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Sessions may have met Russia's ambassador a third time: Comey
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], June 9 (ANI): Former FBI director James Comey has told the Senate Intelligence Committee that Attorney General Jeff Sessions might have had a third interaction with Russia's Ambassador to the United States.
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Sushma Swaraj asks for report on Telangana youth shot in California
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on late Thursday night called for a report from the Indian Embassy in the United States regarding a 26-year-old youth from Telangana, who was shot by an unidentified person in California on June 4.
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U.S.-backed forces fighting ISIS enter Raqqa
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Raqqa [Syria], June 9 (ANI): The Kurdish and Arab forces backed by the United States have entered Islamic State's de facto capital of Raqqa, in an apparent bid to reclaim the militants' largest stronghold in Syria.
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UN hopes US will support implementation of 'Fez Plan of Action'
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D. C. [USA], June 8 (ANI): The UN Secretary-General's Special Advisor for the Prevention of Genocide, Adama Dieng, has called upon the United States to support the implementation of the 'Plan of Action' for religious leaders and actors to prevent incitement that cou
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U.S. says 'may pull out of U.N. Human Rights Council'
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
[United Nations], June 7 (ANI): The Trump administration has said that the United States could pull out of the United Nations Human Rights Council unless the body "ends the whitewashing of dictators' abuses and unfair attacks on Israel."
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U.S. urges China to free activists who probed Ivanka Trump's shoe fac
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Shanghai [China], June 06 (ANI): The United States has called upon China to release three activists detained for investigating conditions at factories manufacturing shoes under the brand name of U.S. President's daughter Ivanka Trump.
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Contractor charged with leaking NSA information on Russian hacking
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], June 6 (ANI): The United States Justice Department has announced charges against a federal contractor with Top Secret security clearance, after she allegedly leaked classified information to an online media outlet.
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Trump-Sadiq Khan feud: Mayors of America rally in support of London Mayor
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
London [U.K.], June 6 (ANI): In the wake of the ensuing feud between London Mayor Sadiq Khan with United States President Donald Trump, the United States Conference of Mayors has issued a statement offering its suppport to the former.
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China slams US for remarks on South China Sea, Taiwan
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June5 (ANI): China has accused the United States and Japan of making "irresponsible remarks" over the South China Sea and Taiwan during the recently held Shangri-La Dialogue.
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France scoffs at U.S., modifies White House climate video
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A.], June 4 (ANI): The newly-elected French President Emmanuel Macron's administration took a jibe at President Donald Trump's decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate accord by releasing a modified version of a White House video.
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'Internal fight' within Washington damaged US-Russia ties: Russi
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [USA], June 03 (ANI): Russian Ambassador to the United States, Sergey Kislyak, has said that ties between the two countries were held hostage to political infighting in Washington, however, adding there was hope for improvement.
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U.S. showing signs of unleashing 'nuclear war': North Korea
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], June 03 (ANI): North Korea has slammed the United States' successful intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) interceptor system test, dubbing it as 'a serious military provocation'.
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