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Donald Trump says White House leakers are ‘traitors, cowards’ US President Donald Trump on Tuesday blasted those inside the White House leaking internal deliberations and described them as “tr...
United States Navy expects ‘uncertainty’ in Gulf after Iran deal withdrawal The United States Navy is closely watching Iranian behavior in the Gulf and expects a “period of uncertainty” and increased level ...
United States criticizes China for shielding Myanmar from United Nations action The United States indirectly criticized China on Monday for shielding Myanmar from strong UN Security Council action over a milita...
Republicans celebrate opening of US embassy in Jerusalem The opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem attracted more than a dozen Republican members of Congress, two billionaire GOP fundrai...
United States opens its Israeli embassy in Jerusalem The United States officially opened its embassy to Israel in Jerusalem on Monday, fulfilling a pledge by President Donald Trump wh...
US opens embassy in Jerusalem as clashes between Israel police and Palestinians leave 37 dead The US on Monday opened its embassy in Jerusalem, a city at the epicenter of the Israel-Palestinian conflict, even as protests eru...
Israeli gunfire wounds at least 28 Palestinians as Gaza border protests build Israeli gunfire wounded at least 28 Palestinians along the Gaza border on Monday, medics said, and protesters streamed to the fron...
First Lady Melania Trump undergoes ‘successful’ procedure on kidney condition First lady Melania Trump underwent a “successful” procedure Monday to treat a benign kidney condition and was expected to remain h...
Google I/O 2018 keynote LIVE UPDATES: Google Assistant to get six new voices, new features Google I/O 2018 opens today on May 8 with a live keynote address by Google CEO Sundar Pichai. The annual developer conference is t...
US lawmakers ask Trump adm to reconsidet its decision on H4 visas A group of 15 influential lawmakers from California has urged the Trump administration to reconsider its move to revoke an Obama-e...
Nepal, India discuss ways to control illegal trade An India-Nepal inter-government committee (IGC) meeting on trade, transit and cooperation has discussed ways to control unauthoris...
Saudi Arabia starts trial of two Arabs accused of spying for Israel’s Mossad A Saudi Arabian court began the trial of two Jordanians accused of spying against the kingdom for Israel’s Mossad intelligence age...
Twitter also sold data to Cambridge Analytica researcher: report After Facebook, another major social media outlet Twitter has now been caught up in the data scandal involving Cambridge Analytica...
Trump can have Nobel Peace Prize: South Korea president Moon Jae-in South Korean President Moon Jae-in today played down the prospect of winning the Nobel Peace Prize for his historic summit with No...
Myanmar policeman jailed, family evicted from quarters for exposing plot to ‘entrap’ two Reuters journalists A police officer in Myanmar who blew the whistle on his colleagues’ plot to “entrap” two Reuters journalists has been imprisoned, ...
Why this year’s Nobel Prize for Literature may be cancelled for the first time since World War II The Nobel Prize for Literature may be cancelled this year following six members of the Swedish Academy stepping down over allegati...
Trump wants US military to secure border until wall is built President Donald Trump, annoyed by the lack of progress on fulfilling the signature promise of his campaign, said he wants to use ...
Paraguay ruling party candidate wins presidential election The son of a former dictator's top aide won the presidential election in Paraguay on Sunday, helped by a booming economy under his...
Modi-Xi meet: Rewards and risks in PM's 'bold' diplomatic move Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to China on April 27 and 28 for an unprecedented informal summit with Chinese President X...
Donald Trump says North Korea agreed to denuclearize. It hasn't. President Donald Trump on Sunday claimed North Korea has agreed to "denuclearization" before his potential meeting with Kim Jong U...
US: Manhunt on after naked gunman kills 4 at Waffle House restaurant in Nashville A nearly naked gunman wearing only a green jacket and brandishing an assault rifle stormed a Waffle House restaurant in Nashville ...
Saudi security shoots down recreational drone near royal palace Saudi Arabian security forces said they had shot down a recreational drone in the capital on Saturday after online videos showing ...
PM Modi discusses bilateral cooperation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said he held talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and discussed aspects relating to b...
57 dead, over 100 wounded in blast at election centre in Afghan capital Kabul A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a voter registration centre in the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday, killing at least 57 pe...
57 dead, over 100 wounded in blast at election centre in Afghan capital Kabul A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a voter registration centre in the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday, killing at least 57 pe...
Nude gunman kills four at Tennessee waffle house A man who was naked but for a green jacket shot and killed four people and wounded others at a Waffle House restaurant near Nashvi...
We persuaded US President to stay engaged "for long term" in Syria: French President Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday that Paris had convinced Donald Trump to stay engaged in Syria "for the long-t...
Earthquake measuring 5.9 on Richter Scale hits Indonesia's Molucca Sea; no tsunami alert issued Jakarta: A moderately strong 5.9-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia's Molucca Sea on Monday, the US Geological Survey said, but no...
Donald Trump morally unfit to be president, says ex-FBI chief James Comey Washington: Former FBI Director James Comey says he thinks it's possible the Russians have compromising information on President D...
Minister Narendra Modi will lose his Varanasi seat if the Opposition unites for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Narendra Modi took office in May 2014, and with the exception of the solitary page of the BJP manifesto devoted to foreign relations, there was little...
Germany says no indication of Islamic extremist motive in deadly van crash A van crashed into people drinking outside a popular bar Saturday in the German city of Muenster, killing two people and injuring ...
One killed, four injured in apartment fire at Trump Tower in New York One man was killed and four firefighters received minor injuries in an apartment fire on the 50th floor of Trump Tower in New York...
China’s state media urges US industry to rally against Trump tariff threat Chinese state media on Sunday called on industrial and commercial sectors in the United States to rally against President Donald T...
Pakistan in talks with Russia for procurement of T-90 tanks that India also uses Pakistan is in direct talks with the Russia for the procurement of sophisticated military hardware, including air defence systems,...
No more DACA deal, tweets Donald Trump exposing lakhs of immigrants to deportation US President Donald Trump, in a tweet, declared that there would be no deal to legalise the status of lakhs of "Dreamers" under th...
After 4-day visit to Pakistan, Nobel winner Malala Yousafzai returns to Britain Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai left Pakistan for London on Monday after a four-day whirlwind visit back to her homeland...
China's defunct space lab Tiangong 1 hurtling toward Earth for re-entry China's defunct and reportedly out-of-control Tiangong 1 space station is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere sometime this we...
In a first, North Korea's Kim Jong Un, wife watch South Korean K-pop stars perform in Pyongyang North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his wife Ri Sol Ju were among the hundreds in Pyongyang on Sunday watching South Korean K-pop ...
Boko Haram extremists attack villages, 15 killed and 89 wounded in Nigeria Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamic extremists attacked two villages on the outskirts of the northeastern city of Maiduguri late Sunday, ...
US amends Lashkar listing to include aliases, designates seven others as terrorists In yet another act to curb terrorism, the US State Department has amended the "designation" of Pakistan-based terrorist organisati...
Leading South African Indians pay tribute to Winnie Mandela Prominent South African Indians have paid tribute to Winnie Mandela, the former wife of South African anti-apartheid icon Nelson M...
With 2-month old baby in arms, woman gives university exam for 10 hours in Afghanistan With three children under the age of five and a husband who could neither read nor write, 25-year-old Jahantap Ahmadi dreamed of g...
Significant drop in H1B visa filing by Indian companies: US daily Indian IT companies have dramatically reduced their H-1B visa filings and foreign nationals are exhibiting reluctance to make the ...
Trump kicks off Easter Egg Roll, says US is doing 'great' President Donald Trump helped kick off the White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday with a "ready," ''set" and the blow of a whistle....
Facebook's Zuckerberg says sorry to Britons with newspaper apology ads LONDON: Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg apologised to Britons on Sunday over a "breach of trust", taking out full page ad...
UK cities gear up for 1st-ever 'National Samosa Week' LONDON: Six cities in the UK will take part in the first-ever 'National Samosa Week' next month where participants will make, sell...
Thai politics: No country for young men? BANGKOK : A 39-year-old motor parts billionaire and extreme sports enthusiast seeking to shake up Thai politics has been compared ...
Japan PM Abe pledges constitution change amid scandal TOKYO: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed today to press on with his controversial move to amend Japan's pacifist constitution, undet...
Peru's Congress accepts president's resignation: Official LIMA: Peru's Congress on Friday accepted the resignation of president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, clearing the way for Vice President M...
Malaysia arrests seven men with Islamic State links over attacks plot KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police have arrested seven men with links to the Islamic State militant group who were planning attacks on...
Koreas to hold high-level talks to set up Kim-Moon summit SEOUL: The rival Koreas have agreed to hold high-level talks this coming week to prepare for an April summit between North Korean ...
“International Women’s Day Celebration in Greater New York” Bruhud New York Seniors and SCC VTNY of leaders Gopi Udeshi, Kamini Shah and Hema Shah, Event organized on Friday March 9, 2018 a...
H-1B uncertainty: Indian techies may soon bypass US for Canadian opportunities Amid continuing uncertainty over the coveted H1B work visa programme in the United States, tech talent , particularly from India,...
By rewriting history, Hindu nationalists aim to assert their dominance over India During the first week of January last year, a group of Indian scholars gathered in a white bungalow on a leafy boulevard in centr...
Sexual favors, gym bags stuffed with cash, drunken romps A senior Army official was caught on tape kissing and fondling a female contractor who was competing for a $4 billion federal adv...
Russian military plane crash in Syria kills dozens The An-26 plane crashed during landing at Hmeimim airbase, near the coastal city of Latakia, the ministry is quoted as saying by R...
Trump Reaffirms Commitment to Tariffs but Opens Door to Compromise WASHINGTON — President Trump, facing an angry chorus of protests from leaders of his own party, including the House speaker, Paul ...
North Korea Signals Willingness to ‘Denuclearize,’ South Says SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, has told South Korean envoys he is willing to negotiate with the United St...
Trump's Singular Survival Skill Even for a president who basks in chaos, the run of bad news in recent days—resignations of trusted aides, public feuds with his o...
AAPI to donate funds towards Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of America (By Ajay Ghosh) Chicago, IL: March 6th, 2018: “American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI), the most dynamic and e...
The Americans Left Behind by Deportation In the fall, I traveled to rural Ohio to meet with the children of a man who had been recently deported to Mexico, even though he ...
Rohingya refugees test Bangladeshi welcome as prices rise and repatriation stalls (News Agencies) KUTUPALONG REFUGEE CAMP, - The first Rohingya refugees who arrived on Jorina Katun’s farmland in Bangladesh last ...
Costume Drama (News Agencies) Justin Trudeau’s easy and infectious candour, all of it framed by his youthful looks, hasn’t ever missed its mark ...
Tragedy of Missing Mary (News Agencies) Police have released heartbreaking images of the remains of a woman who got stuck in the wall space of her home - ...
New York City is ordered to pay $180K to three Muslim women for forcing them to remove their hijabs for mugshots (Press Release) New York City will have to shell out $180,000 to three Muslim women for forcing them to take off their hijabs for ...
New Jersey man is first to be charged under ‘child erotica’ law (News Agencies) A New Jersey man has been charged in what prosecutors say is the first case since the state expanded a law that ba...
NRA chief Wayne LaPierre blames 'family, school security and the FBI' for Florida massacre Amid a new national debate over gun rights, the leader of America's largest pro-Second Amendment group made an unscheduled speech ...
Now Trump PRAISES the NRA as ‘great patriots’ who will do the right thing after saying he does want some new gun controls President Donald Trump gave emphatic support for the NRA Thursday, just hours after tweeting support for a pair of gun control mea...
The leaning tower of Nasa Nasa’s $1 billion (£720 million) Mobile Launcher rocket tower is ‘leaning’, according to the space agency. During recent upgrades...
Just like old friends! Justin Trudeau met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday morning - the only high-level engagement of his eight-day tr...
India, China, Nepal should step up interaction for win-win outcomes: Beijing BEIJING: India, China and Nepal should step up "sound interaction for win-win outcomes", Beijing on Thursday said as it congratul...
Indian set to begin operations at Chabahar Port by May-end India is all set to start operations on a part of the Chabahar Port by May-end on borrowed Iranian equipment, two senior governmen...
Maldives says India’s remarks on extension of emergency ‘distortion of facts’, ‘ignore ground realities’ The Maldives on Thursday brushed aside India’s strong concerns over a 30-day extension of a state of emergency and said the world ...
Seizing the property of NRIs who desert their wives is a welcome move There are too many instances of marriages between an NRI man and an Indian woman turning abusive and violent, and numerous cases i...
By reversing attractive policies, Trump is eroding America’s soft power By Joseph S Nye The evidence is clear. Donald Trump’s presidency has eroded America’s soft power. Only 30% of people recently polled by Gallup in ...
Canadian parliamentary secy refers to Punjab as a ‘country’ (News Agencies) A member of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has referred to Punjab as a “country” in a statement made o...
Trump breaks his silence on market chaos (News Agencies) He broke his silence Wednesday about the market turmoil: “In the ‘old days,’ when good news was reported, the Stoc...
New York Publisher Gets Vishwa Gujarati Samaj Award (By a staff reporter) Indian-American physician, philanthropist and publisher, Padma Shri Dr. Sudhir M. Parikh of Parikh Worldwide...
International Customs Day 2018 Celebrated (By Our Staff Reporter)Mumbai Customs celebrated International Customs Day 2018 with great zeal and enthusiasm on January 27, 2018...
International Customs Day ‘2018 Celebrated (By Our Staff Reporter)Mumbai Customs celebrated International Customs Day ‘2018 with great zeal and enthusiasm on January 27, 2018. The formal functi...
Trump picks Warren ally, former CFPB assistant director Rohit Chopra for FTC post Also served as senior adviser at Department of Education in Obama administration (By Our Staff Reporter)Chopra’s selection comes as bit of surprise, considering that Chopra is a close ally of Sen. Elizabeth Warr...
Owner Of Information Technology Companies Admits Visa Fraud And Tax Crimes (By Our Staff Reporter) NEWARK, N.J. – An owner of two IT staffing and consulting companies today admitted using phony documents t...
Fractured Auction of Sahara Aamby Valley Allowed (News Agencies) New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed fractured auction of Sahara's Aamby Valley property after two at...
Finance Ministry Has No Information About Vijay Mallya’s Loans (By Our Staff Reporter) New DelhiThe Central Information Commission (CIC) has pulled up the union finance ministry for saying that...
Panth And A Foreign Hand For those who believe history moves in a straight line, and what’s past is past, some signs can set you thinking. Like you’re bein...
Trump Tries for a Reset Where policy was concerned, the story of Donald Trump’s first year in office was simple: The populist of the campaign trail, the m...
Trump’s State of the Union address, No change in stand on immigration and trade United States President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address on Wednesday showed how little the original agenda that he...
Sikh soldiers to get new war memorial in London London : The UK government has agreed to support and fund a national memorial to honour the sacrifices and contribution of Sikh so...
A Nation Within 4 Temples Patriotism, nationalism, nation and country are not independent concepts. They are so inter-related that none of them can be com...
Trump Plus One: Did He Keep His Promises? President Donald Trump’s first speech to Congress, initially hailed as a triumphant pivot from Keystone Kops chaos to presidential...
Bank Of America's Poorest Customers To Be Charged For Checking Just over a month after Republicans pushed through a sweeping corporate tax cut from which Bank of America stands to gain billions...
U.S. congratulates India on Joining Australia Group Washington D.C. [U.S.A.] Jan. 24 : – The United States has congratulated India on becoming the newest member of the Australia Grou...
Trump declares the U.S. is 'open for business' in Davos, as he tells global bigwigs 'America First does not mean America alone' President Donald Trump told world leaders and bigwigs gathered in Davos the U.S. was now 'open for business' – then promised his '...
Trump APOLOGISES for Britain First retweet Donald Trump has apologised for retweeting videos posted online by Britain First and said he did it because he is a ‘big believer ...
Nationalism Made In USA (SAI Bureau) washington DC : Kenneth Juster, the US Ambassador to India, in his first public speech, has suggested that military...
India-Asean ties: A cup half full ? The India-Asean engagement has made impressive strides over the past 25 years, starting with a modest sectoral dialogue partnershi...
How Trump is making China and India great again Thank you for what you are doing for America; your successes have put India in very positive light and shown us what is possible i...
Apple's $350billion windfall for the US economy (News Agencies) Apple plans to inject more than $350billion into the US economy over the next five years by creating 20,000 jobs, ...
India and Israel are all-weather friends There is something intangible yet palpable which makes India-Israel relations special. Every Israeli who has visited India has fel...
Should Trump speak to Mueller? A debate The Washington Post reported last week that special counsel Robert Mueller has told President Donald Trump's legal team that his o...
Turmoil in SC: Time to think in the spirit of utmost deference to duty In the Mahabharata, when Draupadi was gambled away by Yudhishthira, she asked a question: “I belonged equally to all five of them,...
Dance USA Dance Wants to Know if You Have the Moves 5678 Media Group and ZEE TV to Kick Off Season 2 of Popular Dance Competition (By a staff reporter) New York – 5678 Media Group and ZEE TV are aski...
‘The Post’ Reminds us What Journalism Used to be and What it Should be (SAI Buearu) For a journalist of a certain vintage, Steven Spielberg’s The Post brings back memories of how journalism used to be: journalists, with ...
Ex-C.I.A. Officer Suspected of Compromising Chinese Informants Is Arrested (SAI Buearu) WASHINGTON — A former C.I.A. officer suspected by investigators of helping China dismantle United States spying operations and identif...
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s first India visit Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on his first visit to India, is only the second Israeli leader to visit the country after Ariel Sharon in 2003. ...
Inside Obama’s Midterm Campaign Plans In his first year back in private life, the former president has struggled with how to challenge his successor, but as the midterms approach he’s prep...
Trump to ease restrictions on arms exports The Donald Trump administration is nearing completion of a new “Buy American” plan that calls for U.S. military attaches and d...
Protests were not just about economic grievances:Rouhani Protests that shook Iran were not just aimed at the economy, President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday, remarks suggesting the r...
German Minister falls victim to his own rules Germany signalled on Monday that it was open to amending a controversial law combating online hate speech as the Justice Minister ...
Miss America CEO apologises, resigns after charges of derogatory emails surface The top leadership of the Miss America Organization, implicated in an email scandal that targeted past pageant winners for abu...
More than two dozen women had experienced or witnessed sexual misconduct at Vice Media company Vice Media co-founders issued an apology on Saturday, saying the Millennial-focused media company had allowed a “boy's club” a...
Fire in Philippine shopping mall kills 37 Fire swept through a shopping mall in the Philippines killing at least 37 people, most of them workers at a call centre, city ...
Yemeni rebels slam U.S. charges that Iran is arming Houthis A Yemeni rebel spokesman has heavily criticized U.S. charges that Iran is funneling missiles to the Shia rebels in Yemen, known as...
At least eight killed in suicide bombing in church in Pakistan At least 8 people were killed and 16 injured when two terrorists wearing suicide vests attacked a church in Quetta on Sunday. Home...
Around the world in 42 days: Frenchman smashes solo sailing record Frenchman Francois Gabart smashed the world record for the fastest non-stop solo navigation of the globe on Sunday, completing the...
‘Death to America’ (News Agencies) Violent protests have broken out in Bethlehem today after US President Donald Trump enraged the Middle East by rec...
Maharashtra Chapter of INOC USA celebrated their anniversary (By a staff reporter) New York- Maharashtra Chapter of INOC, USA has held its anniversary celebration at Nan King Restaurant in Ne...
We have too many successful politicians, but few real leaders At the recent Hindustan Times Leadership Summit in the capital, former US president Barack Obama said that politicians take a cue ...
AAPI To Hold 11th Annual Global Healthcare Summit In Kolkata, West Bengal (By Ajay Ghosh) New York, NY: November 20, 2017: The 11th annual Global Healthcare Summit (GHS) organized by the Association of Am...
Star-up Solves Facebook Global Challenge New York (By Prakash M Swamy) ; DataVal Analytics Inc - a Chicago and Bangalore based artificial intelligence start up with teleco...
Indian-origin New York financier killed in Costa Rica shark attack (News Agencies)A 49-year-old Indian-origin woman equity manager based in New York was killed last week by a tiger shark while scub...
US Department of State advises US citizens to defer all non-essential travel to Pakistan (SAI Buearu) Washington: The United States on Friday advised its citizens to defer all non-essential travel to Pakistan, saying th...
Jerusalem officially recognized as the Capital of Israel by the United States (SAI Buearu) Washington: President Donald Trump announced Wednesday in a televised address from the White House that the United S...
Taliban, disguised in burqas, attack Peshawar agriculture college Three terrorists disguised in burqas attacked an agriculture training institute in Peshawar on Friday, killing at least nine stude...
Britain’s PM meets key Arab ally, amid Trump anti-Muslim row Britain’s Prime Minister is holding talks with a key pro-Western Arab ally, as she is embroiled in a row with President Donald...
Suu Kyi meets Xi in Beijing as Rohingya censure grows Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, facing growing international criticism over her country’s persecution of Rohingya ...
Trump says U.S. Secretary of State Tillerson not leaving post U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is not leaving, President Donald Trump tweeted on Friday, after U.S. officials on Thursd...
Ivanka Trump Cuts Asking Rent for Manhattan Condo to $13,000 Ivanka Trump has just cut the asking rent for one of her Manhattan apartments after struggling to find a buyer or tenant. Ms. T...
Bernie Sanders Buys Lakefront Vacation Home Offering Privacy After considering several properties in North Hero, Vt., Sen. Bernie Sanders and his family have settled on a private, lakefront cottage that seems id...
Hillary Clinton Buys House Next Door To Her Chappaqua Home Hillary Clinton has certainly been busy lately running for president and all (not to mention fighting off claims that she is in poor health), but that...
Paris: Soldier shoots armed man trying to enter famed Louvre Museum A French soldier reportedly opened fire at a man who tried to enter the Paris Louvre Museum with a knife, French police officials have said. The man w...
Paris: Soldier shoots armed man trying to enter famed Louvre Museum A French soldier reportedly opened fire at a man who tried to enter the Paris Louvre Museum with a knife, French police officials have said. The man w...

Donald Trump says White House leakers are ‘traitors, cowards’

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday blasted those inside the White House leaking internal deliberations and described them as “tr...

United States Navy expects ‘uncertainty’ in Gulf after Iran deal withdrawal

The United States Navy is closely watching Iranian behavior in the Gulf and expects a “period of uncertainty” and increased level ...

United States criticizes China for shielding Myanmar from United Nations action

The United States indirectly criticized China on Monday for shielding Myanmar from strong UN Security Council action over a milita...

Republicans celebrate opening of US embassy in Jerusalem

The opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem attracted more than a dozen Republican members of Congress, two billionaire GOP fundrai...

United States opens its Israeli embassy in Jerusalem

The United States officially opened its embassy to Israel in Jerusalem on Monday, fulfilling a pledge by President Donald Trump wh...

US opens embassy in Jerusalem as clashes between Israel police and Palestinians leave 37 dead

The US on Monday opened its embassy in Jerusalem, a city at the epicenter of the Israel-Palestinian conflict, even as protests eru...

Israeli gunfire wounds at least 28 Palestinians as Gaza border protests build

Israeli gunfire wounded at least 28 Palestinians along the Gaza border on Monday, medics said, and protesters streamed to the fron...

First Lady Melania Trump undergoes ‘successful’ procedure on kidney condition

First lady Melania Trump underwent a “successful” procedure Monday to treat a benign kidney condition and was expected to remain h...

Google I/O 2018 keynote LIVE UPDATES: Google Assistant to get six new voices, new features

Google I/O 2018 opens today on May 8 with a live keynote address by Google CEO Sundar Pichai. The annual developer conference is t...

US lawmakers ask Trump adm to reconsidet its decision on H4 visas

A group of 15 influential lawmakers from California has urged the Trump administration to reconsider its move to revoke an Obama-e...

Nepal, India discuss ways to control illegal trade

An India-Nepal inter-government committee (IGC) meeting on trade, transit and cooperation has discussed ways to control unauthoris...

Saudi Arabia starts trial of two Arabs accused of spying for Israel’s Mossad

A Saudi Arabian court began the trial of two Jordanians accused of spying against the kingdom for Israel’s Mossad intelligence age...

Twitter also sold data to Cambridge Analytica researcher: report

After Facebook, another major social media outlet Twitter has now been caught up in the data scandal involving Cambridge Analytica...

Trump can have Nobel Peace Prize: South Korea president Moon Jae-in

South Korean President Moon Jae-in today played down the prospect of winning the Nobel Peace Prize for his historic summit with No...

Myanmar policeman jailed, family evicted from quarters for exposing plot to ‘entrap’ two Reuters journalists

A police officer in Myanmar who blew the whistle on his colleagues’ plot to “entrap” two Reuters journalists has been imprisoned, ...

Why this year’s Nobel Prize for Literature may be cancelled for the first time since World War II

The Nobel Prize for Literature may be cancelled this year following six members of the Swedish Academy stepping down over allegati...

Trump wants US military to secure border until wall is built

President Donald Trump, annoyed by the lack of progress on fulfilling the signature promise of his campaign, said he wants to use ...

Paraguay ruling party candidate wins presidential election

The son of a former dictator's top aide won the presidential election in Paraguay on Sunday, helped by a booming economy under his...

Modi-Xi meet: Rewards and risks in PM's 'bold' diplomatic move

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to China on April 27 and 28 for an unprecedented informal summit with Chinese President X...

Donald Trump says North Korea agreed to denuclearize. It hasn't.

President Donald Trump on Sunday claimed North Korea has agreed to "denuclearization" before his potential meeting with Kim Jong U...

US: Manhunt on after naked gunman kills 4 at Waffle House restaurant in Nashville

A nearly naked gunman wearing only a green jacket and brandishing an assault rifle stormed a Waffle House restaurant in Nashville ...

Saudi security shoots down recreational drone near royal palace

Saudi Arabian security forces said they had shot down a recreational drone in the capital on Saturday after online videos showing ...

PM Modi discusses bilateral cooperation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said he held talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and discussed aspects relating to b...

57 dead, over 100 wounded in blast at election centre in Afghan capital Kabul

A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a voter registration centre in the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday, killing at least 57 pe...

57 dead, over 100 wounded in blast at election centre in Afghan capital Kabul

A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a voter registration centre in the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday, killing at least 57 pe...

Nude gunman kills four at Tennessee waffle house

A man who was naked but for a green jacket shot and killed four people and wounded others at a Waffle House restaurant near Nashvi...

We persuaded US President to stay engaged "for long term" in Syria: French President

Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday that Paris had convinced Donald Trump to stay engaged in Syria "for the long-t...

Earthquake measuring 5.9 on Richter Scale hits Indonesia's Molucca Sea; no tsunami alert issued

Jakarta: A moderately strong 5.9-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia's Molucca Sea on Monday, the US Geological Survey said, but no...

Donald Trump morally unfit to be president, says ex-FBI chief James Comey

Washington: Former FBI Director James Comey says he thinks it's possible the Russians have compromising information on President D...

Minister Narendra Modi will lose his Varanasi seat if the Opposition unites for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Narendra Modi took office in May 2014, and with the exception of the solitary page of the BJP manifesto devoted to foreign relations, there was little...

Germany says no indication of Islamic extremist motive in deadly van crash

A van crashed into people drinking outside a popular bar Saturday in the German city of Muenster, killing two people and injuring ...

One killed, four injured in apartment fire at Trump Tower in New York

One man was killed and four firefighters received minor injuries in an apartment fire on the 50th floor of Trump Tower in New York...

China’s state media urges US industry to rally against Trump tariff threat

Chinese state media on Sunday called on industrial and commercial sectors in the United States to rally against President Donald T...

Pakistan in talks with Russia for procurement of T-90 tanks that India also uses

Pakistan is in direct talks with the Russia for the procurement of sophisticated military hardware, including air defence systems,...

No more DACA deal, tweets Donald Trump exposing lakhs of immigrants to deportation

US President Donald Trump, in a tweet, declared that there would be no deal to legalise the status of lakhs of "Dreamers" under th...

After 4-day visit to Pakistan, Nobel winner Malala Yousafzai returns to Britain

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai left Pakistan for London on Monday after a four-day whirlwind visit back to her homeland...

China's defunct space lab Tiangong 1 hurtling toward Earth for re-entry

China's defunct and reportedly out-of-control Tiangong 1 space station is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere sometime this we...

In a first, North Korea's Kim Jong Un, wife watch South Korean K-pop stars perform in Pyongyang

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his wife Ri Sol Ju were among the hundreds in Pyongyang on Sunday watching South Korean K-pop ...

Boko Haram extremists attack villages, 15 killed and 89 wounded in Nigeria

Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamic extremists attacked two villages on the outskirts of the northeastern city of Maiduguri late Sunday, ...

US amends Lashkar listing to include aliases, designates seven others as terrorists

In yet another act to curb terrorism, the US State Department has amended the "designation" of Pakistan-based terrorist organisati...

Leading South African Indians pay tribute to Winnie Mandela

Prominent South African Indians have paid tribute to Winnie Mandela, the former wife of South African anti-apartheid icon Nelson M...

With 2-month old baby in arms, woman gives university exam for 10 hours in Afghanistan

With three children under the age of five and a husband who could neither read nor write, 25-year-old Jahantap Ahmadi dreamed of g...

Significant drop in H1B visa filing by Indian companies: US daily

Indian IT companies have dramatically reduced their H-1B visa filings and foreign nationals are exhibiting reluctance to make the ...

Trump kicks off Easter Egg Roll, says US is doing 'great'

President Donald Trump helped kick off the White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday with a "ready," ''set" and the blow of a whistle....

Facebook's Zuckerberg says sorry to Britons with newspaper apology ads

LONDON: Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg apologised to Britons on Sunday over a "breach of trust", taking out full page ad...

UK cities gear up for 1st-ever 'National Samosa Week'

LONDON: Six cities in the UK will take part in the first-ever 'National Samosa Week' next month where participants will make, sell...

Thai politics: No country for young men?

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Japan PM Abe pledges constitution change amid scandal

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