The push and pull within the diverse Democratic caucus will force leadership to come face to face with their reality that margins are narrow in the House and nonexistent in the Senate.... Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, the progressive caucus and the moderate problem solvers.... So while bipartisan Senate talks are important and very real right now, keep in mind that any framework Manchin and Republican Sen....

A delegation of the oppositional Syrian High Negotiations Committee (HNC) arrived in Moscow on October 26 for talks with top Russian diplomats on a number of issues, including:intensifying efforts to form a constitutional committee, which should draft a new constitution for Syria, continuing the int

PETALING JAYA: A Hindu non-governmental organisation has made an 11th-hour plea to the Prime Minister to lift the ban on kavadi processions for Thaipusam today. Hindu Agamam Ani Malaysia president Arun Dorasamy said it was unfair to impose the ban when the almost-similar paal kudam( milk pot) ritual is allowed in today’s Thaipusam celebration.“ We can use the same SOP( standard operating procedure) outlined for carrying the paal kudam.“ I humbly ask the Prime Minister to intervene and lift the b

HAVANA— The U.S. Embassy in Havana has resumed processing visas for Cubans, though on a limited basis, more than four years after stopping consular services on the island amid a hardening of relations.... The State Department said the talks covered areas of successful cooperation on migration but also identified obstacles to ensuring safe, orderly and legal migration.... U.S. border authorities reported last month that the number of Cubans seeking entry had doubled from February to March to 32

By Simon Lewis3 Min ReadKUWAIT( Reuters)-U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday the negotiating process with Iran to revive a 2015 nuclear deal could not go on indefinitely, and that the ball is in Tehran’s court. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken exits his vehicle prior to departing Washington on travel to New Delhi, India and Kuwait City, Kuwait at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., July 26, 2021.... REUTERS/ Jonathan Ernst/ Pool Indirect talks between Tehra

DUBAI( Reuters)-Iran is demanding that all U.S. sanctions should be lifted in a verifiable process, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Monday, a few weeks ahead of a resumption of talks between Tehran and world powers to revive a 2015 nuclear deal.... ( Reporting by Dubai Newsroom; Editing by Giles Elgood)....

The problems in Afghanistan have obviously dominated the approach to security in Central Asia over the past 40 years since the Saur Revolution. This is why the entire context and results of the June 2021 summits of the G7, NATO, US-EU and US-Russia came down to a number of strategically important i

Moscow is right to insist that the West is not doing much to understand how Russians feel about the post-Cold War world. As Europe and Russia are redefining their relations, understanding each other’s experience of the past 25 years is more important than talk about values and interests, believes

The government began talks with the International Monetary Fund( IMF) on Wednesday over the release of crucial funds, a process slowed by concerns about the pace of economic reforms in the country. Pakistan has repeatedly sought international support for its economy, which has been hit by crippling national debt, galloping inflation and a plummeting rupee. The talks are being held in the Qatari capital Doha, the Ministry of Finance said, and are expected to continue into next week. Finance Minis

Open this photo in gallery U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken takes part in a news conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Kuwait City, Kuwait, on July 29. Jonathan Ernst/ The Associated PressU.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday the negotiating process with Iran to revive a 2015 nuclear deal could not go on indefinitely, and that the ball is in Tehran’s court. Indirect talks between Tehran and Washington to revive the nuclear pact, from which then-President Donal