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Pompeo says China's policies on Muslims amount to 'genocide'

Pompeo to travel to Ukraine in January

8:08 pm December 30, 2019

Washington: Top US diplomat Mike Pompeo will travel to Ukraine, the country at the heart of the ongoing impeachment process against President Donald Trump, during a diplomatic tour in January, the State Department said on Monday. Pompeo, who will also visit Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Cyprus, will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, spokeswoman Morgan […]

US strikes in Somalia kill four militants

3:25 pm December 30, 2019

Washington: The United States military said it killed four “terrorists” in airstrikes against the Al-Shabaab militant group in Somalia on Sunday, a day after the country’s deadliest attack in two years. US Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted three airstrikes in two locations in the conflict-hit east African nation on Sunday targeting Al-Shabaab militants, it said in […]

US strike on Iran could have consequences in North Korea

White House warns North Korea over ‘Christmas gift’ threat

12:56 am December 30, 2019

Washington: The White House said Sunday it would consider “other tools” beyond personal diplomacy if North Korea went ahead with a threatened “Christmas gift” that could reignite global tensions over its nuclear program. Experts have interpreted the message delivered earlier this month by Pyongyang as a warning that a long-range missile test was imminent if […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

US: State officials are at the core of 2020 election security

9:23 pm December 26, 2019

SPRINGFIELD: Inside a hotel ballroom near the nation’s capital, a U.S. Army officer with battlefield experience told 120 state and local election officials that they may have more in common with military strategists than they might think. These government officials are on the front lines of a different kind of battlefield — one in which […]

Trumps wish Americans ‘Merry Christmas’ as they mark holiday

12:57 am December 26, 2019

Palm Beach: President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump are wishing Americans a Merry Christmas as they celebrate the holiday with their family in Florida. The president and I want to wish each and every American a very merry Christmas,” the first lady said in a video message recorded at the White House and […]