. Trump later extended the truce indefinitely while maintaining a blockade on vessels traveling to or from Iranian ports through the strategic waterway. -- BERNAMA

WASHINGTON, May 21 — United States (US) President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will not sign off on any effort to ease sanctions on Iran until a deal to permanently end the war on Tehran is finalised, Anadolu Ajansi (AA) reported. “I’m not doing any relief until they sign an agreement. When they sign […]

Human Rights Watch: 2026 World Cup “potential human rights disaster”

12 May 2026-BERLIN: Human Rights Watch described the World Cups in the United States (US), Mexico and Canada this June and July as “potential human rights disasters,” the German News Agency (dpa) reported. The organization’s director, Minky Worden, told ntv.de news portal that the tournament was supposed to be guided by a human rights framework. “But […]