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US State Department official to meet with Belarusian opposition in Lithuan
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 21 (ANI/Sputnik): US State Department's Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Nathan Sales is scheduled to visit Lithuania on Monday to hold talks with representatives from Belarus's opposition.
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US report says China uses counter-terrorism as pretext to detain, carry ou
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 24 (ANI): A US report issued by the Department of State has said that China uses counter-terrorism (CT) as a pretext to detain and carry out a repressive campaign against millions of Uighurs and members of other Muslim minority groups in internment camps in the Xi
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US designates Iran-backed militia leader in Iraq as global terrorist
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington [US], Feb 27 (Sputnik/ANI): The United States has designated Kataib Hezbollah Secretary-General Ahmad Al-Hamidawi as a global terrorist, US Counterterrorism Coordinator Ambassador Nathan Sales told reporters on Wednesday.
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Russia, US to hold next bilateral counter-terrorism talks in second half o
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Sept 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia and the United States will hold their next bilateral counterterrorism negotiations in the second half of 2020, a top Russian official has said.
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PM Modi to depart for France on Aug 22; counterterrorism, defence top agen
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 22 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to hold bilateral talks with French President Emmanuel Macron during his two-day state visit to France from August 22 with an aim to strengthen cooperation in the fields of defence, maritime security, counter-terrori
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US: Joseph Maguire named new acting national intelligence director, to rep
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Aug 9 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Thursday appointed Joseph Maguire, current Director of the National Counterterrorism Centre, as the new acting director of the National Intelligence.
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UN raises concern over UN counterterrorism official's visit to China's Xin
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 15 (ANI): The United States on Friday objected to a visit by the United Nations counterterrorism chief to China's Xinjiang province, where around one million ethnic Uighurs and minority Muslims are reportedly held at detention centres.
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Withdrawal of forces from Afghan will be done only after peace deal, says
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanisthan], Apr 28 (ANI): The withdrawal of US forces from war-torn Afghanistan will be done only after peace is attained, US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad has said.
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'US will not rest until 26/11 perpetrators are held accountable'
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 27 (ANI): Nathan A Sales, the US Department of State Coordinator for Counterterrorism, has called on Pakistan to bring perpetrators of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks to justice, and said the US will not rest until they are held accountable for their acts.
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US designates Hajji 'Abd al-Nasir as global terrorist
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], Nov 21 (ANI): The United States Department of State on Tuesday designated Hajji 'Abd al-Nasir as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT).
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Counterterrorism Strategy for complex and evolving terrorist threats: Trum
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D. C. [USA] Oct 05 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump on Thursday highlighted the headway made under his Presidency in countering terrorism so far and stressed on the importance of the new National Strategy for Counterterrorism in "countering the increasingly complex a
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Trump signs new counterterrorism strategy
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D. C. [USA] Oct 05 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump on Thursday approved the new National Strategy for Counterterrorism to thwart threats to US interests, both home and abroad.
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