US recognizes President Maduro’s opponent as winner in Venezuela election
- 02-Aug-2024
The United States on Thursday recognized Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s opponent and opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez as the winner of Venezuela’s disputed presidential election, rejecting Maduro’s claim of victory. “Given the overwhelming evidence, it is clear to the United States and, most importantly, to the Venezuelan people that Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia won the most votes in […]
US says Israel may have violated international law
- 11-May-2024
The Biden administration on Friday said Israel’s use of U.S.-supplied weapons may have violated international humanitarian law during its military operation in Gaza, in its strongest criticism to date of Israel. But the administration stopped short of a definitive assessment, saying that due to the chaos of the war in Gaza it could not verify […]
Israel due to get billions of dollars more in US weapons despite Biden pause
- 10-May-2024
WASHINGTON: Billions of dollars worth of United States (US) weaponry remains in the pipeline for Israel, despite the delay of one shipment of bombs and a review of others by President Joe Biden’s administration, concerned their use in an assault could wreak more devastation on Palestinian civilians. A senior U.S. official said this week that […]
US is suppressing China’s development, FM Wang tells Blinken
- 26-Apr-2024
The United States is suppressing China’s development, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday during talks with his U.S. counterpart Antony Blinken who is on a visit to Beijing aimed at resolving trade and policy differences between the superpowers. Secretary of State Blinken is due to spend several hours with Wang in closed-door meetings at […]
US reacts to Iran president’s visit to Pakistan
- 19-Apr-2024
WASHINGTON: The United States (US) reacted to Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s scheduled visit to Pakistan on April 22, ARY News reported. Addressing a news briefing in Washington Vedant Patel, Principal Deputy Spokesperson of the U.S. State Department said, that in context to Iran “I’m confident in saying that unleashing hundreds and hundreds of UAVs and […]
US and allies plan more Iran sanctions after attack on Israel
- 17-Apr-2024
The U.S. and its allies planned fresh sanctions against Iran over its unprecedented attack on Israel, seeking to dissuade Israel from a major escalation as its war cabinet was set to meet for a third time on Wednesday to decide a response. While Saturday night’s attack caused no deaths and little damage thanks to the […]
United States faces ‘increasingly fragile world order,’ spy chiefs say
- 12-Mar-2024
WASHINGTON: United States intelligence agencies said on Monday the country faces an “increasingly fragile world order,” strained by great power competition, transnational challenges and regional conflicts, in a report released as agency leaders testified in Congress. “An ambitious but anxious China, a confrontational Russia, some regional powers, such as Iran, and more capable non-state actors […]
US to build temporary port to deliver Gaza aid
- 08-Mar-2024
WASHINGTON: The U.S. military will build a temporary port on Gaza’s Mediterranean coast to receive humanitarian aid by sea, President Joe Biden said in his State of the Union speech on Thursday. Planning for the operation, initially based on the island of Cyprus, does not envision the deployment of U.S. military personnel in Gaza. Biden’s […]
US charges Japanese crime leader with trafficking nuclear materials
- 22-Feb-2024
U.S. authorities on Wednesday charged the leader of a Japanese crime syndicate with conspiring to traffic nuclear materials from Myanmar for expected use by Iran in nuclear weapons, the Justice Department said. Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, and co-defendant Somphop Singhasiri, 61, trafficked in drugs, weapons and nuclear material, “going so far as to offer uranium and […]
President Biden aware of elections in Pakistan: White House
- 14-Feb-2024
WASHINGTON: President of United States Joe Biden is aware of the general election held on February 8 in Pakistan, ARY News reported quoting the White House Secretary. The Press Secretary of White House Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters at her daily news conference, that the President is very much aware of millions of Pakistanis who turned […]