Pakistan has expressed hope that the Saarc summit, which was boycotted by India and other neighbours last November, will be organised soon. It also urged that "internal and bilateral problems of member states must not be allowed to affect the organisation" - in an apparent reference to India. ....

US President Donald Trump said he had a "very good" telephonic conversation with his Mexican counterpart Enrique Peña Nieto amid a diplomatic spat over Washington's plans for a border wall. ....

Ties between the US and Britain have "never been stronger", US President Donald Trump said here as he welcomed British Prime Minister Theresa May to the White House. ....

US President Donald Trump in his first televised sit-down interview as US president has said Afghanistan, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are not among countries that will face a visa ban to enter the country. ....

Australia has honoured four Indian-origin persons here with its civilian awards for their contributions in the field of medicine and work towards the community, a media report said. ....

Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs Luis Videgaray said that paying for a wall that US President Donald Trump wants to build on the border was "totally unacceptable", the media reported. ....

US President Donald Trump wants a 20 per cent border tax on all imports from Mexico, White House spokesman Sean Spicer has said. ....

Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto on Thursday cancelled his trip to Washington, following US President Donald Trumps order to begin construction on the border wall. ....

The Donald Trump administration in the US has told four top State Department management officials that their services were no longer needed, officials said. ....

US President Donald Trump said he "absolutely" thought that waterboarding works and would consider reinstating it as an interrogation technique, depending on the advice of Defense Secretary James Mattis and CIA Director Mike Pompeo, the media reported. ....