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According to the Washington Post, President Donald Trump revealed highly classified information to the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and members of his delegation during a May 10 meeting in the Oval Office. In a May 15 story, the Post reported that ...

'... For the India-US relationship to continue its positive trajectory, it will require India to adapt to a different approach.'Nisha Desai Biswal -- who as the Obama administration's point person for South Asia was in the inner circle of all the Obama-Modi Summits -- tells Rediff.com's Monali Sarkar why she is hopeful that India and the US are on an irreversible forward course. IMAGE: At the mega California community reception for Prime Minister Modi in 2015.Photograph: Stephen Lam/Reuters ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Washington visit would strengthen the Indo-US relationship and help advance the common interest in fighting terrorism and promoting economic growth, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar in Washington, DC. Image: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson greets Foreign Secretary Subrahmanyam Jaishankar before their bilateral meeting at the US Department of State in Washington, DC, on June 23, 2017. Photograph: State Department photo/ ...

[United States], June 24 (ANI): White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer is expecting a very robust discussion to take place between U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the latter's upcoming visit. At the invitation of ...

WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan said on Thursday he backs efforts to quickly move legislation to impose new sanctions on Russia and Iran that passed the Senate nearly unanimously but was stalled by a procedural snag in the ...

The Middle East's power house is about to get a new ruler who is only 31 and he may lead Saudi Arabia for decades, says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. IMAGE: Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, during a ceremony pledging allegiance to him in Mecca, June 21, 2017. Photograph: Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/via Reuters   The royal decree of June 21 by Saudi Arabia's King Salman appointing his son Mohammed bin Salman as the crown prince and next in line to the throne is a ...

Qatar says its foreign minister has spoken to US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. The energy rich country's Foreign Ministry made the announcement today. It said Tillerson and Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani "discussed ...

The White House on Saturday announced that the United States has sealed an arms deal worth $350 billion (Rs 22.75 lakh crore) with Saudi Arabia, which comes as President Donald Trump began an official visit to the Muslim-majority nation. The agreement, which is worth $350 billion over 10 years and $110 billion (Rs 7.15 lakh crore) that will take effect immediately, was hailed by the White House as ‘a significant expansion of (the) security relationship’ between the two countries, ...

Following suit, one of Libya's three rival governments has announced cutting diplomatic relations with Qatar, after four Arab countries severed ties. Mohammed al-Deri, the Libyan foreign minister of the interim Libyan government, accused Qatar of "harbouring ...