United States
- India
Tharoor reacts with sarcasm as US bets on Pakistan’s ‘massive oil reserves’
New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor took a swipe at the US on Thursday after it announced a deal for working with Pakistan to develop “massive oil reserves” in the South Asian…
- Business
Explainer: How will Trump’s tariff affect Indian economy
New Delhi: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced the imposition of a 25 percent additional import duty plus penalty on goods imported from India. The duty will come into effect from…
- World
India, US still negotiating trade deal, says Trump
New York: President Donald Trump has said that India and the US were still negotiating a trade deal despite his threat to impose a 25 per cent tariff, and a final decision…
- World
US man who killed Palestinian-American boy dies in prison
A 73-year-old landlord from Illinois, a state in the Midwestern United States (US), who was sentenced to 53 years in prison for the murder of a Palestinian boy has died while in prison…
- World
Five dead in shooting at office in New York, suspect killed
New York: Five people, including a New York Police Department officer, were killed and several others injured when a gunman opened fire inside a Manhattan office building on Monday evening (local time).…
- World
US-China tariff talks may provide clues on a possible Trump-Xi meeting
Stockholm: Top trade officials from China and the United States launched a new round of talks on Monday in a bid to ease tensions over tariffs between the world’s two biggest national…
- World
UN hosts talks to revive Israel-Palestinian two-state solution
United Nations: The UN General Assembly is bringing high-level officials together this week to promote a two-state solution to the decades-old Israel-Palestinian conflict that would place their peoples side by side, living…
- World
US birthright citizenship: Judge blocks Trump’s restrictions in third ruling
Boston: A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from ending birthright citizenship for the children of parents who are in the U.S. illegally, issuing the third court ruling blocking the…
- World
US birthright citizenship: Appeals court finds Trump’s order unconstitutional
Washington: A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s order seeking to end birthright citizenship is unconstitutional, affirming a lower-court decision that blocked its enforcement nationwide. The ruling from a…
- World
US launches probe into Harvard’s participation in Exchange Visitor Program
Washington: The US State Department has said that it is opening an investigation into Harvard University’s continued eligibility as a sponsor for the Exchange Visitor Program, which allows foreign students and scholars…
- Middle East
No US talks unless sanctions are lifted, nuclear rights respected, says Iran’s FM
Tehran: Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said that his country is ready to resume indirect negotiations with the US if sanctions are lifted and Tehran’s right to use nuclear technology for…
- World
US envoy emphasises diplomatic efforts in Lebanon-Israel ceasefire
Beirut: US special envoy Thomas Barrack underscored Washington’s diplomatic efforts to support Lebanon’s sovereignty and peace process, noting that it cannot force Israel to do anything. “The US has no business in…
- World
Trump administration releases Martin Luther King Jr assassination files
Washington: US President Donald Trump’s Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced that the administration has released over 230,000 pages of documents related to the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther…
- World
South Korea vows all-out efforts for successful US tariff negotiations
Seoul: South Korea will work to achieve the “best possible” outcome in the ongoing tariff negotiations with the United States in terms of national interest, the country’s new industry minister said on…
- World
TRF deserves designation as foreign terrorist organisation: US
Washington: The US House Committee on Foreign Affairs has welcomed the designation of The Resistance Front, a proxy of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, as a global terrorist outfit over the Pahalgam attack, saying…