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NEW YORK – Iranian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Majid Takht Ravanchi, said that the United States will once again listen to the world supporting the July 2015 nuclear deal at the UN Security Council meeting on Tuesday. Ravanchi made the remarks in an interview in New …

KABUL – The United States on Wednesday welcomed Pakistan’s move to open its third border crossing with Afghanistan to facilitate trade between the two countries. “Encouraged that Afghanistan and Pakistan have agreed to open a third border crossing at Ghulam Khan to facilitate trade between the two countries and help …

WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump’s comment, during his first presidential campaign in Tulsa, Oklahoma, amid the coronavirus pandemic, that he had asked officials to “delay the tests” has drawn criticism from experts and his own staff. “Looking at it as a marker is a wrong way to think of …

KABUL – The United States has reduced its troops level to 8,600 in Afghanistan, fulfilling its obligation as part of the US-Taliban agreement, General Kenneth McKenzie, the head of US Central Command, said Thursday. “What I would tell you now is we have met our part of the agreement … …

WASHINGTON – The United States lobbied China on Wednesday for its treatment of Muslim Uighurs and Hong Kong as the two powers held firm in high-level talks in Hawaii over mounting tensions. US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, met with a senior Chinese official, Yang Jiechi, at a Honolulu military …

SEOUL – North Korea issued a warning to the United States on Thursday to avoid “meddling” in its affairs with South Korea and criticized Washington’s “unreasonable attitude” and “hostile” policies. An editorial in the country’s state newspaper Rodong Sinmun blamed the United States for the stalled relationship between North Korea …

BEIJING – China and the United States should resume timely communication on trade and other issues, a former senior Chinese official said Thursday, stressing that the world’s two largest economies are too intertwined to be decoupled. Zhu Guangyao, a cabinet adviser and a former deputy finance minister, made the remarks …

KABUL – The US Central Command’s top general, Marine Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie, said Wednesday that he cannot recommend a full withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan unless the Taliban demonstrate they no longer support al-Qaida forces there, the Stars and Stripes reported. “If conditions would allow, we’re prepared to …

DAMASCUS – A reconnaissance flight off the Syrian coast near Russian military bases was conducted by a Poseidon anti-submarine patrol aircraft from the US Navy on June 7, BulgarianMilitary.com cited Interfax and data from various aviation resources. According to the agency, the plane flew near the Russian Khmeimim air base …

Afghanistan ⁠— The US conducted two airstrikes against the Taliban in Afghanistan, US Forces – Afghanistan said Friday. The airstrikes were the first by the US against the insurgent group since the start of the Eid ceasefire at the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in May, USFOR-A …