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China has blasted a “mendacious” report by the US intelligence community that concluded a months-long investigation into the origins of the coronavirus, warning Washington against politicization of the issue. The strong condemnation by China’s Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu on Saturday came a day after the US intelligence report on …

US anti-mask protesters have confronted top officials during a back-to-school meeting at an elementary school in Connecticut, forcing the governor out of the building, after he suggested to extend mask-wearing mandate. A group of parents attending the meeting at the beginning of the school year, started to mob Governor Ned …

India, the United States, Australia, and Japan, which form a security grouping commonly known as the Quad, have kicked off the 25th edition of joint naval drills off the coast of the Pacific island of Guam. According to Press TV, the navies of the four countries will hold the latest …

A US congressional committee has demanded records related to members of former President Donald Trump’s inner circle, in an attempt to shed light on his administration’s possible role in the Jan. 6 deadly attack on the Capitol. According to Press TV, the House of Representatives Select Committee said in a …

Enrique Tarrio, a leader of the right-wing extremist group the Proud Boys, has been sentenced to five months in prison for setting a Black Lives Matter banner on fire in Washington as part of protests supporting former president Donald Trump. “Henry ‘Enrique’ Tarrio, 37, of Miami, Florida, was sentenced today …

The US forces stationed at Kabul’s international airport have reportedly been extorting money from Afghan nationals trying to flee the chaos in their homeland, following the collapse of Afghanistan’s military and the Taliban’s takeover of the country. Iran’s Nour News reported Tuesday that US Marines — who control sections of …

The Chinese government says Washington’s acts to smear and suppress China have harshly harmed the Asian Americans and intensified the racial discrimination in the US. The US Justice Department started the China Initiative three years ago under former President Donald Trump to counter what it termed China’s “national security threats” and …

China has called on the United States to stop pointing the accusing finger at other countries over the lab-leaking theory concerning the origin of the coronavirus pandemic and to investigate its own bio-labs instead. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin made the call on Monday as he stressed that the …

A top US lawmaker says America has “absolutely emboldened” Taliban in Afghanistan, suggesting that President Joe Biden should have reversed a deal clinched in the administration of former President Donald Trump. “We absolutely emboldened the Taliban,” said Rep. Liz Cheney on NBC News as the Biden administration was coming under …

The US State Department has reportedly come under a cyber attack with a possible breach of information. The extent of the attack and whether it has affected any operations is not clear in the Fox Business report, citing anonymous sources. According to Press TV, a US State Department spokesman, meanwhile, …

The US city of Portland has been rocked by rival rallies between far-right and left-wing groups, with right-wing Proud Boys and leftist Antifa members clashing in a violent street showdown. The violence erupted after a group of some 300 left-wing protesters swarming an area in central Portland and forcing a …

The Chinese Foreign Ministry has slammed the United States for imposing new sanctions on Russia over its sprawling undersea pipeline project, transferring Russian gas to Europe. According to Press TV, the ministry criticized the US sanctions against Nord Stream 2 as a “groundless” move that violates international law. Washington claims …

Twenty US Republican Party-governed states have kicked off a legal challenge to “unconstitutional” federal plans to ban so-called “ghost guns”. Attorneys general of West Virginia and Arizona led the states in issuing an official “comments” document opposing Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) proposals to regulate the sale …

The secretary general of Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement says the current crisis in the country is a sign of a war waged against the resistance front, which is being led by the US embassy and its ambassador in Beirut. According to Press TV, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah made the remarks in …

US forces stationed in Syria have kidnapped a number of civilians and transported new consignments of stolen Syrian oil to Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region. Syria’s official news agency SANA reported on Sunday that US forces carried out an airdrop in the village of Jadeed Ekedat in the eastern countryside of …

A slight majority of American voters say they are not confident Joe Biden is physically or mentally “up to the job of being president of the United States,” according to a new survey. Not only has Biden’s average approval rating fallen below 50 percent, the lowest of his presidency, but …

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has told congressional lawmakers that Americans who are trying to leave Afghanistan have been beaten by Taliban fighters, according to several people who participated in the meeting. During the briefing call on Friday, Austin described the reports of Taliban beatings as “unacceptable,” but he did …

The administration of US President Joe Biden has announced to impose sanctions on a Russian vessel and two Russian individuals involved in the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project, a sprawling undersea pipeline that will carry Russian gas directly into Germany. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday that …

A Republican lawmaker has introduced legislation in the US Congress aimed at blocking the Taliban in Afghanistan from accessing the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which has frozen $450 of funds that were scheduled to be dispersed to the country next week. Afghanistan is believed to have over $9 billion in …

The leader of Yemen’s Ansarullah movement says the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan after 20 years of war clearly shows that occupation forces have failed to advance their plans and agendas in the West Asia region. “Our (Yemeni) nation is making progress. The United States is in decline, and recent …