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Saudi crown prince approved killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi: US intelligence report

9:22 am February 27, 2021

Washington: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved an operation to capture or kill journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul, according to a US intelligence report submitted to Congress. Fifty-nine-year-old Khashoggi, a dissident Saudi journalist who lived in the US as a legal permanent resident and wrote for the Washington Post, was critical of the prince’s policies and was killed in the Saudi Arabian Consulate in the Turkish city on October […]

US, UN & EU welcome India, Pakistan ceasefire agreement

11:49 pm February 26, 2021

United Nations: The US, the UN and the EU have welcomed the announcement by the militaries of India and Pakistan to strictly observe all agreements on ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir and other sectors, and hoped that it would lead to greater peace and stability in South Asia. In a significant move to ease tension, India and Pakistan on Thursday said they have […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Aid groups hail US taking Yemen”s Houthis off terror list

7:49 pm February 6, 2021

Cairo: Aid agencies working in war-torn Yemen on Saturday welcomed plans by President Joe Biden’s administration to revoke the terrorist designation of Yemen’s Houthi rebels in order to mitigate one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters. David Miliband, head of the International Rescue Committee, said the designation would have done nothing to address terrorism in the Arab world’s poorest country, and would only hinder […]

US will hold China accountable for its abuses of international system: Blinken

2:38 pm February 6, 2021

Washington: The US will hold China accountable for its abuses of the international system, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said as he spoke to his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi and raised with him the issue of human rights violations in Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong. The two leaders spoke on Friday. It was the first conversation between the top officials since President Joe Biden took office on January […]

Biden to freeze withdrawal of US troops from Germany

11:56 pm February 4, 2021

Washington: President Joe Biden will freeze Donald Trump’s planned withdrawal of some US troops stationed in Germany, the White House said Thursday. The announcement, from White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, came ahead of Biden’s visit to the State Department. The White House also said the US would end support for Saudi Arabia’s military in the long-running war in Yemen in hopes of stopping one of world’s worst humanitarian crises. […]