US President-elect Donald Trump has announced Leo Terrell as the Senior Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights in the US Department of Justice.
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng on Monday engaged in discussions on macroeconomic developments in both nations. Yellen during her discussions also addressed several US concerns, including China's non-market policies.
The rate of homelessness in the US has risen by 18 per cent over the past year, Al Jazeera reported, citing a new report from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released on Friday.
The United States condemned the Hong Kong government for issuing arrest warrants and bounties against six overseas democracy activists. The US Department of State called these actions as "transnational repression" that threatens US sovereignty, human rights, freedom of expression.
The report said that China is taking steps to prepare for an invasion of Taiwan, adding that last year Beijing "continued to erode longstanding norms in and around Taiwan by employing a range of pressure tactics against Taiwan." raising concerns about China's intentions regarding Taiwan
"We have been briefing [the media] regularly that there are approximately 900 U.S. troops in Syria," Pentagon Spokesperson Pat Ryder told reporters on Thursday.
Principal Deputy Spokesperson of the US Department of State, Vedant Patel on Wednesday (local time) while speaking on the atrocities in Bangladesh said that the US will stress that basic human rights and human dignities must be respected.
Reacting to the reports where 12 workers of Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, the US Department of State said that the United States wants to see human rights respected in the country.
The US reiterated its call for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas as a solution towards ending the conflict between the two warring parties. The remarks were delivered by Matthew Miller, Spokesperson of the US Department of State during the Daily Press Briefing.
In his statement, Miller emphasized the significant progress made in the bilateral relationship in recent years, highlighting the ongoing cooperation between the two nations. "Our commitment to the US-ROK alliance is ironclad. In recent years, that Alliance has made enormous strides," he sai