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Tehran: Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman on Friday “categorically” denied the reports that Tehran is ready to talk with powers over its ballistic missile programme. Iran has repeatedly announced that “its defence programme will never be subject to negotiations,” Xinhua cited IRNA news agency that quoted spokesman Bahram Qasemi as saying. Developing “missile programme is Iran’s […]

Washignton: The US State Department has approved on Friday a possible $15 billion sale of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) systems to Saudi Arabia, according to a statement released by the Pentagon. The Middle East country has requested to purchase 44 THAAD launchers, 360 missiles, 16 fire control station and 7 radars, Xinhua quoted […]

Khartoum: Sudan government on Friday welcomed the US administration’s decision to permanently lift the 20-year-old economic sanctions on Sudan. “Sudanese leadership, government and people welcome the positive decision made by the US President Donald Trump on Friday to permanently lift the economic sanctions on Sudan,” Xinhua cited Sudan’s Foreign Ministry as saying. “Sudan regards it […]

Beijing: The US is in “direct contact” with the North Korean government over its missile and nuclear tests, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Saturday. He said Washington was “probing” the possibility of talks with Pyongyang, “so stay tuned”, the New York Times reported. “We have lines of communications to Pyongyang,” he said during […]

London: Twitter users in the US shared more polarising political news and conspiratorial content from Russian, WikiLeaks and junk news sources, during the 2016 presidential election, finds a study. The findings led by researchers from Oxford University, showed that users of the micro-blogging site in some states, shared more polarising political news and information than […]

Seoul: South Korea and the US have conducted joint air drills in the Korean peninsula amid heightened tensions with Pyongyang, authorities said here on Saturday. The military exercise was carried out on an unspecified date and involved the units of several regiments of the two countries, according to the Seoul-based US Pacific Command. “The field […]

San Francisco: Google’s parental control app for Android devices “Family Link” has completed the beta testing period and is now available to public to download for free in the US. The app, which lets parents manage apps, set screen time limits and more, can be used from either an iOS or Android device, but is designed […]

San Diego: Work began on Tuesday on the construction of prototypes for the wall along the US-Mexico border that US President Donald Trump wants to build to stop illegal immigration. Customs and Border Protection said that activities commenced in Otay Mesa, California, where the prototypes will be erected in a zone that is carefully monitored […]

Chicago: Researchers from University of Michigan found that one out of five teens in the US reported at least one concussion diagnosis, and 5.5 per cent of them have had more than one concussion, according to a new study released on Tuesday. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), also […]

Washington: The US Department of Treasury on Tuesday issued sanctions on eight banks and 26 individuals linked to North Korea’s financial networks in response to the country’s ongoing development of weapons of mass destruction. The individuals sanctioned are North Korean nationals operating in some foreign countries who act as representatives of DPRK banks, Xinhua quoted […]

Washington: US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin on Sunday said that they wanted to avoid nuclear war with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). “The president doesn’t want to be in a nuclear war, and we will do everything we can to make sure that doesn’t occur,” said Mnuchin. “I can assure you the president’s number […]

Tehran: Iran said on Saturday that it had successfully tested a new medium-range missile in defiance of warnings from the US that it was ready to ditch a landmark nuclear deal over the issue. State-run Press TV broadcast a footage of the launch of the Khoramshahr missile, which was first displayed at a high-profile military […]

Brussels: The EU agreed today on new sanctions against North Korea, diplomatic sources said, as the international community steps up efforts to punish the pariah state for its nuclear weapons programme. The bloc has agreed a new package of measures, including a ban on investments in North Korea and on European Union exports of oil, […]

Washington:  US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that the US would impose more sanctions on North Korea. Before his meeting with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session in New York, Trump told reporters that his administration will put “more sanctions” on North Korea, Xinhua reported. North Korea […]

Washington: The US has resumed the premium processing of all H-1B visa petitions subject to the fiscal 2018 cap, five months after it was suspended to check the rush of work visas popular among Indian techies. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) resumed the premium processing on Monday. The suspension has, however, been revoked […]