India will respond against aggressors who challenge its sovereignty with “double the force,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stated, noting that his government is not shy of taking “bold” steps to defend the country’s interests. “The strength of our Army has always been for self-protection, and it will remain so in the future too,” the […]
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‘We have far more bullets’: Trump threatens China with more tariffs if Beijing dares to retaliate
Donald Trump has threatened to impose even more tariffs on Chinese goods if Beijing dares to impose tit-for-tat measures in response to Washington’s latest package of levies targeting some $ 200 billion of Chinese exports. Trump has cautioned the world’s second-largest economy to think twice before engaging in a trade war in which, he claims, […]
All the ways Theresa May could retaliate against Russia for the poisoning of Sergei Skripal
LONDON — Prime Minister Theresa May will on Wednesday set out her plans to retaliate against Russia after her deadline for Putin to provide a “credible” explanation for the poisoning of Russian double agent Sergei Skripal, passed. So what are the options open to May? Here are all the possible responses the UK could take and […]
Here’s what key US trading partners stand to lose from Trump’s tariffs — and how they may retaliate
Canada, the European Union, South Korea and Mexico stand to lose the most from Trump’s steel tariffs, although Canada and Mexico may be ruled exempt. Research from the Peterson Institute for International Economics also speculates on how US trade partners may retaliate. Trump’s import tariffs are here. The president confirmed this morning that the US will […]
We will retaliate… despite no evidence of ‘successful’ Russian meddling, says Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson says Britain will retaliate against any Russian cyberattack. This is despite admitting during a joint news conference with Sergei Lavrov that there is no evidence of Russia “successfully” interfering in UK affairs. During the news conference, Johnson, who is the first UK foreign secretary to visit Russia in five years, responded to claims […]
Facebook, Google could help US ‘retaliate’ against Russia – Senator McConnell (VIDEO)
Published time: 5 Nov, 2017 11:51 Days after tech giants Facebook, Twitter, and Google were grilled on alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US election, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has suggested using the companies to attack other nations. On Tuesday, senior executives from the trio of major tech firms went before the US Congress […]
Moscow will retaliate over consulate row, but not like deviant hooligan America – Russian deputy FM
Published time: 4 Sep, 2017 12:15 Moscow will take action in response to the way the US handled the closer of its diplomatic facilities, but will it won’t be a mirror response, because Russia considers Washington’s actions “deviant behavior” and “state hooliganism”, Russian deputy foreign minister said. “We shouldn’t try to be like them. We […]
North Korea says 3.5mn volunteers ‘ready to retaliate against US’
At least 3.5 million young people and retired soldiers have joined the North Korean military to fight in the event of a war against the US, state media said, adding that people are rising up “to retaliate against” Washington. Read more “All the people are rising up across the country to retaliate against the US […]
Russia may be using its railroad monopoly to retaliate against the Baltics
Thomson Reuters MOSCOW/RIGA (Reuters) – Russia’s state-owned railway monopoly is refusing most requests to take cargo from Russia to ports in Latvia, industry executives said, a serious blow to the Baltic state which depends on the transit trade. The monopoly, Russian Railways (RZhD), has in many cases offered no explanation to customers for turning down […]
‘Catastrophic consequences’: N. Korea vows to retaliate against deployment of US strike group
North Korea has denounced the deployment of the US naval strike group to the peninsula, warning that it is ready for war and Washington will be fully responsible for any potentially “catastrophic consequences” in the event of an invasion. In a show of force last week, Washington rerouted the Carl Vinson nuclear strike group into […]
