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Nicolas Maduro sworn in as Venezuela President for second term
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Caracas [Venezuela], Jan 10(ANI): Nicolas Maduro was once again sworn in as Venezuela's President for a second term, from 2019 to 2025, here on Thursday.
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Pentagon chief of staff resigns
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 6 (ANI): The US Department of Defence's chief of staff, Rear Admiral Kevin Sweeney on Saturday stepped down from his post.
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James Jeffrey appointed US envoy for anti-ISIS coalition
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 5 (ANI): James Jeffrey has been appointed as the next US Special Envoy to the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS after Brett McGurk stepped down from the position in December last year.
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US Sentences announces 40 years imprisonment for terror attacks plotting
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Dec 20 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States has sentenced Canadian citizen Abdulrahman El Bahnasawy to 40 years in prison for plotting terrorist attacks in New York City in support of the Islamic State terror group, the US Department of Justice has said.
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USA commits $10 million in support to Maldives
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 20 (ANI): The USA has extended support to the tune of USD 10 million to the Maldives to assist the new Ibrahim Solih-led government in various areas including maritime security.
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USA welcomes India reinvigorating ties with Maldives
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 20 (ANI): The USA welcomed "reinvigorating" ties between India and the Maldives, underscoring the convergence of India's and the USA's views on the Maldives' "critical role in the security of the Indo-Pacific".
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Pak rejects listing as religious freedom violator by US
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 12 (ANI): Responding to United States Department of State's designation of Pakistan as 'Countries of Particular Concern' under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, Islamabad rejected the profiling, terming it 'unilateral and politically motivated pronou
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USA, Mexico, Canada finalise environment pact
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Buenos Aires [Argentina], Dec 1 (ANI): The United States of America (USA), Mexico and Canada finalised on a new Environmental Cooperation Agreement (ECA) on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit in Buenos Aires on November 30 (local time).
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'US will not rest until 26/11 perpetrators are held accountable'
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 27 (ANI): Nathan A Sales, the US Department of State Coordinator for Counterterrorism, has called on Pakistan to bring perpetrators of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks to justice, and said the US will not rest until they are held accountable for their acts.
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US condemns Pak terror attacks
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 24 (ANI): The United States (US) Department of State on Friday released a statement condemning the terrorist attacks in Pakistan which claimed as many as 30 lives.
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Khashoggi murder: US slaps sanctions on 17 Saudi Arabian individuals
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 15 (ANI): The US Department of State on Thursday imposed global magnitsky sanctions on seventeen Saudi Arabian individuals for their roles in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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2nd US-China Diplomatic and Security Dialogue on Nov 9
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Nov 6 (ANI): The US Department of State and the US Department of Defense on Monday announced that the second US-China Diplomatic and Security Dialogue (D&SD) will be held in Washington DC on November 9.
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