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United States has condemned the practice of torture and offered its support for victims around the world, expressing commitment to using all available tools to promote accountability for those who engage in these practices. In a statement released on Friday by its Spokesperson, Morgan Ortagus, in honor of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the U.S. State …

United Kingdom and United States of America have emphasized the continued importance of the two nations’ collaboration and friendship as “we face challenges and opportunities together both now and in the future.” U.K.’s Secretary of State for Defense Ben Wallace spoke yesterday with U.S. Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper, who visited Royal Air Force Base Mildenhall, during which …

Washington (CNN) The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, an Obama-era program that protects hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the US as children from deportation. The 5-4 ruling was written by Chief Justice John Roberts and joined by Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elena Kagan, Stephen Breyer and …

President Donald J. Trump’s administration has expanded the ability of combatant commanders to use landmines in specific, exceptional incidents. Previously, the only place that U.S. forces could employ landmines was on the Korean peninsula. Trump made the decision to broaden the use of landmines as a result of a study commissioned by then-Defense Secretary James N. Mattis as part of …

London – The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will no longer use the titles His and Her Royal Highness after announcing they would step back from their roles as senior members of the royal family, Buckingham Palace announced Saturday. Prince Harry and Meghan are no longer working members of the royal family and will repay the Sovereign Grant funds they …

CNN -The House on Wednesday formally presented two articles of impeachment to the Senate after voting to approve the seven managers to prosecute the case against President Donald Trump, a long-awaited move that marks the beginning of the third Senate impeachment trial of a US President in history. The House managers walked the articles across the Capitol just after 5 …

A United States federal grand jury has charged a New York man, Christopher Casacci, with trafficking in African wild cats. Assistant Attorney-General, Jeffrey Clark, and U.S. Attorney James Kennedy Jr of the Western District of New York, announced the indictment in a statement published on the website of the Department of justice. Casacci, 38, is accused of violating the Lacey Act and the U.S. …

In a rebuke to President Donald Trump, the US House voted Thursday to restrict his future military action against Iran, as lawmakers sought to claw back congressional war powers from the White House. The non-binding resolution was introduced by Democrats after Trump’s order to kill an Iranian commander and retaliatory missile strikes by the Islamic republic dramatically escalated tensions and …

United States Department of Defense has reacted to Iran’s launch of more than a dozen ballistic missiles against U.S. military and coalition forces in Iraq on Tuesday.  In a statement by Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Jonathan Hoffman on Tuesday, the Department of Defense said: At approximately 5:30 p.m. (EST) on January 7, Iran launched more …

Iran fired missiles Wednesday at Iraqi bases used by the US military, officials in Washington and Tehran said, in the first act of the Islamic republic’s promised revenge for the US killing of a top Iranian general. The Pentagon said it was still “working on initial battle damage assessments” after “Iran launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles against US …