The Biden administration unveiled its Indo-Pacific strategy, which cites the "mounting challenges" posed by the rise of China as a key driver of the "intensifying American focus" on the Indo-Pacific, particularly stressing the importance of "a strong India" as a partner in a positive region...
As Afghanistan faces a worsening humanitarian and economic crisis, US President Joe Biden on Friday (local time) signed an Executive Order as part of an effort to set aside USD 3.5 billion in Afghan central bank assets for the benefit of the Afghan people....
India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken have discussed cooperation on "diplomatic efforts in response to Russian aggression", State Department spokesperson Ned Price said....
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it has postponed an advisory panel meeting on the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in children six months through four years of age, saying it needs more data....
The US State Department has urged Americans currently in Ukraine to leave the country "now", citing what it said was "increased threats of Russian military action" against Kiev....
As part of Washington's ongoing work to address the humanitarian and economic crisis in Afghanistan, US President Joe Biden has signed an Executive Order allowing some of the frozen assets from the war-torn nation's central bank to be distributed as assistance and to victims of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, according to a White House statement....
Nine police officers were injured and two people, including a woman and the suspect gunman, died in a shooting in Phoenix, the capital of the US state of Arizona, authorities said. ...
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has designated the US Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) coordination and leadership of public health emergencies as "high risk" in its report issued late January....
Nearly a year since mostly wealthy nations began rolling out coronavirus vaccines, more than half of the world population has been fully vaccinated, but the global rollout remains uneven, with poor countries reporting much lower vaccination rates than rich countries, reported The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette on Friday....
US consumer sentiment fell to a fresh decade low in early February amid concerns over rising inflation, according to a survey released by the University of Michigan on Friday. ...
