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US senator presses for declassified report on Al Jazeera reporter’s killing
US Senator Chris Van Hollen called on Monday for declassifying a government report on the death of Al Jazeera’s Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian-American journalist who was shot and killed while covering an Israeli army raid last year.…
US defense secretary discusses upgrading ties with India to counter China
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday discussed upgrading partnership with India, a major arms buyer, and set a roadmap for cooperation for the next five years as both countries grapple with China’s economic rise and increased…
Kuwait’s foreign minister and US Navy chief discuss security cooperation
Kuwaiti Foreign Affairs Minister Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Brad Cooper, commander of US Naval Forces Central Command, met on Monday to discuss the relationship between their countries in the realm of naval security, and…
Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi calls on US audience to stand up for ‘modern India’
Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi pressed his criticism of the country’s leadership in a speech Sunday, calling for Indians in the US and back home to stand up for democracy and the Indian constitution.
Gandhi, a sharp critic of…
US, UK navies say they responded to distress call as Iran’s Revolutionary Guard ‘harassed’ ship
The US Navy said Monday its sailors and the United Kingdom Royal Navy came to the aid of a ship in the crucial Strait of Hormuz after Iran’s Revolutionary Guard “harassed” it.
Three fast-attack Guard vessels with armed troops aboard…
Biden signs debt limit bill, avoiding US default
President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a bill that suspends the US government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, averting what would have been a first-ever default with just two days to spare.
The House of Representatives and the Senate…
US, Japan, South Korea aim to share North Korea missile warning data
The United States, Japan and South Korea aim to share North Korean missile warning data before the end of 2023, the three countries said in a statement following a Saturday meeting of their defense chiefs in Singapore.
The three sides…
Biden hails averting ‘catastrophic’ default in Oval Office speech
US President Joe Biden told Americans on Friday in a rare Oval Office address that the debt ceiling bill passed by Congress after weeks of wrangling saved the country from “economic collapse.”
Speaking from behind the historic Resolute…
Biden trips, tumbles on Air Force stage
President Joe Biden took a face-first tumble on Thursday after tripping over an obstacle on stage at the Air Force Academy in Colorado, but he appeared unhurt.
Biden, 80, who had delivered the commencement address to graduates of the…
US sanctions Iranian operatives accused of overseas plots
The US has imposed sanctions on members and affiliates of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard and its external operations arm whom Washington accused of participating in terrorist plots targeting former US government officials, dual US and…