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  Avoid travelling to Kabul airport unless instructed individually: US embassy tells its citizens

  World | August 21, 2021 18:59 IST

  US embassy in Kabul in a security alert to its citizens over evacuation concerns said, "because of potential security threats outside the gates at the Kabul airport, we are advising U.S. citizens to avoid traveling to the airport and to avoid airport gates at this time unless you receive individual instructions from a U.S. government representative to do so."

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  2 dead, one injured after portion of crane collapses inside US Embassy

  India | August 13, 2021 23:06 IST

  A senior police officer said a PCR call was received at the Chankyapuri Police Station at 1:44 pm regarding the incident.

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  US sending 3000 troops for partial Afghan embassy evacuation

  World | August 13, 2021 11:32 IST

  With security rapidly deteriorating in Afghanistan, the United States is evacuating some personnel from the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, and U.S. troops with be assisting at the Kabul airport.

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  US bids ‘do svidaniya’ to Russian staff at Moscow embassy

  World | July 31, 2021 7:59 IST

  Russia earlier this year announced a ban on almost all non-American staff at the embassy in Moscow and consulates in Yekaterinburg and Vladivostok.

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  US CDC commits $3.6 million assistance for India's COVID-19 fight

  Business | May 12, 2020 16:29 IST

  US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has committed $3.6 million to assist India’s response to the COVID-19 epidemic. CDC said it will support prevention, preparedness, and response activities in India in view of the coronavirus outbreak.

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  At least 3 rockets strike Baghdad’s Green Zone, fourth attack in a week, Iraqi officials say

  World | March 18, 2020 9:32 IST

  At least three rockets struck Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone near the American Embassy late Tuesday, a day after an attack on a training base south of Baghdad where U.S.-led coalition troops and NATO trainers were present, Iraqi security officials said. It was the fourth such attack in the span of a week.

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  Two missiles strike Baghdad's green zone near US embassy

  World | March 02, 2020 7:07 IST

  The Green Zone - a diplomatic quarter in central Baghdad that hosts many international facilitates including the US embassy and an Iraqi base - constantly comes under fire, with the latest attack occurring on 16 February. 

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  Trump's India visit: What's on table for today

  India | February 25, 2020 9:48 IST

  US President Donald Trump will participate in various programmes including bilateral meeting with PM Modi, in Delhi today on the second day of his India visit.

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  3 rockets strike US Embassy in Baghdad; dining hall among areas hit

  World | January 27, 2020 7:09 IST

  The US Embassy in Iraq's capital Baghdad was hit by 3 rockets in the wee hours of Monday. As per media reports, one of the rockets hit the dining hall of the embassy. Iraq's Al Sumaria TV, citing a source, said that there were several casualties inside the premises and that helicopters were working to evacuate those stuck inside the Embassy.

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  3 missiles land near US Embassy in Baghdad; rocket attack sirens go off | Video

  World | January 21, 2020 9:02 IST

  Three rockets landed in the 'green zone' near the US Embassy in Baghdad in the wee hours of Tuesday. A social media user Nafiseh Kohnavard shared a video that shows rocket attack alarms going off at the US Embassy.

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  SECURITY ALERT: US urges its citizens to leave Iraq immediately

  World | January 03, 2020 15:31 IST

  The United States has urged US citizens to leave Iraq “immediately." A State Department statement on Friday cites “heightened tensions in Iraq and the region." Iran has vowed "harsh retaliation" after a US airstrike killed Iran's top military commander General Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad.

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  US embassy in Baghdad attacked, guards launch stun grenades at protestors

  World | December 31, 2019 17:41 IST

  Dozens of angry Iraqi Shiite militia supporters broke into the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on Tuesday after smashing a main door and setting fire to a reception area, prompting tear gas and sounds of gunfire. An Associated Press reporter at the scene saw flames rising from inside the compound and at least three U.S. soldiers on the roof of the main embassy building.

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  How AP covered seize of US Embassy in Tehran without a bureau

  Fyi | November 04, 2019 17:36 IST

  A mob of Iranian students overran U.S. Marine guards in a three-hour struggle Sunday and invaded the American Embassy in Tehran, seizing dozens of staff members as hostages, Tehran Radio reported. They demanded that the United States send the exiled shah back to Iran for trial, the radio said.

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  Iran student leader says he regrets 1979 US Embassy attack

  World | November 02, 2019 18:29 IST

  His revolutionary fervor diminished by the years that have also turned his dark brown hair white, one of the Iranian student leaders of the 1979 U.S. Embassy takeover says he now regrets the seizure of the diplomatic compound and the 444-day hostage crisis that followed.

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  Rocket blast at US Embassy in Kabul on 9/11 anniversary

  World | September 11, 2019 6:23 IST

  A rocket exploded at the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan just minutes into Wednesday, the anniversary of the 9/11 attack on the United States, but officials at the compound declared all-clear about an hour later and reported no injuries.

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  Large bomb explosion near US embassy in Kabul, Taliban claims responsibility | Updates

  World | September 05, 2019 12:53 IST

  A large car bomb rocked the Afghan capital on Thursday and smoke rose from a part of eastern Kabul near a neighbourhood housing the U.S. Embassy, the NATO Resolute Support mission and other diplomatic missions.

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  Turkey: Shots fired at gate of US Embassy, no casualties

  World | August 20, 2018 12:15 IST

  U.S. Embassy spokesman David Gainer thanked police for their “rapid response” and said no injuries had been reported.  

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  Blast suspected near US Embassy in Beijing

  World | July 26, 2018 12:30 IST

  Photos posted on Twitter showed a large amount of smoke and police vehicles surrounding the vast structure in northeastern Beijing.  

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  'Abnormal sensations of sound and pressure', US diplomats hit by same mystery illness in China and Cuba

  World | June 07, 2018 8:31 IST

  Last month, the State Department issued a travel warning after a US employee in China reported "subtle and vague, but abnormal, sensations of sound and pressure".  This was consistent with symptoms experienced by some US personnel in Cuba.

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  US embassy move to Jerusalem: Gaza erupts in protest, Israel kills 55 Palestinians

  World | May 15, 2018 7:18 IST

  It was by far the deadliest day of cross-border violence since a devastating 2014 war between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers, and further dimmed the already bleak prospects for President Donald Trump’s hoped-for peace plan.