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Washington, Feb 10 (AP-PTI) Donald Trump will stand trial for impeachment after the Senate rejected arguments from the former president's lawyers on Tuesday that the chamber cannot move forward because he is no longer in office.

Several Republicans joined Democrats in voting 56-44 to proceed.

Washington, Feb 9 (PTI) The United States has demanded the immediate and full restoration of the democratically elected government in Myanmar and said that America stands with the elected representatives of the Asian nation.

"It is fair to say that we stand with the duly elected representatives of the people of Burma in their efforts to speak for the people of the country. We join them in demanding the immediate and full restoration of the democratically elected government," State Department Spokesperson Ned Price told reporters at his daily news conference.

Washington, Feb 8 (PTI) A powerful India Caucus in the US Congress has urged the Indian government to ensure that the norms of democracy are maintained and protesters allowed to demonstrate peacefully and have access to the Internet as it held a meeting with New Delhi's envoy here.

India's Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu, who regularly interacts with India Caucus members on a number of issues, had a virtual meeting with the top leadership of the Congressional India Caucus last week.

06 Feb 2021; MEMO: The US Senate has voted at dawn on Friday in favour of keeping the US embassy in Jerusalem.

Senator Bill Hagerty disclosed in a written statement that the Senate voted 97-3 to pass a bill presented by his Republican colleague Jim Inhofe.

06 Feb 2021; MEMO: The US State Department on Friday condemned accusations made by Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu, regarding US involvement in orchestrating the failed coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in 2016.

The US State Department declared in a statement: "The United States did not participate in the 2016 coup attempt in Turkey and has immediately condemned it. The recent statements made by senior Turkish officials stating the exact opposite are completely untrue."

05 Feb 2021; MEMO: The economies of countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region will grow by 3.1 per cent during 2021, compared to 2020's 3.8 per cent contraction due to the repercussions of the coronavirus, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said yesterday.

"The economic recovery in the MENA region will accelerate this year, but in a disproportionate manner," IMF's Director for the Middle East and Central Asia, Jihad Azour, said in a statement.

04 Feb 2021; MEMO: US Congressman Andy Levin has warned that anti-Semitism cannot be properly defeated without addressing Israel's human rights abuses against Palestinians. Speaking earlier this week during an online discussion hosted by the progressive Jewish movement IfNotNow on how the Biden administration can combat anti-Jewish racism, the Michigan Democrat lawmaker mentioned his long track record of urging the US to oppose Israel's occupation.

Washington, Feb 5 (PTI) The Biden administration has announced that it is delaying the H-1B policy of the previous Trump administration on allocation of the popular foreign work visas by continuing with the lottery system until December 31, 2021, to give the immigration agency more time to develop, test and implement the modifications to the registration system.

On January 7, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced to do away with the traditional lottery system in deciding the successful applicants for the H-1B visas.

04 Feb 2021; MEMO: International rights groups and several US lawmakers have called on the Biden administration to cancel Donald Trump's easing of sanctions against Israeli mining magnate Dan Gertler, Reuters reported on Wednesday.

In a joint letter, Human Rights Watch, Oxfam and 28 other groups urged US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Secretary of State Antony Blinken to cancel the relief of sanctions imposed on the Israeli businessman.

01 Feb 2021; MEMO: Former US and UN official Jeffrey Feltman has said that his country failed to achieve tangible results in Syria related to Washington's goals, RT reported on Sunday. Feltman attributed the US failure to the administrations of former Presidents Donald Trump and Barack Obama.