US, NATO pledge to finance Afghanistan’s military to contain Taliban
The U.S. and NATO have pledged to pay $4 billion a year until 2024 to finance Afghanistan’s military and security...
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Insecurity: Haiti requests troops from US, UN
Haiti has requested troops from Washington and the United Nations to secure its ports, airport, and other strategic sites. While...
George Floyd: US court sentences Derek Chauvin to 22.5 years in prison
The former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been sentenced to 22.5 years in prison for the murder of George...
Anglophone: US issues visa restrictions on individuals provoking violence in Cameroon
The United States has issued visa restrictions on individuals who are provoking violence in the Anglophone regions of Cameroon. While...
US to donate 25 million doses of vaccine through UN-backed COVAX
President Joe Biden has announced plan to donate a first tranche of 25 million doses of surplus vaccine overseas through...
US to reopen consulate in Jerusalem for Palestinians
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has disclosed plan by the United States to reopen the consulate in Jerusalem...
US, Japan renew alliance to engender peace, security
The United States and Japan have renewed an alliance to engender peace and security in the Indo-Pacific region and around...
Disease expert, Anthony Fauci, warns US against Covid-19 surge
US top infectious disease expert, Anthony Fauci, has warned that the United States risks another COVID-19 surge. While issuing the...
US backs Jordan’s King Abdullah amid security probe
The US State Department has declared support for Jordan's King Abdullah II. The department said on Saturday April 3, 2021,...
Security Threat: US Capitol under lockdown
US Capitol has been placed under lockdown following a report of ‘external security threat’. It was reported that a car...
US intensifies diplomatic efforts to secure release of Americans in Iran
The United States has intensified diplomatic efforts to secure the safe return of Americans detained in Iran. This was disclosed...
US climate adviser meets energy industry to discuss climate crisis
The United States National Climate Adviser Gina Mccarthy has convened a meeting with leadership from oil and gas companies to...
US waives FBI checks on caregivers at New Migrant Facilities
The Biden administration has disclosed that it is not requiring FBI fingerprint background checks of caregivers at its rapidly expanding...
US Secretary of State to chair NSC meeting in Syria
US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has disclosed plan to chair a United Nations Security Council meeting on the humanitarian...
COVID-19: US provides $15 million for Palestinians
The Biden administration has provided the Palestinians $15 million to aid their COVID-19 response in the West Bank and Gaza...
Senator Christopher Coons leaves US to represent Biden in Ethiopia
The United States National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, has disclosed that Senator Christopher Coons will travel to qAddis Ababa, Ethiopia...
US, Ireland celebrate ‘historic’ partnership
The United States and Ireland has celebrated the 'historic' partnership. According a statement released on Wednesday March 17, 2021, from...
US Congress confirms appointment of first American Indian secretary
The US Senate has confirmed the appointment of Rep. Deeb Haaland as Secretary of the Interior in President Joe Biden’s...
US Congress endorses $1.9T virus relief bill to tackle pandemic, economic crisis
The United States Congress has endorsed a landmark $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill for Biden administration. President Joe Biden and...
Palestine seeks US intervention on settlement expansion
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh has called on the new US administration to "turn its words into action" and work...
US agrees to release frozen Iranian assets in Iraq
Secretary-General of the Iran-Iraq Joint Chamber of Commerce, Hamid Hosseini, has disclosed an agreement by the United States to release...
US sanctions Russian officials over nerve-agent attack
The Biden administration has announced sanctions of Russian officials and businesses. The sanction which was announced on Tuesday was as...
US embassy in Riyadh condemns Houthi attack on Jazan
The US embassy in Riyadh has condemned the attack in Yemen. The embassy in its statement on Monday urged the...
US to seek seat on UN human rights body, after Trump pullout
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has disclosed that the United States will vie for a seat at the United...
Biden to order review of US supply chains for vital goods
President Joe Biden has disclosed plan to sign an executive order to review U.S. supply chains for large-capacity batteries, pharmaceuticals,...
US jobless claims rise to 861,000 as layoffs stay high
The number of Americans applying for unemployment aid has risen to 861,000. The current situation as contained in a recent...
US embassy in Erbil activates air defense system
The US embassy in the Green Zone, central Baghdad, has activated its own air defense system. While disclosing this on...
US appoints Cutrona acting Special Representative for Syria engagement
The US State Department has announced that Aimee Cutrona has assumed her role as Acting Special Representative for Syria Engagement....
Biden to allow 25,000 asylum-seekers into US
The Biden administration has disclosed plans to allow tens of thousands of people who are seeking asylum and have been...
US orders Israel to stop unilateral steps against Palestinians
The US Department of State has demanded that Israel refrain from taking unilateral steps that “undercut efforts to advance a...
US sells million barrels of Iranian fuel
The United States has sold more than a million barrels of Iranian fuel seized under its sanctions program last year....
US forces not protecting Syrian oil field — Defense official
A US defense official has said that the United States forces in Syria are not guarding oil fields as previously...
US, UK express concern after latest Houthi escalation in Yemen’s Marib
The United States and Britain expressed their concern over the latest field escalation by the Iran-backed Houthi militias in Yemen’s...
UK declines to follow US in suspending Saudi arms sales over Yemen
British ministers have refused to join the US in suspending arms sales to Saudi Arabia for offensive use in war-torn...
GCC welcomes US appointment of Yemen envoy
The Gulf Cooperation Council has welcomed the United States’ appointment of an envoy to Yemen. Which disclosing this on Sunday...
UN Security Council demands release of Myanmar’s Suu Kyi, others
The United Nations Security Council has demanded the immediate release of Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi and others who...
France, US urge Lebanese politicians to form credible government
France and the United States have called on Lebanese politicians to form a new government. While disclosing this in a...
Turkey, US Security Advisers hold first talks since Biden inauguration
Top advisers for Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US President Joe Biden have held talks, marking the first official...
US health agency imposes nose masks on travelers
US health agency has disclosed that nose masks will be imposed on travelers. The agency reported that people across the...
UAE partners UN, US to resolve crises in Libya
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has disclosed partnership with the United Nations and the United States to find a peaceful...
Biden renews deportation relief for Syrians in US
The United States President Joe Biden has extended deportation relief for several thousand Syrian immigrants living in the United States....
US judge bars Biden administration from enforcing 100-day deportation moratorium
A federal judge has barred the U.S. government from enforcing a 100-day deportation moratorium that is a key immigration priority...
US B-52 overflies Middle East as Biden sets policy tone
A US B-52 bomber flew over the Middle East Wednesday in a show of force by President Joe Biden's new...
US pledges to help Saudi Arabia protect territory against attacks
The US State Department pledged on Sunday to help Saudi Arabia defend against attacks on its territory as it condemned...
Hank Aaron dies, Obama mourns
The former US President, Barrak Obama, has expressed condolences to the family of the famous US baseball player, Hank Aaron,...
Biden’s inauguration: US defense expresses worry about insider attack
The United States defense officials have expressed worry about an insider attack or other threat from service members involved in...
US imposes fresh sanctions on Iran in final days of Trump presidency
The United States has imposed more sanctions on companies in Iran, China and the United Arab Emirates for doing business...
US judge blocks Trump administration’s sweeping asylum rules
A U.S. judge has blocked the Trump administration’s most sweeping set of asylum restrictions. The court judgment is coming less...
US Congress officially confirms Joe Biden as president
The United States Congress has confirmed Joe Biden as the country’s President. Lawmakers who officially confirmed Biden as the country’s...
JCPA condemns violence, insurrection at US Capitol
The Jewish Council for Public Affairs, New York City, has strongly condemnd the violent insurrection at the United States Capitol...
Rep Omar calls for Trump’s impeachment for aiding insurrectionists at US Capitol
Rep. Ilhan Omar has called for Trump's impeachment for aiding insurrectionists at US Capitol on Wednesday. While expressing her indignation,...
Demonstration at US Capitol is White terrorism — Khalid Latif
Akeem Alao Khalid Latif, the Executive Director and Chaplain for the Islamic Center at New York University, has described the...
US grants 3-month waiver for Iraq to import energy from Iran
The US State Department on Monday renewed a sanctions waiver allowing Iraq to import electricity and gas from Iran. A...
Democrat Pelosi narrowly re-elected US House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi has been narrowly re-elected US House Speaker in a deeply divided new Congress that convened in the final...
Covid-19: US records over 350,000 deaths, anticipates another surge
The Covid-19 death toll in the United States has surpassed 350,000. Experts have also anticipate another surge in coronavirus cases...
US blacklists 2 Venezuelan officials
The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on a Venezuelan judge and a prosecutor over their roles in the trial...
Biden condemns US national security agencies
President-elect Joe Biden has criticised President Donald Trump’s stewardship of the US’s foreign policy and national security apparatus. While saying...
Saudi company acquires US medical campus
Saudi-based Arbah Capital has announced its investors’ acquisition of the Commonwealth Campus, a $59m high income-producing diversified medical campus in...
Pandemic sends US single mothers into poverty
When the coronavirus pandemic shuttered restaurants in California, Aleida Ramirez lost her job as a waitress, plunging her — along...
US declares readiness to react if Tehran launches attack to avenge Soleimani killing
The United States has declared its readiness to react if Tehran launches an attack to mark the first anniversary of...
