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US imposes new sanction on Iran, targets metal sector
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], Jan 11 (ANI): The United States has hit senior officials and the manufacturing and metal sectors in Iran with new sanctions following attack on US and allied troops stationed in Iraq.
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Pompeo to not run for US Senate seat
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], Jan 07 (ANI): Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has informed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday that he does not have the plan to run the US Senate seat in Kansas, CNN reported citing a source.
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Trump made right decision to stop Soleimani from terror campaign, says Pom
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 6 (ANI): Amid soaring tensions over Iranian general Qasem Soleimani's killing, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday again backed President Donald Trump's action to order the airstrike near Baghdad International Airport that killed the senior general, who was
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Jaishankar dials Pompeo, shares India's concerns on 'evolving situation' i
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 5 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday spoke to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over the phone and shared India's concerns over the 'evolving situation' in the Gulf region after the killing of Iran's senior military commander Qasem Soleimani in a U
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France FM holds talks with Pompeo over development in Iraq after Soleimani
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Paris [France], Jan 4 (ANI): French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian had a telephonic conversation with his American counterpart, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday, following the latest developments in Iraq, specifically the actions undertaken overnight where Iran's elite Quds Forc
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US informs key allies about 'defensive' strikes in Iraq, Syria
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], Dec 31 (ANI): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday (local time) held telephonic calls with several world leaders including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and dis
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Strikes by US in Iraq, Syria an act of terrorism: Iran
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Dec 30 (ANI): Iran on Monday said that strikes by the United States against five targets of Iranian backed paramilitary groups in Iraq and Syria are an act of terrorism.
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Day after rocket attack on military base, Pompeo arrives in Iraq
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], Dec 29 (Sputnik/ANI): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited the Iraqi Ayn Al-Asad airbase in western Anbar province, which hosts American troops, shortly after a rocket attack on another Iraqi military base in the northern province of Kirkuk, media reported.
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Moscow no longer wishes to rejoin G-7: Russian Deputy Foreign Minister
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Dec 21 (ANI): Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov on Friday said that his country no longer wishes to rejoin the Group of Seven (G7) as it has other priorities.
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Pakistan takes 'strong exception' to references to it in India-US joint st
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec 21 (ANI): Islamabad on Friday took "strong exception" to what it said were "unwarranted references" to Pakistan in the joint statement issued after the conclusion of India-US 2+2 ministerial dialogue.
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US sanctions two Iranian judges for overseeing 'Iranian regime's miscarria
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C [US], Dec 20 (ANI): The United States on Thursday (local time) sanctioned two Iranian judges for punishing "Iranian citizens and dual-nationals for exercising their freedoms of expression or assembly."
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Iraq: US Forces capture leader of paramilitary Sunni tribal fighters
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Dec 20 (ANI): US Forces on Thursday (local time) captured a leader of paramilitary Sunni tribal fighters in Jubba area at the town of al-Baghdadi, some 190 km northwest of the Iraqi capital city Baghdad.
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