JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden s plan to work to reopen the Palestinians diplomatic mission in Washington could be held up over a law that exposes Palestinian officials to US anti-terror lawsuits, officials and advisers to the Palestinians say.
The Biden administration hopes to repair relations with the Palestinians after a sharp deterioration under former President Donald Trump, who closed the Palestine Liberation Organization s Washington office in 2018 and cut millions of dollars in aid to the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
But under an anti-terror amendment passed by Congress and signed into law by Trump in 2019, the Palestinians would become liable for $655.5 million in financial penalties against them in US courts if they open an office in the United States.
Updated Jan 13, 2021 · 02:40 pm Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar addressing the UN Security Council chaired by Tunisia on global fight against terrorism, on January 12. | India at UN via Twitter
In his first address to the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday, Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar urged the international community to not make false distinctions between “good or bad” terrorists, and called for a “zero tolerance” approach against them. The minister also criticised China and Pakistan for delaying the process of designating individuals and entities as terrorists, and lavishing them with “5-star treatment”.
Jaishankar was speaking at the United Nations Security Council Ministerial Meeting on “Threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts: International cooperation in combating terrorism 20 years after the adoption of resolution 1373”. He is the senior-most Indian leader to addre
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Why Trump Is Sending an Aircraft Carrier Back Towards Iran
The carrier strike group spent the holidays in the distant waters and marked the New Year off the coast of Somalia to support the repositioning of about seven hundred U.S. troops to other countries in Africa. It could now be a while longer before it sails away from the region.
If the Islamic Republic thought they d seen the last of USS
Nimitz (CVN-68) and its strike group near its shores, then the government in Tehran should think again. Carrier Strike Group 11 (CSG-11) has been ordered to return to the Persian Gulf, the Pentagon announced earlier this week. The strike group had last been deployed to the region in early December.
The name of the R-Day guest is generally finalised and announced months in advance. The only time it got delayed in recent times was in 2018 when the suspense ended only in early December with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa accepting the invite for 2019 celebrations after it was declined by President Donald Trump.
India had recently announced that it would resume limited flights to UK from January 8. England though went into new and complete lockdown Monday after a fresh surge in Covid cases.
Modi said he looked forward to receiving Johnson in India at the earliest opportunity after normalisation of the situation.