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US: Top diplomat on European policy resigns
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 23 (ANI): The US chief for European and Eurasian Affairs has stepped down from his post, with effect from February 15, adding to the growing list of exits from the Trump administration in the recent past.
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Foreign ministers of US, Turkey discuss Syrian crisis
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 22 (ANI): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu discussed the current situation in Syria in a telephone conversation amid repeated queries surrounding Washington's decision to withdraw its troops from the war-ravaged countr
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S Korea, US discuss second Trump-Kim summit
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Jan 21 (ANI): South Korea and the United States on Monday held talks on the upcoming second meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump that is scheduled to take place in late February.
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Second Trump-Kim summit to take place in late February
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 19 (ANI): The second meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will take place "near the end of February", the White House announced on Friday.
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Trump to meet top N Korean official to discuss denuclearisation
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 19 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump on Friday is expected to meet North Korea's lead negotiator in nuclear talks, Kim Yong Chol at the White House, where they would discuss the issue of Pyongyang's dismantling of the nuclear weapons programme.
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N Korea's lead negotiator arrives in US to fix second Trump-Kim summit
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 18 (ANI): Kim Yong-chol, North Korea's lead negotiator in nuclear talks with the United States, arrived here on Thursday, where he is likely to discuss with Secretary of State Michael Pompeo the prospects of a second summit between the two countries.
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Pompeo 'confident' of second Trump-Kim summit
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 5 (ANI): United States Secretary of State Michael Pompeo has said that he is "confident" that a second meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will take place soon.
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Continuously evaluating sanctions: Pompeo on Iran
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 4 (ANI): The USA is "continuously evaluating" Iran sanctions and the subsequent waivers granted to countries including India and China.
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US seeks to ensure "Turks don't slaughter the Kurds" in Syria
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 4 (ANI): The US has asserted that it will ensure that the "Turks don't slaughter the Kurds" in Syria amid the exit of US troops in the strife-torn region.
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Israel will protect itself: Netanyahu amidst US pull out from Syria
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Jerusalem [Israel], Dec 20 (ANI): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed that the nation will "protect itself" as US President Donald Trump indicated plans for pulling troops out from Syria.
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US blacklists Pakistan for violating religious freedom
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 11 (ANI): The United States has designated Pakistan as one of the Countries of Particular Concern under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 for having engaged in or tolerated "systematic, ongoing, (and) egregious violations of religious freedom".
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Sale of arms by US turning Middle East into 'powder keg', says Iran's Fore
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Dec 9 (ANI): Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Saturday chided the United States over its "unbelievable" sale of weapons to the Middle East, saying that it is turning the region into a "powder keg".
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