UNITED STATES

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Trump tells other countries to protect own Gulf shipping

8:47 pm June 24, 2019

Washington: President Donald Trump on Monday told other countries to protect their own Gulf oil shipments, declaring that the United States has only limited strategic interest in the “dangerous” region. In a pair of tweets, Trump said US aims regarding Iran boil down to “No Nuclear Weapons and No Further Sponsoring of Terror.” As for Iran’s threats to shut sea lanes used to transport […]

UN chief warns against criminal exploitation of COVID-19 recovery resources

UN to appeal for $1.2 billion to help 5 million Palestinians

2:40 pm June 22, 2019

United Nations: The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Friday he hopes donors will be as generous this year as they were last year after the United States cut all funding for the USD 1.2 billion programme to help some 5 million Palestinians. Pierre Krahenbuhl said at a news conference that 42 […]

European leaders remain attentive, cautious in US-Iran spat

10:58 pm June 21, 2019

Brussels: European leaders are being guarded in their responses to the deepening tensions between the United States and Iran, urging both sides to step back from confrontation. Influential European countries have for months been steering a delicate path between Washington and Tehran, since the President Donald Trump’s administration last year pulled out of a nuclear […]

Iran says it begins 20% uranium enrichment amid US tensions

Iran’s Rouhani says US ‘serious threat to global stability’

10:26 pm June 14, 2019

Bishkek: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Friday the United States present a serious threat to global and regional stability as tensions soar in the Gulf. “The US government over the last two years, violating all the international structures and rules and using its economic, financial and military resources, has taken an aggressive approach and […]

UK judge sets February 2020 for Assange extradition hearing

10:19 pm June 14, 2019

London: A British judge on Friday scheduled a full extradition hearing to begin in February next year for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is wanted in the United States on espionage charges. Assange, 47, is accused of violating the Espionage Act by releasing a vast trove of classified military and diplomatic files in 2010 about […]