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Tag: Nikki Haley

  • Wednesday, February 15th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

    US: Nikki Haley joins Republican Party presidential race

    “I’ve never lost an election, and I’m not going to start now,” Haley vowed

    Former South Carolina Governor and US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley Tuesday announced she will be running in the Republican Party's primaries for the Presidency of the United States in 2024.

  • Monday, September 24th 2018 - 09:05 UTC

    Iran blames US for terrorist attack; “look at the mirror” replies ambassador Nikki Haley

    At least 12 of the dead served in the Revolutionary Guard, an elite paramilitary unit - and among the other victims was a four-year-old boy

    The US ambassador to the United Nations has dismissed Iran's assertion that Washington and its Gulf allies are to blame for a deadly attack at a military parade and says Tehran should look closer to home. Before leaving for the United Nations on Sunday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani accused other countries, including the US, of provoking the attack killed 25 people and wounded 60 on Saturday.

  • Friday, September 7th 2018 - 09:12 UTC

    United States describes Nicaragua's civil unrest a threat to the region's security

     “When human rights are denied, the violence and instability that follow spill over borders,” US ambassador Nikki Haley said, comparing Nicaragua to Venezuela

    United States declared Nicaragua’s civil unrest a threat to the region’s security, saying government repression of protests risked creating an overwhelming displacement of people akin to Venezuela or Syria. More than 300 people have been killed and 2,000 injured in crackdowns by Nicaraguan police and armed groups in protests that began in April over an abortive plan by leftist President Daniel Ortega’s government to reduce welfare benefits.