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USCIRF publishes another report claiming increase in hate speech in India during Modi govt, Secretary of State Antony Blinken uses it to target India

ANI - 27 June, 2024

The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has again raised 'concerns' over religious freedoms in India, citing the alleged rise in 'hate speech', demolitions and anti-conversion laws.

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‘Ali Baba and the forty thieves’: Emirati foreign minister calls Palestinian leadership “useless”, asks why the UAE should assist the authority without reforms

OpIndia Staff - 7 June, 2024

The UAE's FM said that "replacing them with one another will only lead to the same result" regarding Palestinian leaders.

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Iran-Israel conflict: Blinken dials up Turkey, Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, asserts US position on ‘avoiding escalation’ in the region

ANI - 15 April, 2024

The top US official also spoke with his counterparts in Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia following Iran's attacks in Israel. During his phone calls, Blinken emphasised the importance of avoiding escalation in the region and the importance of "a coordinated diplomatic response."

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‘India remains a strategic partner’: US govt clarifies while asserting that they are taking Pannun assassination plot case ‘very seriously’

OpIndia Staff - 1 December, 2023

Speaking to reporters in Tel Aviv, Blinken said that the US government has raised the matter directly with the Indian government in the past weeks.

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Mumbai or Israel, ISIS, Hamas or LeT, all acts of terrorism unjustifiable: What US Secretary Antony Blinken said at the UNSC ministerial meeting

ANI - 25 October, 2023

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has drawn a parallel between the terrorist attacks by Lashkar-e-Taiba in Mumbai and Hamas in Israel, emphasising that all acts of terrorism are "unlawful and unjustifiable."