Israel strengthens connections with Arab allies, but not with Palestinians

To bolster its position in a quickly changing Middle East, Israel invited the foreign ministers of four Arab countries and the United States.

The event brought together top diplomats from all but one of the Arab nations that have normalised relations with Israel through US-mediated disc...

US SECRETARY ANTONY BLINKEN & CHINA’S YANG JIECHI CLASH OVER THE COVID-19 ORIGIN

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• Senior Chinese foreign policy adviser Yang Jiechi and Secretary of State Antony Blinken had a word on a phone call on Friday

• Yang said China was "gravely concerned" over the "absurd" stories that the coronavirus had escaped from a l...

CHINA WARNS U.S. AGAINST PURSUING A TRADE DEAL WITH TAIWAN

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• The US recently pledged donating 750,000 COVID-19 vaccines to Taiwan, after the self-ruled country had expressed disappointment over China's vaccination policy

Continuing the cold war, China has issued a warning to the United States against pursuing a tra...

US SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN SAYS THE US NEEDS TO GET TO BOTTOM OF COVID-19 ORIGIN

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• Blinken said the Joe Biden administration is determined to "get to the bottom" of the origins of the novel coronavirus

• When asked about transparency of information on COVID-19, the US State Secretary said China has not "given us the tran...

COVID-19, CHINA, AFGHANISTAN, QUAD: SOME IMPORTANT TOPICS OF S JAISHANKAR'S MEETING WITH US OFFICIALS

After holding a meeting with the United States National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, the Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, on Friday met his American counterpart Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. The top officials discussed several iss...

INDIA’S EAM S. JAISHANKAR TO VISIT U.S. NEXT WEEK TO DISCUSS ISSUES LIKE VACCINES

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• The release said that this visit is from May 24-28, 2021 and the minister S. Jaishankar will be visiting New York and meeting with the United Nations Secretary Antonio Guterres

• This is the first time, he will be visiting the US for the first time after...

US & RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTERS TO MEET IN ICELAND

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• US Secretary of State Antony Blinken intends to make the Arctic a laboratory for cooperation focused on common challenges such as the fight against global warming

• Along with issuing the warning, the Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov accused Norway...

NO PLANS OF BUYING GREENLAND FROM DENMARK SAYS US

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• When asked whether the US still intends to buy Greenland, Blinken answered “I'm focused on looking forward, and the short answer is no.”

• Blinken is currently on a visit to countries like Denmark, Iceland, and Greenland, where he will di...

US SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN VISITS DENMARK

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• Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod  said “Today America is back, and in more ways than one, and, let me tell you, America has been missed.”

• Appealing the Europeans to embrace the Biden administration’s new policies, Blinken said...

AS BLINKEN COMFORTS AUSTRALIA, CHINA ACCUSES THE U.S. OF COERCIVE DIPLOMACY

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• The US has been accused of imposing economic sanctions and strong-arming other countries over trade issues to achieve its “strategic goals”

• Hua said “Coercive diplomacy is a specialty of the United States, which has provided the world...

EVERYTHING ABOUT 2020 INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT RELEASED BY U.S.

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• This report offers a comprehensive review of the state of religious freedom in nearly 200 countries and territories around the world

The 2020 International Religious Freedom Report was released by the United States on Wednesday. This report offers a comprehen...

U.S. TAKES JIBE AT RUSSIA & CHINA DURING A UN SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING

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• The U.N. Security Council meeting was chaired China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi

The cold war between the United States and China, and Russia are not hidden from the world. Another incident that took place on Friday showcases that these countries are stil...

THERE WERE WIDE GAPS BETWEEN US & IRAN ON RESUMING NUCLEAR DEAL TALKS

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• In an interview to NBC News, the U.S. Secretary Blinken had said that the US did not know whether Iran was prepared to make the decisions needed to return to full compliance

• The fourth round of indirect talks between the US and Iran are all set to resu...

RUSSIA NEEDS TO CEASE ALL RECKLESS & AGGRESSIVE ACTIONS TOWARDS UKRAINE: US SECRETARY BLINKEN

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• The country has been looking to strengthen security co-operation and assistance between the US and Ukraine said Blinken as he met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky

• Without providing further details about any additional security support the US was ...

US SECRETARY ANTONY BLINKEN MET HIS INDIAN COUNTERPART S JAISHANKAR IN UK

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• The two top officials held talks on the sidelines of the G7 foreign ministers' meeting on Monday

• The Indian External Affairs Minister thanked Antony Blinken for his country's support in India's battle against the coronavirus pandemic

WHITE HOUSE PLEDGES ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO INDIA REGARDING SECOND COVID-19 WAVE

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• USA is going to deploy additional support to India regarding second wave of COVID-19.
• White House also talked about helping Indian healthcare workers.
• US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that his team was working closely wi...

US SECRETARY OF STATE BLINKEN SAYS CHINA CHALLENGING WORLD, ACTING MORE REPRESSIVELY, AGGRESSIVELY

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• Blinken said “What we've witnessed over the last several years is China acting more repressively at home and more aggressively abroad. That is a fact.”

• President Joe Biden recently addressed US Congress where he clearly said that he was...

NO TRAVEL BAN ON CATEGORIES OF STUDENTS, ACADEMICS, JOURNALISTS FROM INDIA: US

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• State Department said certain categories of students, academics, journalists and individuals have been exempted from the India travel ban which was announced by the President Biden

• The State Department clearly said that this travel ban exemption follow...

US SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN CALLED INDIA’S S. JAISHANKAR ON FRIDAY

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• Blinken had a word with India’s foreign minister S. Jaishankar on Friday in order to reaffirm the strength of the US-India partnership in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic

• The US Secretary of State also noted the outpouring of support from US ind...

INDIAN FOREIGN MINISTER S JAISHANKAR SPEAKS WITH HIS US COUNTERPART ANTONY BLINKEN

Highlights

• The South-Asian country joined as a non-permanent member of the global body on January 1, 2021

• As per the political analysts, the reference to immediate and extended neighborhood by Jaishankar would be covering Pakistan, Afghanistan and also China