Geopolitics
Earlier this week, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) designated India among several nations as "countries of particular concern". However, experts feel the move is a deliberate attempt to malign the nation's image by Islamists who have infiltrated this American government body. more
Russia asks US to stop playing with fire following White House sanctions

Moscow: Displeased with the US sanctions, Russia has hit back at Washington DC- accusing the latter of meddling in its domestic affairs and trying to create an image of an external enemy ...

Pakistan, China, North Korea among several other nations in US' religious freedom violation list

Washington DC: The United States of America has designated several nations, including China, Pakistan and North Korea, as countries of concern under the International Religious Freedom Ac ...

Action against China: US terminates five programs disguised as “cultural exchanges"

Beijing: The US Department of State on Friday announced its decision to terminate five programs, disguised as “cultural exchanges,” with the People’s Republic of China ( ...

Joe Biden names Ron Klain as White House Chief of Staff

Washington DC: US President-elect Joe Biden has named his long time aide Ron Klain as White House Chief of Staff and Assistant to the President.

China's treatment of Uighur Muslims is close to genocide: United States

US National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien recently commented that what China is doing to Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang is close to genocide. He made the remarks while attending a virtu ...

Joe Biden picks US Senator Kamala Harris as Vice Presidential candidate 

Washington/Sputnik: Presumed US Democratic candidate Joe Biden said on Tuesday that he has picked Senator Kamala Harris of the state of California to be his running mate in the upcoming p ...

Trump signs order to stop Hong Kong's preferential economic treatment as China imposes new security law

Washington DC: US President Donald Trump has said that his administration has decided to scrap the preferential economic treatment given to Hong Kong after Beijing imposed a new national ...

Mike Pompeo speaks to German FM Maas, leaders discuss US-EU cooperation in confronting China

Washington: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday  spoke to German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas as they discussed ways in which European Union-US can confront China.

UN rights chief ‘appalled’ by US border detention conditions, says holding migrant children may violate international law

New York, July 9 (JEN): Conditions in which migrants and refugees are being held in the United States are appalling, said the UN human rights chief on Monday, underscoring that children s ...