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Biden signs executive orders reversing Trump’s anti-immigrant policies

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Sana Hasan

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden, in a televised ceremony, has signed three executive orders to establish a task force to locate migrant families separated under the Trump administration, reshape U.S. border and asylum policy and review restrictions made to the legal immigration system over the past […]

US freezes sale of F-35 jets to UAE, munitions to Saudi Arabia: Media reports

Posted on January 29, 2021 by Sana Hasan

The Biden administration has temporarily frozen U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the sale of F-35 advanced fighter jets to the United Arab Emirates as it reviews billions of dollars in weapons transactions approved by the Trump administration, according to American media reports. Citing […]

Biden admin pauses military sales to UAE, Saudi Arabia

Posted on January 28, 2021 by News Desk

The US State Department temporarily froze several military sales Wednesday that were approved by former President Donald Trump’s administration, including F-35 sales to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). “The Department is temporarily pausing the implementation of some pending U.S. defense transfers and sales under Foreign Military Sales […]

Biden raises thorny issues in phone call with Putin

Posted on January 27, 2021 by News Desk

US President Joe Biden spoke by phone Tuesday with his Russian counterpart, during which they discussed several thorny issues between the two countries. Among them were the SolarWinds hack and reports that Moscow put bounties on American soldiers in Afghanistan, according to a White House statement, which […]

Biden warns dark days ahead as he outlines COVID plan

Posted on January 22, 2021 by News Desk

US President Joe Biden rolled out his national strategy Thursday to bring America out of the nadir of its grim coronavirus pandemic, warning that even with his efforts the worst is yet to come. Biden inherited a pandemic raging out of control when he […]

Biden unveils $1.9tr emergency economic plan to tackle COVID

Posted on January 15, 2021 by News Desk

Joe Biden’s new emergency economic relief plan comes as the United States registered another gloomy record of coronavirus-related casualties, with Thursday’s toll marking more than 4,200 deaths. While delivering remarks from Wilmington, Delaware, US President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday announced a new $1.9 trillion economic […]

US military confirms Biden as 46th commander-in-chief

Posted on January 13, 2021 by News Desk

The US Joint Chiefs of Staff issued a message Tuesday to the military saying a “violent riot” at the Capitol building was a “direct assault” on Congress and the Constitution and confirming President-elect Joe Biden will become the country’s 46th commander-in-chief. In the memo, signed […]

Biden taps career diplomat William Burns as CIA chief

Posted on January 12, 2021 by News Desk

Washington – US President-elect Joe Biden on Monday announced William Burns as his pick to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, tapping a retired veteran diplomat who helped lead secret talks with Iran. Burns spent over three decades in the US foreign service, including a stint […]

Biden says US needs coalition for confronting China

Posted on December 29, 2020 by News Desk

US President-elect Joe Biden earlier said that he would not immediately end the trade war with China and remove trade duties imposed by US President Donald Trump. During a press briefing on Monday, Biden addressed US-China relations, a COVID-19 relief package and transition problems with the […]

Nikki Haley urges Biden to keep ‘three critical areas’ of Trump’s FP

Posted on December 17, 2020 by News Desk

The US Electoral College confirmed Democrat Joe Biden’s victory on Monday, in the 3 November presidential election with 306 ballots cast in his favor. President Donald Trump still declines to concede, pointing to what he describes as voter fraud. Former US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki […]

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