Search For "the us"
COVID-19: Nepal receives 1.5 million J&J vaccine doses from US amid sl
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], July 13 (ANI): Nepal, which has been struggling to inoculate its citizens against COVID-19, on Monday received a shipment of over one and a half million doses of Johnson and Johnson (J&J) single-shot vaccines from the US on a grant basis.
Read More
Too hasty, soldiers leave machinery behind: Russian Foreign Minister on US
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Moscow [Russia] July 12 (ANI/Sputnik): The withdrawal of the US forces from Afghanistan is too hasty as soldiers leave a lot of machinery and equipment behind, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday.
Read More
Taliban opposes Turkey's control over Kabul airport's security
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 11 (ANI): The Taliban has expressed its opposition to a deal between the US and Turkey for the latter to take over the security of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul.
Read More
Will China try to enter 'graveyard of empires' next?
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington DC [US], July 11 (ANI): As the US is merely weeks away from completing military withdrawal from Afghanistan, speculation is rife that China may step into the country which is often described as the "graveyard of empires".
Read More
Rights group urges UK govt to grant asylum to Afghan women prone to Taliba
Updated : 5 years ago IST
London [UK] July 11 (ANI): Human and women's rights groups on Sunday asked the UK administration to provide asylum to the vulnerable Afghan women amid the US troops withdrawal and increase in Taliban violence in the war-torn country.
Read More
5.1 magnitude quake hits Alaska in US
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], July 11 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted 285 km ESE of Attu Station, Alaska at 0008 GMT on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said.
Read More
US remove two statues of Confederate Generals in Charlottesville
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Charlottesville (Virginia) [US], July 11 (ANI): The US on Saturday morning (local time) removed the two bronze statues of Confederate Generals Robert E Lee and Stonewall Jackson in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Read More
America's military engagement in Afghanistan coming to an end, says US env
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington DC [US], July 10 (ANI): America's military engagement in Afghanistan is coming to an end and the US will work with all Afghan and international stakeholders to try to find a path to end this war, said US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad on Sat
Read More
Deaths in Florida condo collapse rise to 86
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Florida [US], July 10 (ANI/Sputnik): The death toll in the collapse of a condominium building in Surfside, a town in the US state of Florida, went up to 86 overnight, the Miami-Dade county mayor said Saturday.
Read More
US envoy Khalilzad travels to Asia, Middle East to pursue Afghan peace dea
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington DC [US], July 10 (ANI): US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad departed for travel to South and Central Asia as well as the Middle East on July 9, the US State Department said on Saturday.
Read More
US puts 14 more Chinese firms under sanction list
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US] July 10 (ANI): The US government on Friday added 14 more Chinese companies to the trade sanction list.
Read More
Afghans have to rebuild their nation on their own, not US responsibility:
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US] July 10 (ANI): President Joe Biden on Thursday (local time) made it clear that rebuilding Afghanistan was not the responsibility of the US and urged Afghan leaders to gather together to drive the country towards a better future.
Read More