Haley, who is on her first visit to India after becoming US envoy to UN, asserted that religious freedom is as important as freedom of people and their rights.
Nikki Haley is on a visit to India from June 26-28.
Haley is to meet senior Indian government officials and NGO and interfaith leaders to "underscore the US' shared values and strong alliance with the people of India", the mission said.
The announcement came after the top UN human rights official criticised Washington for separating migrant children from their parents who are seeking asylum after crossing into the country from Mexico.
The Indian-American member of Trump's cabinet told Politico that rumours of her having an affair with the President were "absolutely not true."
The UN Security Council should step up pressure on Pakistan to "change its behaviour", US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley today said.
President Donald Trump is ready to stop all aid to Pakistan as the country continues to harbour terrorists, US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has said.
The move comes after President Donald Trump had warned that he would cut funding to countries that didn't support his decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
The UN General Assembly will meet for a rare emergency session to discuss the status of Jerusalem on Thursday after the US vetoed earlier an Egypt-drafted request asking Washington to withdraw its decision to recognize the city as Israel's capital.
The veto cast by US Ambassador Nikki Haley highlighted Washington’s isolation over Trump’s announcement that the US embassy will be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, effectively ignoring Palestinian claims on the city.
World powers that joined the U.S. in brokering that deal have voiced frustration at Trump’s moves to “decertify” Iran’s compliance with the deal as a prelude to renegotiating it.
Jerusalem, the eastern part of which was annexed from Jordan by Israel in 1967, has long been a sticking point in peace negotiations in the region.
US Ambassador Nikki Haley told an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council that North Korea's latest test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) "demands that countries further isolate the Kim regime."
Trump's earlier warning he would rain "fire and fury" on a recalcitrant North Korea, she said, was "not an empty threat."
US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said North Korea is "begging for war" with abusive use of missiles and nuclear threats
The US has said the time for talk over North Korea was "over," spurning a UN response to Pyongyang's latest ICBM launch in favour of bomber flights and missile defence system tests
US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley called North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile launch (ICBM) test a "clear and sharp military escalation" and said military action remained on the table
The US does not need India, China and France telling it what to do on the issue of Paris Climate agreement, American Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has said
Pakistan on Thursday expressed regret at India's snub to the United States offer to help resolve the Kashmir issue between the two neighbours, saying New Delhi as usual reacted negatively to the proposal.
Nikki Haley, the US Ambassador to the United Nations, was heckled on Wednesday when she was speaking at the ‘Women In The World’ summit in New York.
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