Washington, June 5 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has said the United States does not require military assistance from European allies to safeguard navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, while stressing that the strategic waterway would reopen and remain secure.The comments came as Trump on Thursday discussed Iran, maritime security and global energy supplies during an extended question-and-answer session at the White House.Asked whether he still wanted European allies to help secure the Str…
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Washington, June 5 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has said that the United States remains engaged in negotiations with Iran but made clear that any agreement must permanently prevent Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, while signalling confidence that Washington would prevail either diplomatically or militarily.Trump told reporters at the White House on Thursday that nuclear non-proliferation is the central objective of his administration’s approach.“We’re going to see,” Trump said whe…
Washington, June 2 (IANS) Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday said European allies must take greater responsibility for their own defence, arguing that the United States can no longer bear a disproportionate share of security obligations while facing growing challenges in the Indo-Pacific, the Middle East, and elsewhere. Appearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Rubio defended the Trump administration’s push for higher NATO defence spending and said many European countries w…
Washington, May 16 (IANS) The Pentagon has scrapped plans to temporarily deploy more than 4,000 US-based troops to Poland, multiple US media outlets reported, citing US officials.The head of the US European Command “received the instructions on the force reduction,” said Christopher LaNeve, acting US Army chief of staff, at a congressional hearing on Friday, Xinhua news agency reported.”I’ve worked with him in close consultation on what that force unit would be, and it … made the most sense fo…
Washington, April 24 (IANS) The US on Friday sharply criticised European allies for failing to take a more active role in securing global shipping lanes, with Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth saying the “time for free riding is over” as tensions escalate around Iran. Hegseth said Europe and Asia were far more dependent on energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz than the US, and should contribute more to safeguarding maritime routes.”Europe and Asia have benefited from our protection for decades,…
New York, March 31 (IANS) A broker for US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth explored a multimillion-dollar investment in defence stocks just weeks before a US-Israel strike on Iran.The broker at Morgan Stanley approached BlackRock in February about allocating funds into a defence-focused ETF tied to contractors like Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman. Such companies typically benefit from rising military spending amid geopolitical tensions and military activity, Xinhua news agency reported quotin…
Tel Aviv, Jan 20 (IANS) The ongoing World Economic Forum (WEF) 2026 in Switzerland’s Davos has long served as a platform for economic vision and collaboration among political and business leaders. This year, the forum may be forced to confront a different economic and political landscape — one where the United States aims to promote a more stable political order, but simultaneously imposes sanctions, puts economic pressure, and infringes sovereignty whenever proposed solutions clash with Washi…