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Washington is demanding that the app’s Chinese owners sell their stake, company representatives have said Washington has urged TikTok’s Chinese owners to divest their stakes in the popular video app or face a potential US-wide ban, representatives of ByteDance – the company behind the platform – told various media outlets …

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday affirmed that the International Day to Combat Islamophobia, observed for the first time this year, is “a call for action to stamp out anti-Muslim hatred”. “Discrimination diminishes us all. We must stand up against it,” he said in a Twitter post. “Today & every day, …

Hot on the heels of the crashing of a US spy drone near the Russian territory in the Black Sea, Russia warns the United States that it will retaliate “proportionately” to all future American provocations. “Flights of American strategic unmanned aerial vehicles off the coast of Crimea are provocative in …

The United States has launched anti-submarine drills with Canada, India, Japan, and South Korea, according to the US Navy. The drill, dubbed Sea Dragon 23, started on Wednesday and will culminate in more than 270 hours of in-flight training, the US 7th Fleet said in a news release. Exercises range …

The diplomatic relations between Russia and the United States have plunged into a “lamentable state” amid a row between the two countries over a drone incident, Moscow says. The Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Wednesday the bilateral relations were in dire straits after the US accused Russia of …

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has warned Moscow to operate its military aircraft with caution after Washington accused one of Russia’s jets of allegedly downing an American military drone in international airspace. Austin vowed on Wednesday that US aircraft will fly “wherever international law allows” after Russia’s ambassador to the …

Russia’s ambassador to the United States says the US military’s “unacceptable actions” close to Russian territory are “a cause for concern,” urging Washington to stop “hostile” flights near the country’s borders. According to Press TV, Anatoly Antonov made the remarks in a post on his Telegram channel on Wednesday, a …

Russia’s ambassador to the United States says the US military’s “unacceptable actions” close to Russian territory are “a cause for concern,” urging Washington to stop “hostile” flights near the country’s borders. Anatoly Antonov made the remarks in a post on his Telegram channel on Wednesday, a day after Moscow said …

Unmanned aerial vehicles have reportedly hit targets inside a major airbase in Iraq’s western province of Anbar, which houses American military forces, who are in the country on alleged training and advisory missions. Citing a security source speaking on condition of anonymity, news outlets reported that two combat drones had …

A senior Russian diplomat says the recent decision made collectively by Iran and other parties to the 2015 nuclear agreement to resume talks later this month will pave the way for the lifting of the sanctions that the US imposed on Iran after leaving the deal and Tehran’s return to …

US Democratic New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has narrowly won re-election after voting ended in an unexpected nail-biter for the incumbent. Murphy became the first Democratic governor in four decades to win re-election in the densely populated northeastern coastal US state, even though registered Democratic voters outnumber Republicans by more …

Almost a third of Republicans believe violence may be necessary to solve the problems the United States is facing today, according to a new national survey. The poll by the nonprofit Public Religion Research Institute, released on Monday, finds that 30 percent of Republicans agreed with the statement: “Because things have …

Seven senior US military officers have condemned the CIA’s brutal treatment of a detainee, calling it a “shame for the US government,” US media reports have said. The rebuke by seven of a military jury’s eight members, who were brought to Guantanamo Bay this past week to hear evidence and …

A senior Pentagon official says the US intelligence community has assessed that terrorist groups in Afghanistan could attack the United States in six months if left unchecked, and that they have the intention to carry out such an assault. Colin Kahl, the US Defense Department’s Undersecretary for Policy, made the …

The US communications regulator has voted to revoke the authorization for China Telecom’s US subsidiary to operate in the United States over what it called national security concerns. The decision by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which came in a 4-0 vote on Tuesday, means that China Telecom Americas …

US President Joe Biden is taking on former President Donald Trump for a second time in his attempt to block documents related to the Jan. 6 insurrection by his supporters at the Capitol Hill. The billionaire businessman has been trying to withhold documents sought by lawmakers investigating the deadly storming …

US President Joe Biden’s average approval rating has declined to a new low of 43.4 percent, according to a new analysis of polling. His disapproval stood at 50.6 percent in FiveThirtyEight’s average of polls, the highest of his presidency. Recently released polls from Gallup and Grinnell College have put Biden’s approval rating even lower, …

China has urged the United States to stop sending wrong signals in any form to the so-called “independence” forces of the Chinese Taipei after Washington said it attempts to enable the self-ruled island to take part meaningfully at the United Nations. China has sovereignty over the Chinese Taipei, and under …

The president of the unrecognized state of Kosovo accused Russia of exerting “malign influence in order to wreck Pristina’s, as well as the US’, NATO’s, and European Union’s achievements” Kosovo’s President Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu has declared two Russian diplomats personae non grata. According to Osmani, she issued a request to the …

An American aircraft has crash-landed with 21 people on board in a field near an airport west of Downtown Houston in proximity to Brookshire. One person sustained minor injuries in the crash. Authorities said the McDonnell Douglas MD-87 rolled through a fence and caught fire in a field while doing …