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Indian-American Lawyer Gets Key Job In US National Security Council
Kashyap "Kash" Patel, an Indian-American lawyer who is a fierce loyalist of US President Donald Trump, has been promoted as senior director of counter-terrorism of the White House-based National Security Council (NSC), according to media reports.
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Amid Deepening Crisis, US Urges Maldives To Respect Democracy
The White House on Monday pressed Maldivian leaders to safeguard democracy, after a 15-day state of emergency was declared.
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US Patrols to Raise Stakes With Beijing in Disputed South China Sea
US plans to send warships or military aircraft within 12 nautical miles of China's artificial islands in the disputed South China Sea, possibly within days, could open a tense new front in Sino-US rivalry.
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PM Modi and President Obama Now Have a Hotline. Not Used Yet
The hotlines or secure lines of communication between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama and their national security advisors have recently become operational.
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White House 'Confident' IAEA Can Investigate Iran
The White House on Wednesday insisted it had confidence in the International Atomic Energy Agency, after it emerged that the watchdog may allow Iran to self-inspect some suspected nuclear sites.
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US Believes Islamic State Likely Used Mustard Agent in Iraq Attack: Reports
The United States believes Islamic State militants likely used mustard agent in an attack on Kurdish forces in Iraq earlier this week, the first indication the militant group has obtained a banned chemical weapon, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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White House Condemns Islamic State Attack in Iraq
The White House said on Saturday that it condemned an Islamic State attack on Friday that killed more than 100 people at a market in an Iraqi town, calling it "yet another painful examples of the atrocities" committed by the group.
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White House Official Declines to Say if China Behind Personnel Data Hack
A White House National Security Council official said on Thursday he was "not really prepared to comment" on whether China was responsible for a hack of sensitive U.S. Office of Personnel Management data, adding that the investigation was continuing.
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White House 'Concerned' About Surge in East Ukraine Fighting
The United States is concerned over a recent flare-up in fighting in eastern Ukraine, a senior White House official said Thursday.
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Barack Obama, Raul Castro Will Have Chance to Meet: White House
US President Barack Obama and Cuba's Raul Castro will have an opportunity for an historic face-to-face meeting at the Summit of the Americas this week, a senior White House official told AFP Monday.
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Carnage at UN School as Israel Pounds Gaza Strip
Israeli shelling killed at least 15 Palestinians sheltering in a UN-run school and another 17 near a street market on Wednesday, Gaza's Health Ministry said, with no ceasefire in sight after more than three weeks of fighting.
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Indian-American Lawyer Gets Key Job In US National Security Council
Kashyap "Kash" Patel, an Indian-American lawyer who is a fierce loyalist of US President Donald Trump, has been promoted as senior director of counter-terrorism of the White House-based National Security Council (NSC), according to media reports.
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Amid Deepening Crisis, US Urges Maldives To Respect Democracy
The White House on Monday pressed Maldivian leaders to safeguard democracy, after a 15-day state of emergency was declared.
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US Patrols to Raise Stakes With Beijing in Disputed South China Sea
US plans to send warships or military aircraft within 12 nautical miles of China's artificial islands in the disputed South China Sea, possibly within days, could open a tense new front in Sino-US rivalry.
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PM Modi and President Obama Now Have a Hotline. Not Used Yet
The hotlines or secure lines of communication between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama and their national security advisors have recently become operational.
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White House 'Confident' IAEA Can Investigate Iran
The White House on Wednesday insisted it had confidence in the International Atomic Energy Agency, after it emerged that the watchdog may allow Iran to self-inspect some suspected nuclear sites.
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US Believes Islamic State Likely Used Mustard Agent in Iraq Attack: Reports
The United States believes Islamic State militants likely used mustard agent in an attack on Kurdish forces in Iraq earlier this week, the first indication the militant group has obtained a banned chemical weapon, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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White House Condemns Islamic State Attack in Iraq
The White House said on Saturday that it condemned an Islamic State attack on Friday that killed more than 100 people at a market in an Iraqi town, calling it "yet another painful examples of the atrocities" committed by the group.
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White House Official Declines to Say if China Behind Personnel Data Hack
A White House National Security Council official said on Thursday he was "not really prepared to comment" on whether China was responsible for a hack of sensitive U.S. Office of Personnel Management data, adding that the investigation was continuing.
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White House 'Concerned' About Surge in East Ukraine Fighting
The United States is concerned over a recent flare-up in fighting in eastern Ukraine, a senior White House official said Thursday.
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Barack Obama, Raul Castro Will Have Chance to Meet: White House
US President Barack Obama and Cuba's Raul Castro will have an opportunity for an historic face-to-face meeting at the Summit of the Americas this week, a senior White House official told AFP Monday.
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Carnage at UN School as Israel Pounds Gaza Strip
Israeli shelling killed at least 15 Palestinians sheltering in a UN-run school and another 17 near a street market on Wednesday, Gaza's Health Ministry said, with no ceasefire in sight after more than three weeks of fighting.
