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US plans to slash refugee intake to 18,000
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], Sept 27 (ANI): The US on Wednesday announced that it plans to allow only 18,000 refugees to be resettled in the United States in the 2020 fiscal year, the lowest number since Washington began its refugee program in 1980.
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Iran must earn the respect it wants: USA
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Sept 26 (ANI): Iran must earn the respect that it wants from the world, said US State Department Spokesperson Morgan Ortagus on Wednesday.
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US State Dept to hear on human rights cases in South Asia next month
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 13 (ANI): US State Department announced it's South Asia subcommittee will hold a hearing on "Human Rights in South Asia" next month.
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US deeply concerned over China's 'interference' in Vietnam's oil activitie
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Aug 22 (ANI): The United States is deeply concerned that China is "continuing its interference" with Vietnam's longstanding oil and gas activities in Vietnam's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) claim, according to US State Department Spokesperson Morgan Ortagus.
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US extends ban on passports for N Korea travel
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 20 (ANI): The United States on Monday extended a ban on the use of US passports for travel to North Korea for another year, the State Department said in a statement.
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US, North Korea in regular communication for resumption of denuclearisatio
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Aug 3 (ANI): The United States and North Korea are in regular communication for the resumption of working-level talks to revive denuclearisation negotiations, and are working on establishing a time and location for the meet, a senior US State Department official said on
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US approves sale of C-17 follow-on support for India
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [USA], July 27 (ANI): The US State Department on Friday decided to approve a possible Foreign Military Sale to India of the C-17 aircraft's follow-on support at an estimated cost of USD 670 million, according to the Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA).
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US approves sale of F-16 program support to Pak following Trump-Khan talks
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [USA], July 27 (Sputnik/ANI): The US State Department approved the sale of F-16 fighter jet program technical support to Pakistan, according to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA).
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Mike Pompeo, Ashraf Ghani call for accelerated efforts to end Afghan war
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 26 (ANI): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani insisted that it is the time to accelerate efforts in order to end almost two decades old turmoil in war-ravaged Afghanistan, the US State Department said.
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Kashmir is a bilateral issue, US ready to assist: State Dept
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 23 (ANI): Hours after President Donald Trump claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited him for third-party mediation on Kashmir issue, US State Department on Monday said that the matter is a bilateral issue concerning Islamabad and New Delhi, however, Washing
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India's current total installed nuclear power capacity is 6780 MW: Jitendr
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): The present total installed nuclear power capacity in the country is 6780 Mega Watts (MW), said Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of state (Department of Atomic Energy) in Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
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Trump: Discussed HK protests with Xi Jinping, hope it 'gets solved'
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 2 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Monday said that he "briefly" discussed the Hong Kong protests during his meeting with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.
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