Bucharest: The United States (US) will announce new aid package to help Ukraine restore electricity as its people faced another week of brutal cold and darkness after Russian missile strikes on its power grid caused rolling blackouts.
Mexico City: The government of Nicolas Maduro and the Venezuelan opposition broke a political stalemate with a broad social agreement, and the Biden-administration responded by allowing a major United States (US) oil company to resume operations in Venezuela.
Washington: A US commission on International Religious Freedom has asked the State Department to designate India as, country of particular concern, for violating religious freedom, human rights, and oppression of religious minorities.
Washington, D.C.: The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), an autonomous body of the US Government that tracks global religious persecutions, has urged the US Department of State to designate India as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC), which is America’s red list
Moscow: The United States (US) opposes any military action that destabilizes the situation in Syria, a State Department spokesperson said, amid an escalation in retaliatory strikes by Kurdish militia near Syrian border.
Washington: The United States called upon Modi-led Indian government to restore local elections and political rights in all the regions across the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), said Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu.
Bangkok: Chinese President Xi Jinping and United States (US) Vice President Kamala Harris called for open communication during a meeting , days after his extensive talks with President Joe Biden.
Muscat: The United States Navy’s Fifth Fleet announced that it had intercepted a fishing vessel smuggling "massive" amounts of explosive material while transiting from Iran along a route in the Gulf of Oman that has been used to traffic weapons to Yemen’s Houthi group.
Jerusalem: Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said that Israel will not cooperate with any external probe into the killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.
New Delhi: The United States (US) is happy for India to continue buying as much Russian oil as it wants, including at prices above a G7-imposed price cap mechanism, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said .