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The US has not asked India to reduce its purchase of Russian oil, says American treasury official
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The United States has not asked India to cut Russian oil imports, an American treasury official said on Thursday.
US, UK announce sanctions against Chinese company, individuals for cyber attack on critical infrastructure, say China govt is sponsoring spying efforts
"OFAC is also designating Zhao Guangzong and Ni Gaobin, two Chinese nationals affiliated with Wuhan XRZ, for their roles in malicious cyber operations targeting U.S. entities that operate within U.S. critical infrastructure sectors, directly endangering US national security," the US Treasury Department said in a statement.
‘We are ready to deliver oil’: Iranian ambassador to India Dr Iraj Elahi says Iran is ready to ‘increase economic ties with India’
Iran was a major energy provider to India until May 2019, when the country ceased doing so after the US threatened to impose more sanctions.
Luxury Russian yachts are the latest casualty of the Russian invasion of Ukraine: Read details
European nations start to seize luxury yachts owned by Russian billionaires as part of sanctions against Russia
Biden administration mulling whether to apply or waive sanctions against India over S-400 deal with Russia: US Diplomat
A USA diplomat has said that the Biden administration has yet to decide whether or not to impose sanctions on India under CAATSA
Former VP Hamid Ansari, Swara Bhasker invited to an event co-hosted by Jamaat-e-Islami linked IAMC, which had lobbied to get India blacklisted
Hamid Ansari, Swara Bhaskar, Archbishop Peter Machado & others participating in an event co-hosted by US-based anti-India groups
Uranium, missiles and flip-flops: A brief history of the fissions and fusions of US-Iran relations over the years
President-elect Joe Biden has expressed his readiness to restart negotiations with the Iran on the nuclear deal.
FinCEN files reveal names of Nepalis companies, banks involved in helping Iranian and Chinese firms avoid US sanctions
Several companies have allegedly faked documents and laundered money for Iranian and Chinese products to avoid US embargo.
Iran goes from threatening ‘isolation from Islam world’ to requesting India’s help to fight Coronavirus
Iran has emerged as the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic in West Asia, with more than 12,700 confirmed infections and over 600 deaths, including several senior government officials testing positive.
USCIRF, the commission that recommended denial of US visa to Modi, threats US sanctions against Amit Shah if CAB is passed
It is notable here that the USCIRF is the same body that had recommended the US government not to approve a tourist Visa for PM Narendra Modi after the Gujarat riots when he was the CM of the state.
