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US imposes sanctions on Venezuelan oil company to block Maduro's finances
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 29 (ANI): The United States on Monday imposed sanctions against Venezuela's state-owned oil company PDVSA in a bid to cut off financial resources to President Nicolas Marudo and redirect them towards the country's self-proclaimed interim President Juan Guaido.
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Pelosi invites Trump to address Congress on Feb 5
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 29 (ANI): House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has invited United States President Donald Trump to address the Joint Session of Congress on February 5.
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US files criminal charges against Huawei
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 29 (ANI): The United States on Monday (local time) filed criminal charges against Chinese telecommunications equipment company Huawei on grounds of stealing intellectual property.
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US, China to discuss trade relations on Jan 30,31
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 29 (ANI): A Chinese delegation will arrive in the United States to hold a series of meetings on January 30 and 31 to discuss trade relations between the two countries, President Donald Trump announced on Monday.
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Bolton warns Venezuela of "significant response" if US diplomats, Guaido a
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 28 (ANI): National Security Advisor of the United States John Bolton said that any violence and intimidation against US diplomats, Venezuela's "democratic leader" Juan Guaido or the National Assembly will be met with "significant response" from the US.
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Pro-Khalistan supporters fail to shout down Indian Republic Day celebratio
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 27 (ANI): Enthusiastic Indians and people of Indian origin outnumbered pro-Khalistani supporters at a Republic Day celebration at the Gandhi Square, opposite the Indian embassy in Washington, which the fringe group had attempted to sabotage by raising anti-India
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Supporters, conservatives slam Trump for caving in on govt shutdown
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 27 (ANI): US President Donald Trump has drawn the ire of supporters and Republicans alike after he ended his demand for Congress to fund the proposed wall along the Mexican border.
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Venezuela crisis: Pompeo urges countries to 'pick a side'
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 27 (ANI): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday called on countries to "pick a side" in the Venezuelan political crisis and urged them to support opposition leader Juan Guaido, while appealing for free and fair elections to be held in the South American coun
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Voice of Karachi unveils plan for creating 'Greater Karachi' region
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 23 (ANI): The Voice of Karachi, a US-based advocacy group for the rights of Urdu-speaking people of Karachi, has demanded the Pakistan government to declare Karachi and other urban areas of Sindh province as an autonomous region within Pakistan.
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US to file request for Huawei CFO's extradition
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 23 (ANI): The United States is set to make a formal request for the extradition of Meng Wanzhou, Huawei's Chief Financial Officer (CFO), who was arrested in December last year in Canada at the request of Washington.
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Foreign ministers of US, Turkey discuss Syrian crisis
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 22 (ANI): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu discussed the current situation in Syria in a telephone conversation amid repeated queries surrounding Washington's decision to withdraw its troops from the war-ravaged countr
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US think tank report detects 'secret' N Korean missile base
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 22 (ANI): Despite North Korea repeatedly committing to achieve denuclearisation, a report by a US-based think tank has revealed an 'undeclared' missile base in the communist country, that is yet to be acknowledged by Pyongyang.
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