US to ink deal with Taliban on Feb 29: Pompeo
Feb 21, 2020, at 07:46 pm
Washington/UNI: The United States has reached an “understanding” with the Taliban and the two sides would sign a peace deal on February 29, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday.
US-Taliban peace deal finalised:Abdullah
Feb 17, 2020, at 07:24 pm
Kabul,/UNI: Chief Executive of the Afghan Unity Government Abdullah Abdullah on Monday claimed that the peace agreement between the Taliban and US has been "finalised."
First plane carrying evacuated Americans from coronavirus-stricken cruise ship lands in US
Feb 17, 2020, at 05:04 pm
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: The first of two planes chartered by the United States to bring its nationals home from a quarantined cruise ship in Japan has landed at a military base in the state of California, media said Monday.
US tells Ghani ready to use lethal force if Taliban violates deal with Washington: Reports
Feb 16, 2020, at 12:23 am
Moscow/Sputnik: US officials have assured Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and other Afghan delegates that Washington will not abandon Afghanistan after signing an agreement on the reduction of violence with the Taliban movement and is ready to use lethal force if the deal is violated, CNN reported on Saturday, citing a source in Munich.
US-Iraq joint operations returning to normal in wake of Soleimani killing - Official
Feb 15, 2020, at 05:32 pm
Washington/Sputnik/UNI: Joint operations between the United States and Iraq are returning to normal after a brief disruption following the coalition drone strike that killed top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani in early January, a senior US administration official told reporters.
Trump visit will solidify India-US partnership: Amb Sandhu
Feb 14, 2020, at 07:32 pm
Washington/UNI: The partnership betwen India and the US is a "work in progress" and President Donald Trump's visit to India later this month will help solidify the partnership across all spheres, says India's Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu.
Philippines to cease joint exercises with US after military pact termination: defense chief
Feb 13, 2020, at 07:06 pm
Manila/Xinhua: Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Thursday that no more joint military exercises between the Philippines and the United States will be conducted once the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) is terminated in August this year.
'POTUS and I are excited' to visit India: Melania Trump tweets
Feb 13, 2020, at 12:42 pm
Washington/UNI: First Lady of the United States (FLOTUS) Melania Trump said she and her husband Donald Trump are excited about their India visit later this month and thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for inviting them.
S Korea, US hold talks in Seoul to discuss Korean Peninsula affairs
Feb 10, 2020, at 07:12 pm
Seoul,/Xinhua:Senior diplomats from South Korea and the United States held talks in Seoul on Monday to discuss the Korean Peninsula affairs, according to local media reports.
Karen Pierce to become first woman to serve as UK Ambassador to US
Feb 07, 2020, at 07:03 pm
London/Sputnik UK: Ambassador to the United Nations Karen Pierce has been appointed as the nation's ambassador to the United States, becoming the first woman to ever hold the post, the UK Foreign Office said in a statement on Friday.
US Prosecution asks 4-year sentence over money laundering for Russia's Mira Terada
Feb 06, 2020, at 06:37 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: Prosecutors in the United States have requested a four-year prison sentence over alleged money laundering for Russian national Mira Terada, nee Oksana Vovk, who has been in the US custody since this past summer, Sputnik has learned from the prosecution's memo submitted to the court.
China to reduce 50 pc tariffs on some goods imported from US on Feb 14: Finance Ministry
Feb 06, 2020, at 12:09 pm
Beijing/UNI/Sputnik: China will halve the tariffs on a number of US goods starting from February 14, the Chinese Ministry of Finance said on Thursday.
Two dead, two injured in Florida church shooting: Police
Feb 02, 2020, at 08:57 am
Washington/Xinhua: Four people were shot, two of them fatally, after a funeral Saturday afternoon at a church in Riviera Beach, Florida, said police.
US sanctions against Hezbollah hurts Lebanon: Russian envoy
Feb 01, 2020, at 05:43 pm
Beirut/Xinhua/UNI: Russian Ambassador to Lebanon Alexander Zasypkin said on Saturday that U.S. sanctions against Hezbollah is hurting Lebanon amid its current crisis, local media reported.
Pompeo says UK can have close partnership with both US, EU
Jan 30, 2020, at 07:32 pm
London/Sputnik: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday he thought the United Kingdom could stay close partners with both his country and the European Union (EU) after it left the bloc.
US state department 'Vigilant' after reports of missile attack on US Embassy in Baghdad
Jan 27, 2020, at 09:20 am
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: The US State Department is warning of a continued threat, allegedly from Iranian-backed armed groups in Iraq, after reports of a missile attack on the US embassy in Baghdad.
McDonald's halts operations in five Hubei province cities over coronavirus outbreak
Jan 24, 2020, at 09:09 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: US fast-food giant McDonald's said on Friday that it had decided to suspend business operations in five cities in China's Hubei province due to the outbreak of the new coronavirus.
US imposes visa rules to restrict "birth tourism"
Jan 24, 2020, at 10:48 am
Washington/Xinhua/UNI: US State Department on Thursday announced new visa rules aimed at restricting "birth tourism" - trips foreigners take with the purpose of obtaining US citizenship for their children.
US sentences terrorist to 19 years for Benghazi attack that killed US Envoy- Justice Dept
Jan 24, 2020, at 10:45 am
Washington/Sputnik/UNI: A Libyan national has been sentenced in a US federal court to 19-and-a-half years in prison on terror charges stemming from the attack in Benghazi that killed the US Ambassador to Libya in 2012, the Department of Justice said in a statement.
US envoy threatens Solemani's successor with 'same fate' if killings of Americans continue
Jan 23, 2020, at 06:31 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: The successor of Iranian top general Qasem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds special forces unit of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) who was killed in a US strike earlier in January, will face a similar fate if they continue to kill US nationals, the US special representative for Iran, Brian Hook, told Arabic-language daily Asharq al-Awsat.
Joint UN-Congolese strategy needed to address insecurity following deadly attacks
Jan 22, 2020, at 10:16 am
New York/IBNS: Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the UN peacekeeping operation in the country, MONUSCO, are being urged to develop a comprehensive joint strategy to address insecurity in Beni territory, located in the east.
Donald Trump authorized killing of Soleimani in June: Reports
Jan 13, 2020, at 09:45 pm
Washington/Sputnik: US President Donald Trump approved the assassination of Iranian Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani seven months ago, NBC News reported on Monday, citing five current and former senior administration officials.
UK envoy arrest: US state department wants Iran to formally apologise
Jan 12, 2020, at 08:59 am
Washington/UNI: US State department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus has condemned Iran's move to detain UK Ambassador Rob Macaire's and called for a public apology by the Iranian regime.
Trump's security aide sees higher chances for dialogue with Iran after Soleimani killing
Jan 12, 2020, at 08:32 am
Washington/Sputnik: US National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien believes that Tehran is more inclined to dialogue with the United States after US operation to assassinate Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani than before.
Russian ambassador to Lebanon urges end of US presence in Iraq
Jan 10, 2020, at 07:12 pm
Beirut/Xinhua: Russian Ambassador to Lebanon Alexander Zasypkin said the US presence in the region is illegitimate and should end immediately, a local media outlet reported Friday.
UK foreign office advises against all travel to Iran amid escalation of tensions
Jan 10, 2020, at 11:27 am
Moscow/Sputnik: The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office advised on Friday to the country’s citizens to refrain from any kind of trips to Iran amid the escalated tensions in the Middle East.
US House passes resolution to rein in Trump's war power against Iran
Jan 10, 2020, at 11:06 am
Washington/UNI: US House of Representatives approved a resolution aiming at restraining President Donald Trump's power to take military actions against Iran without congressional approval.
US believes Iran may have 'mistakenly shot down Ukranian plane': Reports
Jan 09, 2020, at 11:16 pm
Washington/IBNS: United States officials on Thursday said they believe that Iran may have mistakenly shot down the Ukrainian International Airlines Boeing 737-800 with 176 people on board, media reports said.
Japan's plans to send patrol ship to Gulf of Oman unaffected by Iran-US conflict: Gov't
Jan 08, 2020, at 05:46 pm
Tokyo/Sputnik/UNI: The confrontation between the United States and Iran does not affect Tokyo's plans to send a warship to patrol the Gulf of Oman, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said on Wednesday.
Iraq: Iran fires ballistic missiles at 2 bases used by US troops
Jan 08, 2020, at 09:13 am
Baghdad/Washington/Tehran/IBNS: The US Department of Defence on Wednesday said more than a dozen ballistic missiles, which were fired by Iran, hit at least two airbases housing US troops in Iraq.