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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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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 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 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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ISIS affiliates remain a significant terrorist threat, says US
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [USA], May 16 (ANI): Even though ISIS has been defeated in the Syria-Iraq region, ISIS affiliates around the world remain a significant terrorist threat, said US State Department Spokesperson Morgan Ortagus said in an official release.
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'Assisting expansion of Iran's nuclear power plant may invite US sanctions
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [USA], May 4 (ANI): The United States on Friday (local time) warned that assisting Iran in expanding its Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant could invite sanctions, according to the US State Department Spokesperson.
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Trump approved plan to pay $2 mn to free Otto Warmbier, says former envoy
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 30 (ANI): Former US State Department Special Representative for North Korea, Joseph Yun, who was handed over the medical bill of American school student Otto Warmbier, on Monday, agreed that he had signed an agreement to pay North Korea USD two million for the rele
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US imposes visa sanctions on Pakistan
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Apr 27 (ANI): The United States on Friday (local time) imposed visa sanctions on Pakistan after it refused to take back its citizen deportees and visa over-stayers, as per the US State Department.
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US set to end sanctions waiver for Iranian oil imports
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 22 (ANI): The United States is set to announce on Monday that all countries including India, which are currently importing Iranian crude oil, will either have to end their imports completely or be subjected to US sanctions.
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