US president Trump called on Turkey to "act rationally" in northern Syria, and said he will consider tough sanctions if operations weren't as humane as possible.
ISIS Caliphate may be over, but its ideology lives in Syria. And that helps jihadi groups recruit, thrive and plan attacks from Sri Lanka to Bangladesh.
PM Ranil Wickremesinghe said the govt could only take action if the terrorists were operating within Sri Lanka. The govt also revised the death toll of the attacks to 253, citing a calculation error.
It is more than likely that one of the many smaller factions of Islamist militants will now seek to fill the void created by the collapse of Islamic State.
Speaking to the Ministers of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, Trump said that US and its partners have retaken more than 20,000 square miles of land captured by the ISIS in Syria and Iraq.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
The Chinese are said to have hired ex-fighter pilots & air force operators from NATO countries over the past several years to help them fine-tune their operational & flying capabilities.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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