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WASHINGTON – The White House expects the next COVID-19 aid bill to cost around $1 trillion and wants Congress to pass the legislation in the first week of August, a senior aide to the U.S. vice president Mike Pence said Wednesday. “A big boost has been put into the system …

HONG KONG – For the first time in six years, two U.S. Navy aircraft carriers meet in the South China Sea, Washington’s latest show of military might, as it rejects China’s claim of much of the disputed region. The two American carriers arrived in the region when China concluded its …

WASHINGTON – The United States House of Representatives passed a police reform bill that currently has little chance of becoming law amid partisan stalemate. The Democratic-controlled chamber voted 236-181 for the measure primarily along party lines on Thursday night. The legislation is named after George Floyd, the unarmed black man …

WASHINGTON – Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States, Asad Majeed Khan, said the critical issue at last year’s three meetings between US President Donald Trump and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was to improve trade between two countries, as well as investment and economic relations. The ambassador made these comments …

WASHINGTON – Tehran continued to allow an Al-Qaeda facilitation network to operate in Iran, sending money and fighters to conflict zones in Afghanistan and Syria, and still allowed Al-Qaeda members to reside in the country, the United States said on Wednesday. In its annual terrorism report, the US State Department …

BEIJING – China must prepare for the risks of being excluded from the U.S. dollar payment system, should the United States sanction Chinese companies and banks, just as Washington did with Russian institutions, a senior Chinese financial regulator said on Monday. Fang Xinghai, vice chairman of the China Securities Regulatory …

WASHINGTON – The United States wants a face-to-face meeting with Iran to discuss prisoner releases and wants the U.N. Security Council to impose an indefinite arms embargo on the Islamic Republic, a senior U.S. diplomat said on Tuesday. The two adversaries disagree on many issues, including the decision of United …

WASHINGTON – The United States President Donald Trump said on Monday that he would halve the number of U.S. troops in Germany because Berlin is “delinquent” in contributions to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and treats the United States “badly” on trade. “Germany is criminal, they have been criminal …

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 …

KABUL – A top Russian diplomat says Russia, the United States, and Afghanistan will hold video consultations to try and jump-start intra-Afghan peace talks. Zamir Kabulov, who is Russia’s presidential envoy on issues related to Afghanistan and the director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s second department of Asia, told Russian …