US charges two men for allegedly attempting to join IS in Sinai - Justice Dept.

Washington, July 30 (Sputnik/UNI) Two men have been charged for allegedly conspiring to travel to Sinai to join the Islamic State terrorist group (IS, banned in Russia), the Justice Department said.

US hopes Russia will be supportive of engaging China in nonproliferation talks: Pompeo

Washington, July 29 (Sputnik): The United States hopes Russia will be supportive of the efforts to engage China in negotiations on nonproliferation, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday.

US President Donald Trump to visit Pakistan soon: PM Imran Khan

Islamabad, July 26 (IBNS): Pakistan PM Imran Khan has said during a Cabinet meeting that US President Donald Trump will visit his nation soon, media reports said.

We are moving in right direction: Mike Pompeo says after meeting Imran Khan

Washington, July 24 (IBNS): US Secretary of Defence Mike Pompeo on Tuesday met Pakistan PM Imran Khan and said both the nations are moving in the right direction of building trust.

After India rejects Trump's claim of Modi seeking Kashmir help, US in damage control mode

Washington/New Delhi, July 23 (IBNS): The United States came down to a damage control mode after India rejected US President Donald Trump's claim that Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought help from the western country to resolve the ongoing Kashmir issue with Pakistan.

Trump says report of Iran capturing US spies 'totally false'

Washington, July 22 (Sputnik): US President Donald Trump said on Monday that Iran's claims of uncovering a CIA spy network and detaining 17 alleged spies are "totally false”.

Iran's Intelligence Ministry says detained 17 CIA spies - Reports

MOSCOW, July 22 (Sputnik) Iranian intelligence has uncovered a spy network working for the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on the country's territory and detained 17 suspected spies, Iranian media reported on Monday, citing the director of the Intelligence Ministry's counterespionage department.

Pakistan ready to mediate US-Iran standoff: Lawmaker

Cairo, July 21 (Sputnik): Pakistan remains a US ally and a responsible neighbour to Iran and is ready to act as a mediator in a standoff between the two powers, a Pakistani senator told Sputnik on Sunday.

Chinese, US chief trade negotiators hold telephone conversation

Beijing, Jul 19 (Xinhua/UNI) Chinese Vice Premier Liu He held a telephone conversation with US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin as invited late Thursday, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Friday.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister says US possibly downed own drone

Moscow, Jul 19 (Sputnik/UNI) Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said on Friday that the United States had possibly downed its own drone instead of an Iranian one.

China rules out nuclear arms talks with US, Russia

Beijing, Jul 16 (Sputnik/UNI) China sees no conditions for engaging in talks with the United States and Russia on nuclear arms controls, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said at a briefing on Tuesday.

Following discussions of possible US sanctions against Russia's state debt: Kremlin

Moscow, July 12 (Sputnik): The Kremlin is closely following the discussion of possible US sanctions against Russia's state debt, but notes that the draft law still has to go through many stages, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday.

UK ambassador to US Kim Darroch resigns after scandal with leaked cables

London, July 10 (Sputnik): Simon McDonald, the head of the Diplomatic Service at the UK Foreign Office, accepted the resignation of UK Ambassador to the United States Kim Darroch, which came after a scandal with leaked diplomatic cables that contained unvarnished assessments of the US administration.

China urges US to withdraw arms sales to Taiwan

Beijing, Jul 9 (Xinhua/UNI) China on Tuesday urged the United States to immediately withdraw arms sales to Taiwan and sever military ties with the island.

Trump's Iran nuclear deal u-turn shows US lacks clear mideast policy: Syrian Ambassador

New Delhi, Jul 8 (Sputnik): The United States' reversal on the 2015 Iran nuclear deal clearly shows that Washington not only does not honour its own commitments but also does not have a concrete Middle East policy, Syrian Ambassador to India Riad Abbas said in an interview with Sputnik.