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US says India's Citizenship Bill may undermine basic tenet of democratic v
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 10 (ANI): The US House foreign affairs committee has raised concerns over the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha, stating that any religious test for citizenship may undermine the basic tenet of democratic values of a nation.
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Religious persecution, violence against women salient features of Pakistan
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 23 (ANI): Religious persecution and violence against women are some of the most salient features of Pakistan, said Sindhi-American Human Rights activist Fatima Gul at the United States House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on 'Human Rights in South Asia' here
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US Congressional hearing: Proscribed terror outfit perpetrated Mumbai atta
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Oct 23 (ANI): Aarti Tikoo Singh, senior Indian journalist from Kashmir exposed nefarious activities of Pakistan based terror groups during US House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Tuesday and spoke about LeT killing of Kashmir based journalist Shujaat Bukhari and th
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'Pakistan should act against terror, refrain from retaliatory aggression'
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Aug 8 (ANI): In the wake of India's decision to strip special status of Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan must refrain from any retaliatory aggression, including support for infiltrations across the Line of Control (LoC) and take demonstrable action against terror infrastructu
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Pak wasn't searching for Hafiz, he was living freely: US committee counter
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [USA], July 18 (ANI): The House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday countered US President Donald Trump's tweet on UN-proscribed terrorist Hafiz Saeed.
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UK lawmaker seeks police probe into envoy's leaked cables
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 9 (ANI): Tom Tugendhat, the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman, has written to the Metropolitan Police Service, asking for a probe into the leak of the secret cables of the British Ambassador to the US.
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House Foreign Affairs Democrats hit out at Trump with all-caps tweet on Ru
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 23 (ANI): Taking a dig at the all-caps tweet of United States (US) President Donald Trump against Iran, the Democrats House Foreign Affairs Committee on Monday hit out at the former for not holding Russia responsible for meddling with the 2016 US Presidential Ele
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US Congressman flags concern over rights violations in Karachi
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Jan 20 (ANI): United States Congressman Tom Garrett a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee has expressed his concern over gross human rights abuses against ethnic Mohajirs in Karachi.
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E.U.'s decision to expand anti-Russia sanctions 'verdict in favo
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], August 5 (ANI): The chairman of the Russian upper chamber of parliament's foreign affairs committee, Konstantin Kosachev, has said that the European Union's decision to expand sanctions against Russia over the row with Siemens gas turbines deliveries to Crimea work
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Euro MPs call for suspension of Turkey accession talks
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], June 20 (ANI): The European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee MEPs have adopted a resolution urging Brussels to formally suspend EU accession negotiations with Turkey, due to constitutional change that grants Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with sweeping pow
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