Tag: United States
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Washington DC Shooting: One dead five injured, says police
The gunfire erupted right outside the courtyard along 1300 block of Columbia Road, about two-three km from the White House on Thursday night.
September 20, 2019 -
India to consider taking Pakistan to ICAO for denying Modi permission to use its airspace
''It's an unfortunate situation where a country denies overflight to the head of state/head of government of another country. But it's true when there's a normal country. Hope Pakistan will realise the folly of its actions,'' Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale told reporters in New Delhi.
September 19, 2019 -
PM Modi, President Trump to meet twice next week in US
After the Howdy Modi event, the two leaders are again scheduled to meet later in the week in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly sessions.
September 19, 2019 -
44 US lawmakers urge Trump to reinstate India’s preferred trade status
United States had terminated India's designation as a beneficiary developing nation under the Generalised System of Preferences or GSP in June.
September 18, 2019 -
‘No talks with US’, says Iran supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei
Khamenei's remarks come after the US has indicated that Iran had carried out the September 14 attacks on two Saudi Arabian oil fields which led to cut global oil supplies by 5 per cent and an increase in prices.
September 17, 2019 -
Chinese vice finance minister to visit US to lay groundwork for trade talks
The United States and China have been embroiled in a bruising trade war for more than a year but they have eased off some of their tit-for-tat tariffs ahead of negotiations in October.
September 17, 2019 -
US President to meet Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan
Trump's schedule suggests that his meeting with Imran Khan may take place on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly Session in New York later this month.
September 17, 2019 -
Iran says no plans of Rouhani meeting Trump on UN sidelines
Tensions between the two countries have soared since Trump unilaterally withdrew the US from the JCPOA in May last year and began reimposing crippling sanctions on the Islamic republic.
September 16, 2019 -
Drone attack on Saudi oil facility sets oil prices surging
The attack by Tehran-backed Houthi rebels in neighbouring Yemen, where a Saudi-led coalition is bogged down in a five-year war, effectively shut down six percent of the global oil supply.
September 16, 2019 -
All sections of Afghan society should be part of peace process: Centre
External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said India was very closely following the developments relating to peace initiatives in Afghanistan.
September 13, 2019 -
Two US lawmakers seek immediate action on ‘human rights crisis’ in Kashmir
In a letter to Secretary Pompeo, Rep Pramila Jayapal and Congressman James P McGovern said the international media and independent human rights observers must immediately be allowed into Jammu and Kashmir.
September 12, 2019 -
‘US warmongering against Iran will fail says, President Hassan Rouhani
During a meeting with his Cabinet, Rouhani said, "The Americans must understand that bellicosity and warmongering don't work in their favour. Both... must be abandoned", according to the government's Twitter account.
September 11, 2019 -
N Korea tests super-large multiple rocket launcher
On Tuesday, North Korea fired a new round of short-range projectiles, South Korean officials said, only hours after it signalled a new willingness to resume stalled denuclearisation talks with the United States in late September.
September 11, 2019 -
‘Don’t interfere in pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong’, Carrie Lam tells US after fresh protests
The proposed law could undermine Hong Kong's special US trade privileges by mandating regular checks on whether authorities were respecting the Basic Law that underpins the city's semi-autonomous status.
September 10, 2019 -
Trump says India-Pak tensions ‘less heated’ than 2 weeks ago
The comments were Trump's first and comes two weeks since his meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G7 summit in France on August 26.
September 10, 2019 -
Donald Trump meets Democratic senator on gun legislation
"The President expressed interest in getting a result, so conversations will continue to see if there's a way to create a reasonable background check proposal, along with other ideas," a White House official said.
September 6, 2019 -
Iran President Rouhani orders lifting of all limits on nuclear research and development
The announcement came hours after Rouhani had threatened to take the step if Europe failed to provide a solution by Friday.
September 5, 2019