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Pompeo didn't discuss Khashoggi murder case with Saudi King: US official
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 25 (ANI): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo did not discuss the murder of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi when he met Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud on Monday in Jeddah, a senior State Department official said.
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Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi calls International Religious Freedom report 'prejudic
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), June 23 (ANI): India's Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Saturday rejected as "prejudiced" the US State Department's report on International Religious Freedom 2018 criticising the BJP government.
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BJP rejects US report on religious freedom, attack on minorities in India
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), June 22 (ANI): BJP on Saturday rejected a US report on religious freedom which accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi government of failing to tackle "mob attacks by violent extremist Hindu groups against minority communities" and said the assaults were a result of "local
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Mob attacks by extremist Hindu groups against minorities continued in Indi
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 22 (ANI): Mob attacks by violent extremist Hindu groups against minority communities, especially Muslims continued throughout the year (2018) amid rumors that victims had traded or killed cows for beef, says a State Department's report.
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Iran oil imports, trade top agenda during US Secy Mike Pompeo's India visi
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 22 (ANI): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during his India visit next week will attempt to soothe increasing friction with New Delhi over trade, data flow, arms from Russia and Iran oil imports and focus on strategic ties between the two big world democracies, a
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Washington has no plans to cap H-1B visas: US State Department
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], Jun 21 (ANI): The United States has said it is not considering capping the number of annual H-1B work visas for countries that force foreign companies to store local data locally.
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Pompeo to embark on 4-nation visit from June 24-30
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jun 12 (ANI): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo will embark on a four-nation visit to India, Sri Lanka, Japan and South Korea beginning from June 24 to 30 in an effort to strengthen partnerships with the said countries and to advance the goal of a free and open Indo-P
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Pompeo to accompany Trump to Japan, S Korea for denuclearisation talks
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Jun 11 (ANI): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo is scheduled to accompany President Donald Trump on his visit to Japan and South Korea in late June, as per the US State Department.
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US State Secy Pompeo to address this year's India Ideas Summit on Wednesda
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 8 (ANI): The US State Department on late Friday said Secretary of State Michael R Pompeo will address the India Ideas Summit here at the US Chamber of Commerce on June 12.
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US Representative arrives in Pakistan to discuss Afghan peace process
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 2 (ANI): Zalmay Khalilzad, the United States' Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, arrived here on Sunday to facilitate a peace process that ends the 19 years of war in Afghanistan.
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US envoy to visit Afghanistan this week to facilitate peace process
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 1 (ANI): The US State Department on Saturday said that Zalmay Khalilzad, the United States Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, will travel to Afghanistan this week to facilitate the Afghan peace process with an aim to end the 18-years long war
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Doors remain open for North Korea to resume talks: US
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [United States], May 25 (ANI): In response to Pyongyang's statement that the dialogue between the United States and North Korea would not resume unless Washington comes up with " a new method of calculation," US State Department on Friday said that it remains open to holding talks
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