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US announces sanctions against human rights abusers in Iran

Responding to a query over supporting protesters in Iran, Sullivan said, "We have had a drumbeat of announcements relative to sanctions against those who are perpetrating these gross human rights abuses and this repression. We haven't just done so ourselves, we have coordinated and aligned with other countries around the world, building an international chorus of condemnation against what is happening."

2022-12-13T08:26:31.606536+00:00 IST

US calls on Taliban to live up to its commitments

United States State Department Spokesperson Ned Price called on the Taliban to fulfill its commitments made to the international community.

2022-12-13T04:03:14.381972+00:00 IST

UP Govt is stable and policy-based, says Suresh Khanna

Uttar Pradesh Finance Minister Suresh Khanna on Monday addressed the Indian Diaspora in New York and invited it to set up industries in UP under 'Invest UP' at Global Investors Summit.

2022-12-13T04:00:12.101536+00:00 IST

India at UNSC lauds International Residual Mechanism

During the UNSC debate, Kamboj stressed on the importance of cooperation between the mechanism and the concerned member states to address legal and logistical challenges.

2022-12-13T01:57:43.666420+00:00 IST

FTX founder Samuel Bankman-Fried arrested in Bahamas

Samuel Bankman-Fried was arrested after the United States prosecutors registered criminal charges against him.

2022-12-13T00:57:58.328099+00:00 IST

UP delegation visits Sikorsky's main plant in Connecticut

During the visit, the delegation invited Sikorsky to participate in the Global Investors Summit in Uttar Pradesh.

2022-12-13T00:14:59.841575+00:00 IST

Peru protests: 20 injured in clash between protesters, police

The Ombudsman's office said a number of people had been detained. The exact number of detainees, however, was not mentioned.

2022-12-11T14:23:02.392537+00:00 IST

Protests held across US over China's human rights abuses

Condemning the Chinese government's rights abuses, various ethnic groups including members of the Tibetan and Uyghur community protested in cities on the West Coast of the United States.

2022-12-11T05:14:39.814885+00:00 IST

US takes 25 students from India under inaugural Quad Fellowship

"Today we are proud to welcome a group of 100 diverse, interdisciplinary, inspiring, and exceptional students - 25 from each Quad country - who are the next generation of great STEM minds. Each of them has demonstrated its commitment to advancing innovation and collaboration among our four great democracies and an enthusiasm for building a better tomorrow for the Indo-Pacific and the world," Sullivan said.

2022-12-10T12:06:14.889222+00:00 IST

US announce sanctions on 2 Chinese officials

US on Friday announced sanctions on two Chinese officials for serious human rights abuse in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), according to the US Department of Treasury.

2022-12-10T09:27:36.548254+00:00 IST

Dialogue and Diplomacy the only way forward: India on Ukraine war

In her address to the UN Security Council on the situation in Ukraine, Kamboj said that India has been consistently calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities since the commencement of Russia-Ukraine conflict

2022-12-10T07:42:26.373874+00:00 IST

India abstains from UNSC resolution on humanitarian aid efforts

India's Permanent Representative to the UN Ruchira Kamboj said India's concerns were triggered by proven instances of terror groups taking full advantage of such humanitarian carve-outs and making a mockery of sanctions regimes.

2022-12-10T05:10:27.852120+00:00 IST

Brittney Griner returns to US after release from Russia detention

Brittney Griner was arrested at a Moscow airport nine months ago. She was accused of possession of vape cartridges with a small quantity of cannabis oil and sentenced in August to nine years in prison. Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer known as the "Merchant of Death" was detained Thailand in 2008, extradited to the United States, and sentenced in 2012 to 25 years behind bars.

2022-12-10T02:49:57.672097+00:00 IST

India "concerned" about security situation in eastern Congo

In her address at the UN Security Council, Ruchira Kamboj said that India with concern notes the rise in the scale of attacks carried out by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).

2022-12-10T00:59:51.745581+00:00 IST

US announces military aid worth USD 275 million for Ukraine

The package includes additional ammunition for high mobility artillery rocket systems (HIMARS), 80,000 155mm artillery rounds and counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems equipment.

2022-12-09T20:08:26.019889+00:00 IST

India will be another great power: Top White House official

Speaking at Washington-based The Aspen Institute, White House Asia Coordinator Kurt Campbell, said both India and US have surmounted remarkable hurdles in the last two decades to build deep diplomatic ties.

2022-12-09T08:26:44.976389+00:00 IST

US Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism to visit India

Betts' visit is part of the three-nation tour which includes visits to Japan and the Philippines. During his New Delhi visit, Betts will lead the US delegation at the annual US-India Counterterrorism Joint Working Group on December 12-13.

2022-12-09T06:13:39.465076+00:00 IST

US seeks to block Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard

The USD 69 billion deal to acquire Activision Blizzard also includes the acquisition of its major war video game franchise, Call of Duty. The FTC said that if the purchase goes forward, it would be the biggest in the gaming industry and Microsoft's largest transaction ever .

2022-12-09T05:16:38.588724+00:00 IST

US designates 6 Pak firms for unsafeguarded nuclear proliferation

These companies were part of more than 20 new entities designated from countries like Russia, Switzerland, Latvia, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, that were added to the Entity List by the US Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security.

2022-12-09T03:51:41.945195+00:00 IST

Select group placed people on secret blacklists, reveals Twitter

Even though previous management denied reports of a shadow ban, Weiss said Twitter executives and employees used a powerful tool like "Visibility Filtering or VF" to block searches of individual users and to limit the scope of a particular tweet's discoverability.

2022-12-09T03:10:48.495652+00:00 IST

Blinken hails release of US basketball player Brittney Griner

Blinken said that Cherelle Griner spoke to her wife Brittney and stressed that listening to them connect for the first time after the basketball player's release "was as moving as it was unforgettable."

2022-12-09T01:12:47.629166+00:00 IST