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  • The White House said a senior U.S. delegation will travel to Doha for talks with Iran, with technical negotiations taking place in parallel, while reiterating what it described as Washington’s commitment to the ceasefire and emphasizing the U.S. president’s push to move the peace process forward.

  • The White House has received recommendations for restarting remittances to Cuba but sent some back for further work to craft "innovative options" to ensure that money sent by Cuban Americans to families on the island does not fall into the hands of Cuba's government, a senior U.S. official said on Friday.

  • With the last U.S. forces on the way out of Afghanistan, U.S. President Joe Biden assured President Ashraf Ghani of U.S. diplomatic and humanitarian support on Friday as Taliban advances piled pressure on the U.S.-backed government in Kabul.

  • On Monday, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki at a news conference, said: "Washington remains committed to re-engaging in meaningful diplomacy to meet both sides' commitments and will consult with the P5 + 1 partners at all levels on how best to proceed."

  • The White House spokeswoman claimed that her country had violated the Security Council resolution by withdrawing from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and carrying out economic terrorism.

  • Oil prices rose on Tuesday following U.S. President Donald Trump’s return to the White House from hospital after being treated for COVID-19 last Friday, while another storm brewing in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico posed a threat to refineries.

  • U.S. President Donald Trump faced a fresh backlash on Tuesday for removing his mask when he returned to the White House and urging Americans not to fear the COVID-19 disease that has killed more than 209,000 people in the country and put him in hospital.

  • President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden battled fiercely over Trump’s record on the coronavirus pandemic, healthcare and the economy in a chaotic and bad-tempered first debate marked by personal insults and Trump’s repeated interruptions.

  • United States President Donald Trump has indicated that he will announce his nominee for the Supreme Court at the end of the week, intensifying an already nail-biting campaign for the presidency on November 3.

  • Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh on Monday refuted 'Politico' for fabricating news about an Iranian assassination bid against US ambassador to South Africa to take revenge on Iranian Commander Qassem Soleimani citing a so-called US official.