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Baghdad embassy attack: US will protect and defend its people, says Michae
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA] Jan 1 (ANI): Amid US embassy siege in Baghdad, Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Tuesday held telephonic conversations with Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi and President Barham Salih separately, saying that the United States will protect and defend its people in Iraq.
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Our mission is to make Iran behave like normal nation: Pompeo
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 31 (ANI): Hours after US forces conducted strikes in Iraq and Syria against facilities linked to Iranian- backed Shia militia group, Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said that US mission is "to make Tehran behave like a normal nation."
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Trump briefed on 'successful' strikes on Kataib Hezbollah in Syria, Iraq
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 30 (ANI): US President Donald Trump was on Sunday briefed about the airstrikes against facilities linked to an Iranian-backed Shia militia group in Syria and Iraq by top American security advisors and said that the operation was a total success.
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Pompeo won't run for Senate in 2020, says White House official
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 30 (ANI): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo will not run for a Senate seat in Kansas in 2020, White House national security advisor Robert O'Brien said on Sunday.
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Civil rights icon John Lewis diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 30 (ANI): Democratic Representative from Georgia John Lewis, who was one of the prominent faces of civil rights movement in the 1960s, has been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer, his office said on Sunday.
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Trump condemns 'horrific' anti-Semitic attack in New York
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 30 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Sunday strongly condemned the "horrific" anti-Semitic attack at a rabbi's home where five people were injured in New York's Rockland County and wished a speedy recovery to the victims.
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US strikes target 5 facilities linked to Iranian-backed Shia militia in Ir
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 30 (ANI): US forces conducted strikes in Iraq and Syria against five facilities linked to an Iranian-backed Shia militia group, which has been blamed for a series of attacks on a joint US-Iraq military facilities housing American troops, Pentagon said on Sunday.
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China attempting to erase its own citizens' faiths, cultures through repre
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 29 (ANI): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Saturday slammed China's ruling Communist Party for ill-treatment of Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang and people in Tibet Autonomous Region, saying that Beijing is attempting to erase its own citizens' faiths and cultures t
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Ivanka Trump indicates she might leave White House if father is re-elected
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 29 (ANI): Ivanka Trump, the daughter and advisor to US President Donald Trump, has indicated that she could exit the White House if her father is re-elected in the 2020 presidential election.
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US: 5 killed after small plane crashes in Louisiana
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 28 (ANI): Five people were killed after a twin-engine plane with six people aboard crashed in Louisiana, US on Saturday morning, local media reported, quoting a local fire chief.
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Helicopter crash site found in Hawaii, search for survivors on
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 28 (Sputnik/ANI): US rescue teams have found the wreckage of a helicopter that went missing in Hawaii with seven people aboard and continue searching for survivors, the Kauai Police Department said.
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Trump says will sign with Xi 'Phase One' of US-China trade deal
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 24 (ANI/Sputnik): United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that he and Chinese President Xi Jinping would soon hold a signing ceremony for the Phase One of the bilateral trade agreement.
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