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Israel announced propaganda budget by USD 150M to combat Gaza narrative
Israel has dramatically announced its propaganda efforts through campaigning “hasbara,” with a significant budget increase for the 2025 fiscal year, Middle East Eye reported. The Israeli Foreign Ministry will receive an extra…
- World
US court upholds USD 5 million verdict against Trump in sexual abuse case
Washington: A US federal appeals court has upheld a jury’s decision ordering President-elect Donald Trump to pay $5 million for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll. The verdict, reached after…
- World
Former US President Jimmy Carter dies at 100
Washington: Former US President Jimmy Carter died on Sunday at the age of 100. He was the oldest living President of all time and was the third US President to visit India.…
- World
Tornadoes hit US’ Texas
Houston: At least one person died and six others were injured after multiple tornadoes and severe storms ripped through the Greater Houston metropolitan area in the US state of Texas, authorities said.…
- World
Trump says he’s ‘believer in H-1B’ visas
New York: President-elect Donald Trump has declared that he is a “believer in H-1B” visas, quashing the opposition to the programme for qualified professionals to work in the US that pitted the…
- News
Probing role of Canadian colleges, Indian entities in human trafficking: ED
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday said it is investigating the “involvement” of some Canadian colleges and a few Indian entities in a money laundering case linked to the trafficking…
- World
Former US President Bill Clinton hospitalised
Washington: Former US President Bill Clinton, 78, was admitted to MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C., after developing a fever, according to a statement from his deputy chief of staff, Angel…
- World
US expresses concern over sentencing of 25 civilians by Pakistan military court
San Francisco: Expressing concern over the sentencing of 25 civilians by a military court in Pakistan, the United States on Monday said that it lacked judicial independence, transparency and due process guarantees.…
- World
Putin says Russia does not lose desire to improve ties with US
Moscow: Russia has not lost the desire to improve its relations with the US, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview. “Everything can be done if there is a desire. We…
- Middle East
US-British navy launch airstrike on Houthi site in Yemen
Sanaa: The US-British navy coalition launched a new airstrike on a Houthi site in Yemen’s Red Sea port city of Hodeidah on Sunday before dawn, the local media reported. The strike targeted…
- Middle East
US delegation meets new Syrian leadership in Damascus
Damascus: A high-level US delegation met with Ahmad al-Shara, the commander of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), on Friday. In a statement, the US State Department said the diplomats “will be engaging directly…
- Middle East
‘Tired of writing about dead children’: US official resigns over Israel-Gaza policy
Mike Casey, the deputy political counsellor for Gaza in the US State Department, resigned due to the administration’s policy towards Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip. In an interview with The Guardian…
- India
India likely to get one more US Consulate next month
Hyderabad: The United States (US) is likely to open one more consulate in India next month. On Thursday, the US Ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti, said that the US is working on…
- World
US sanctions Pakistan’s aerospace agency over proliferation
Washington: The United States on Wednesday slapped sanctions on four Pakistani entities, including the state-owned flagship aerospace and defence agency National Development Complex (NDC) on charges of them contributing to Pakistan’s ballistic…
- World
India has been key partner in Indo-Pacific on number of shared issues: US
Washington: During the four years of the Joe Biden administration, India has been a key partner of America in the Indo-Pacific on a number of shared issues, the US State Department said…
