Heather Nauert
Heather Nauert withdraws her nomination for US envoy to United Nations
In a surprise move, State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert withdrew her nomination to replace Indian-American Nikki Haley.
Trump says US to report who killed Khashoggi in ‘next two days’
Trump said 'we’ll be having a very full report over the next two days, probably Monday or Tuesday.'
US calls on Sri Lankan President Sirisena to ‘immediately reconvene parliament’
UN chief Guterres called on the Sri Lanka govt to respect democratic values, constitutional provisions and process and uphold rule of law.
Will impose sanctions on any nation giving fuel to N Korea, warns US
Washington has 'evidence of consistent and wide-ranging Russian violations' of the sanctions, US ambassador to UN Nikki Haley said recently.
India calls off meeting with Pakistan, MEA says Pak's evil agenda exposed
The meeting was scheduled to take place in New York later this month on the sidelines of UN General Assembly session.
India, Pak foreign ministers’ meet in New York ‘terrific news’: US
Swaraj's meeting with Shah Mahmood Qureshi will be first high-level engagement since suspension of talks after Pathankot attack.
US to impose new sanctions on Russia over nerve agent attack in Britain
The State Department said that following a 15-day Congressional notification period, these sanctions will take effect around August 22.
US formally concludes N Korea killed Kim Jong-Un's brother with banned VX agent
‘This public display of contempt for universal norms against chemical weapons use further demonstrates the reckless nature of N Korea.’
US is watching China closely as it prepares to scrap presidential term limit
Nauert said promoting human rights and democratic governance was a core element of the US foreign policy.
Pak has allies: Saudi, China, Turkey to jointly bar US’ terror watchlist move
This was one of the ‘rare disagreements’ between Saudi Arabia and the administration of President Donald Trump.