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US wants to see a weakened Russia
Kiev: US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has said that he hopes Russian losses in Ukraine will deter its leadership from repeating its actions elsewhere, BBC reported. Ukraine can still win the war…
- World
Massive outages reported as snowstorm hits US
New York: Hundreds of thousands of power outages were reported on Tuesday as a snowstorm lashed multiple states in the northeastern US. Power outages took place in New York, Pennsylvania, Maine, New…
- Middle East
Yemen’s Houthis criticize new U.S.-led task force in Red Sea
Sanaa: Yemen’s Houthis criticised a new U.S.-led task force that will patrol the Red Sea following a series of attacks by the Iran-backed rebels in a waterway that’s essential to global trade.…
- World
Russia warns West of ‘unpredictable consequences’
Moscow: Russia has formally warned the US and other allied nations against supplying weapons to Ukraine. The warning came in a formal diplomatic note from Moscow, a copy of which has been…
- India
India, US agree to launch defence supply chain for priority needs
New York: India and the US have agreed to launch defence supply chain cooperation to quickly meet each other’s priority needs, according to Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin. Unveiling several defence initiatives between…
- Middle East
Iran FM says US seeks to impose new conditions for lifting sanctions
Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on Sunday that the US is seeking to impose new conditions for lifting anti-Iran sanctions, official news agency IRNA reported. “In the past two or three…
- Middle East
Iran blacklists 24 US individuals for ‘illicit’ activities
Tehran: Iran announced Saturday the sanction of another 24 US officials and individuals for “involvement in terrorist and anti-human rights activities”, according to the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s website. The ministry said in a…
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Ketanji Brown Jackson as first Black female justice on US supreme court
Washington: The Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court on Thursday, shattering a historic barrier by securing her place as the first Black female justice and giving President Joe Biden…
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US chipmaker Intel suspends all operations in Russia
San Francisco: Chipmaker Intel on Wednesday said it has suspended all business operations in Russia, a month after announcing to stop shipments to customers in Russia and Belarus in the wake of…
- Middle East
Nuclear pact within reach if US side realistic: Iran’s FM
Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has urged the US to be “realistic” to help reach an agreement in Vienna talks aimed at reviving the 2015 nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint…
- Middle East
US imposes sanctions against Iran ballistic missile programme
Washington: The US on Wednesday imposed sanctions on an Iran-based person and his network of companies that Washington accused of facilitating Iran in its effort to get materials for its ballistic missile…
- Middle East
Blinken, Arab FMs arrive in Israel for Negev summit
Jerusalem: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and four top Arab diplomats from Bahrain, UAE, Morocco, and Egypt arrived on Sunday in Israel for a landmark regional summit in the southern Negev Desert, where…
- Middle East
Iran blames US for nuclear deal delays
Tehran: Iran’s foreign minister claimed Thursday that his country is ready to reach a lasting agreement with world powers, blaming the latest failure to revive Tehran’s tattered nuclear deal on an allegedly…