Washington, Feb 5 (IANS) Warning that critical mineral supply chains have become tools of political coercion, the United States (US) convened 54 countries and the European Commission to overhaul the global market for strategic minerals and rare earths.At the ministerial, the US announced the signing of 11 new bilateral critical minerals frameworks or memoranda of understanding. These include agreements with Argentina, Ecuador, Guinea, Morocco, Paraguay, Peru, the Philippines, the United Arab Emi…
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Washington, Feb 4 (IANS) The United States is open to talks with Iran, but any negotiations must address Tehran’s missile programme, nuclear activities, sponsorship of terrorism, and treatment of its own people, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday, setting out firm conditions even as he stressed Washington’s willingness to engage. Rubio said President Donald Trump was prepared to meet and talk with adversaries and allies alike, rejecting the notion that engagement amounted to a …
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, on Tuesday welcomed the India-US trade deal, calling it a “defining step” forward in bilateral economic ties.India and the US reached a trade deal on Monday following a phone call between PM Modi and President Trump, cutting US tariffs on Indian goods to 18 per cent and easing Indian trade barriers on US products.”Today marks a defining step forward in India–US economic relations as the trade deal is finalise…
Washington, Jan 31 (IANS) The U.S. Justice Department began releasing millions of records linked to the investigations and prosecutions of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, saying it had completed an unprecedented review ordered under a new transparency law signed by President Donald Trump.Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told reporters that the department was producing more than three million pages of material, including over 2,000 videos and about 180,000 images, as part of its compli…
Washington, Jan 31 (IANS) US Central Command urged Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to avoid escalatory behavior at sea after Tehran announced a two-day live-fire naval exercise in the Strait of Hormuz scheduled to begin Sunday.In a statement, CENTCOM said the Strait of Hormuz is an international sea passage and a critical trade corridor, noting that roughly 100 merchant vessels transit the narrow waterway on a typical day. The command urged the IRGC to conduct the exercise “in a man…
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) The United States hosted the inaugural meeting of the US-India Drug Policy Executive Working Group in Washington, underscoring the enduring and shared commitment to addressing the global drug challenge and fostering a safer and healthier future for both nations, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Wednesday.According to the MEA, the inaugural meeting held from January 20-21 was opened by Sara Carter, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy …
Washington, Jan 28 (IANS) A day after India and the European Union concluded what is being billed as the mother of all trade deals, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the landmark Free Trade Agreement positions India strongly amid shifting global trade dynamics driven by the United States’ new economic approach.Asked for his impression of the India-EU Free Trade Agreement in a Fox Business interview, Greer placed the deal in the context of President Donald Trump’s push to prioritize…
Washington, Jan 28 (IANS) Claims that the Trump Administration single-handedly defused recent India-Pakistan hostilities have been overstated and risk distorting the reality of how the crisis was resolved, a powerful American Senator has said, and warning that such exaggerated narratives are feeding tensions at a sensitive moment in regional diplomacy.Mark Warner, Chairman of the powerful Senate Intelligence Committee and Co-Chair of the Senate India Caucus, said available information did not su…
Berlin, Jan 27 (IANS) German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Monday called the “level of violence” in the United States “worrying” following recent fatal shootings by federal agents in the US state of Minnesota.Speaking at a press conference in the northern German city of Hamburg, Merz was asked for his views on the incidents in which two American citizens were killed during US federal enforcement operations.”I assume that the American authorities will now thoroughly investigate whether it was nece…
Seoul, Jan 26 (IANS) South Korea’s Unification Minister Chung Dong-young said on Monday that the government is reviewing sending a special envoy to neighboring countries to help facilitate dialogue between the United States and North Korea. “(The unification ministry) emphasised the need during its policy briefing to the president, and a review is currently under way,” Chung told reporters when asked whether the dispatch of a special envoy was being considered.During the briefing to President Le…