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Iran says no direct talks with US on detained citizens

Posted on February 22, 2021 by News Desk

Iran dismissed remarks on Sunday by US President Joe Biden’s national security advisor, who said direct talks had begun with Tehran over the release of detained American citizens. Saeed Khatibzadeh, the spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, said there is no direct communication with the US […]

Biden: US to have 600M vaccine doses by end of July

Posted on February 17, 2021 by News Desk

US President Joe Biden said Tuesday that every American will be able to get a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of July. Responding to questions from American citizens at a CNN town hall, Biden said there were only 50 million vaccine doses available when he […]

Afghan leader warns US against quitting peace deal

Posted on February 15, 2021 by News Desk

Former Afghan Mujahideen leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar on Sunday slammed the US for what he called an attempt to quit the Doha peace deal with the Taliban. Addressing a gathering at his party headquarters in the capital Kabul to mark the 32nd anniversary of Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, […]

US secures deals for 200M more vaccines Biden promised

Posted on February 12, 2021 by News Desk

The US has finalized agreements to secure 200 million more coronavirus vaccine doses, President Joe Biden announced Thursday. The announcement fulfills a pledge the president made in January to buy 100 million more doses each of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna’s vaccine. The purchase increases the US vaccine supply by […]

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 […]

US to honor nuclear deal after Iran returns to compliance

Posted on January 28, 2021 by News Desk

The US will honor its obligations under the 2015 nuclear pact that world powers struck with Iran only after the Islamic Republic returns to full compliance, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday. Key among Washington’s obligations was the lifting of biting economic sanctions on large swathes of the […]

‘Pakistan can work as a bridge between US, China’

Posted on January 24, 2021 by News Desk

ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister‘s Special Assistant on National Security Dr Moeed Yusuf Saturday said that Pakistan was beginning talks with new US administration on new dimensions to further enhance the bilateral ties and collaborate on global challenges of common interest. “Our concerns about India will […]

Pakistan wants unconditional bilateral ties with US: Dr Moeed

Posted on January 23, 2021 by News Desk

ISLAMABAD, : Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on National Security Division and Strategic Policy Planning, Dr Moeed Yusuf said the government wanted to pursue a bilateral relationship with the US not hyphenated or clouded by US interests in other regional countries rather based […]

US lifts COVID travel ban on Europe, UK, Brazil

Posted on January 19, 2021 by News Desk

US President Donald Trump lifted COVID-19 travel restrictions on travelers from the Schengen Area, the UK, Ireland and Brazil effective Jan. 26, according to a proclamation Monday. In the document released by the White House two days before Trump departs the presidential mansion, the outgoing president […]

US likely to name Saudi embassy street after Khashoggi

Posted on January 15, 2021 by News Desk

A member of the Washington, DC City Council introduced a legislation on Thursday that proposes to name a street in the US capital after the slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke Pinto, the youngest in the district’s history, introduced the “Jamal Khashoggi Way […]

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