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Washington, Sep 21 (UNI) US President Donald Trump said that at the coming high-level week of the UN General Assembly in New York, he intended to meet with the leaders of 20 states. “I’m going to meet with a lot of the leaders at the UN. They want to, probably 20,” the president told reporters….

Washington, Sept. 21 (UNI) The White House said on Saturday that the new 100,000-U.S.-dollar fee for H-1B visas will not apply to current holders of valid visas re-entering the United States, following confusion and concern sparked by the Trump administration’s introduction of the measure. The fee, taking effect on Sunday, “applies only to new visas,…

Washington, Sept. 21 (UNI) The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Saturday announced the termination of future Household Food Security Reports, ending a decades-long effort to track how many Americans struggle to access enough food. “These redundant, costly, politicized, and extraneous studies do nothing more than fear monger,” the USDA said in a press release….

Washington, D.C., Sep 21 (UNI) The United States is losing the space race due to delays in the lunar projects of entrepreneur Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which has federal contracts with NASA for the lunar mission, the New York Times reported, citing experts. SpaceX’s lunar lander project is so far behind schedule that there is growing…

Washington, Sept. 21 (UNI) U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened Afghanistan with “bad things” if it doesn’t “give Bagram Airbase back.” “If Afghanistan doesn’t give Bagram Airbase back to those that built it, the United States of America, BAD THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN!!!” the president wrote on his Truth Social account. Located about…

Caracus, Sept. 20 (UNI) Venezuela on Friday called on the United Nations Security Council to demand an immediate halt to U.S. military operations in the Caribbean. In a post on the social platform Telegram, Foreign Minister Yvan Gil shared a video of a related speech at the UN by Venezuela’s permanent representative Alexander Yanez, saying…

Moscow, Sept. 20 (UNI) Russia said that a flight by three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets from Karelia to the Kaliningrad region adhered to international aviation rules and did not cross into the airspace of other countries. In a statement published on its Telegram channel on Saturday, the Defence Ministry said that the redeployment flight on…

Washington, Sept. 20 (UNI) U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed a proclamation raising the fee that companies pay to sponsor H-1B applicants to 100,000 dollars, saying the move is intended to ensure that the United States brings in highly skilled talent whom American workers cannot replace. “The large-scale replacement of American workers through systemic…

Khartoum, Sept. 20 (UNI) Sudan’s government on Friday accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of bombing a mosque in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, killing more than 70 civilians during dawn prayers. The Foreign Ministry condemned a “heinous terrorist aggression” against the Al-Daraja neighbourhood mosque, saying the strike wounded several worshippers and…

Washington, Sept. 20 (UNI) The U.S. Senate on Friday voted to confirm Mike Waltz, a former White House national security adviser, to serve as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, filling the eight-month vacancy for this post. The 47-43 vote clears the way for Waltz to attend the UN General Assembly in New York…