United Nations : The UN Security Council has failed to adopt two competing draft resolutions on Venezuela, sponsored by the US and Russia respectively. The US draft received nine votes in favour, three against, and three abstentions in the 15-member ...
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Washington : The US House of Representatives has approved a Bill expanding background checks for all gun sales, including those at gun shows and on the internet. The Bipartisan Background Check Act seeks to close loopholes that allow people to ...
Read More »Moscow, Damascus demand US forces to leave Syria
Damscus : A Syrian-Russian joint coordination committee has demanded the US forces to withdraw from Syria, according to Syrian state news agency SANA. The Joint Coordination Committee for Return of Syrian Refugees said in a statement that the US must ...
Read More »Trump meets Chinese Vice Premier, extends trade talks
Washington : US President Donald Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He expressed optimism that the two countries would reach a trade agreement and defuse a dispute between the world’s two largest economies, as both sides agreed to continue their ...
Read More »Pompeo, Japanese FM hold phone talks over N. Korea
Washington : US State Department on Friday said that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his Japanese counterpart discussed the next-step engagement with North Korea over phone. Pompeo and Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono on Thursday reaffirmed their shared commitment ...
Read More »Trump, Kim to meet one-on-one during summit in Vietnam
Washington : US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will spend some time one-on-one next week at their second summit in Vietnam, White House officials said on Thursday. The summit, scheduled for February 27-28 in Hanoi, will ...
Read More »Trump, Abe hold phone talks over upcoming US-N. Korea summit
Washington : President Donald Trump on Wednesday had a phone conversation with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe about the upcoming summit between the US and the North Korea, the White House said. White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said in ...
Read More »16 states file lawsuit to stop Trump’s national emergency declaration
Washington : Sixteen states on Monday evening filed a lawsuit challenging US President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration. The group of states, led by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, filed the lawsuit in the US District Court for the Northern ...
Read More »World condemns Kashmir attack; US asks Pakistan to end support to terror groups
New Delhi : The international community has strongly condemned the terror attack by the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) in Jammu and Kashmir that killed 45 CRPF personnel, with US President Donald Trump asking Pakistan to “end immediately” the support and safe ...
Read More »China, US to continue trade talks in Washington next week: Xi Jinping
Beijing : Talks aimed at ending the trade war between China and the US made important progress this week, President Xi Jinping told top US trade negotiators on Friday, adding that efforts to resolve the issue would continue in Washington ...
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