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Taiwan receives first batch of US-made Abrams tanks
TAIPEI: Taiwan has received 38 advanced Abrams battle tanks from the United States, the defence ministry said on Monday (Dec 16),…
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Harris and Biden urge Democrats to fight on in rare joint appearance
WASHINGTON: United States President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris made a rare post-election joint appearance on Sunday (Dec…
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‘We are on it’: US official seeks to allay drone sighting concerns
“WE NEED MORE” Schumer, in a letter to Mayorkas on Sunday, urged the Department of Homeland Security to immediately deploy…
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Arab Foreign Ministers urge support for inclusive, ‘peaceful’ Syria transition
AQABA: Top diplomats from eight Arab countries, meeting in Jordan on Saturday (Dec 14), called for a peaceful transition in Syria…
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Blinken makes unannounced Iraq visit as part of Syria diplomacy push
BAGHDAD: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Friday (Dec 13) to meet Prime…
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Biden administration inks new science cooperation deal with China; Republicans cry foul
“As we negotiated this over the last year, we always kept in mind US national security interests as our top…
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Commentary: The ‘Five Eyes’ spy alliance should let Japan join
AMERICA’S MOST RELIABLE ASIAN PARTNER Japan, even with its own recent political upheaval that saw Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba lose…
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Nancy Pelosi hospitalized due to injury on official trip to Luxembourg
WASHINGTON: Former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been hospitalized after she “sustained an injury” during an official engagement in Luxembourg,…
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China says US politicians need to be more rational after senator’s call for garlic probe
BEIJING: China’s foreign ministry on Friday (Dec 13) urged US politicians to exercise more “common sense” after a US senator…
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White House releases strategy to counter anti-Muslim, anti-Arab hate
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden on Thursday (Dec 12) released a long-awaited strategy for countering anti-Muslim and anti-Arab hate, up…
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