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US House asks Pakistan to uphold democratic institutions, human rights
Washington: A resolution has been introduced in the US House of Representatives urging Pakistan to uphold democratic institutions, human rights, and the rule of law, as the cash-strapped country prepares for general…
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Republican primary not a referendum on Trump but on Biden: US media
Washington: The Republican presidential race ahead of the primaries to the Iowa caucus and New Hampshire meet in another 50 days should have been a referendum on former President Donald Trump, instead,…
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Indian-origin Dave Sharma officially sworn in as senator in Australia
Canberra: Indian-origin former MP Dave Sharma was officially sworn in on Monday as a senator for New South Wales (NSW) in the Australian Parliament. Sharma, 47, defeated former state treasurer Andrew Constance…
- India
Indian govt official hired hitman to assassinate Pannun, alleges US
Washington: US prosecutors on Wednesday announced murder-for-hire charges against Indian national Nikhil Gupta for involvement in a foiled plot to assassinate a US citizen, Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, allegedly on behalf of an…
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US foreign policy stalwart Henry Kissinger dies at 100
Washington: Henry Kissinger, the 56th US Secretary of State known to be as one of the most influential foreign policy figures in American history, has passed away at the age of 100.…
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‘Plot to kill Sikh extremist on US soil’: India forms probe panel
New Delhi: India has constituted a high-level enquiry committee to probe allegations relating to a conspiracy to kill a Sikh extremist on American soil. The Financial Times, citing unnamed sources, last week…
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US-born doctor loses citizenship after 61 years
A 62-year-old doctor from Virginia has been stripped of his US citizenship because his father worked as an Indian diplomat to Iran. His citizenship was revoked in February this year, when Siavash…
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Indian envoy to US heckled by Khalistan supporters at New York Gurudwara
New York: India’s Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, offered prayers at a gurudwara in Long Island in New York on the occasion of Gurpurab where a group of Khalistani supporters heckled…
- India
Indian in US Dies of Malaria in Brazil; Efforts to Repatriate
Shivpuri: A 23-year-old Indian student, studying in the US, has died of malaria in Brazil, his father said on Sunday. “My son Navjot died at a hospital in Sao Paulo on November…
- World
Attempt on my life threat to US sovereignty: Khalistan leader Pannun
New Delhi: Calling the foiled attempt on his life ‘transnational terrorism’ and a threat to US sovereignty, Khalistan leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun said on Thursday that he will let the American government…
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Biden-Harris campaign slams Nikki Haley’s abortion ban remarks
San Francisco: Indian-American Republican presidential aspirant Nikki Haley has lent her support to an extreme abortion ban at six weeks after conception when many women don’t yet know they are pregnant, drawing…
- Pakistan
Cipher case: Imran Khan will take legal action against senior State Dept official in US, says sister
Islamabad: Imran Khan will register a case in the US against State Department official Donald Lu if the jailed former prime minister doesn’t get justice from Pakistani courts, his sister Aleema Khan…
- Middle East
Israel-Hamas war won’t end until there’s two-state solution: Biden
Washington: US President Joe Biden strongly believes the Israel-Hamas war would not end until there’s a two state solution to the problems between the two nations. “I can’t tell you how it’s…
- India
Kerala CM condemns Modi govt ties with USA, Israel
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday attacked the Narendra Modi government by accusing it of reducing India to a strategic ally of the USA, which only raises its voice for…
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Xi invites Biden to join BRI in summit talks, says ready to join US’ multilateral initiatives
Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping has invited his US counterpart Joe Biden to take part in his pet global initiative the BRI and expressed his readiness to take part in the Washington-backed…
