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North Korea again threatens to attack Guam

Seoul: North Korea on Friday once again threatened to attack the American island of Guam, where the US maintains a military base, following announcement of imminent joint naval drills between Washington and Seoul. In a statement published by North Korean state news agency KCNA, Pyongyang said it warned several times that it will counteract any […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Iran claims to have ‘father of all bombs' overshadowing America's ‘mother'

Tehran: A top commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) claimed that the country possesses the “father of all bombs” which overshadows the most powerful non-nuclear ordnance of the US. The bomb was developed under a special request of the IRGC, the corps’ Aerospace Force commander, Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, said in an […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
200 Indian students marooned in Houston floods

New Delhi: Two hundred Indian students of the University of Houston have been marooned in floods in the wake of tropical storm Harvey causing heavy rains and flooding in America’s fourth largest city. Two Indian students are in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a hospital, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Monday. “@CGHoust […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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American circus stages final show

New York: America’s most celebrated circus Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey Circus has staged its final performance in New York, as emotional performers, and wistful crowd-goers bid farewell to an institution in US live entertainment. The circus gave the final performance titled “The Greatest Show on Earth” to a sold-out crowd at Nassau Coliseum […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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US loses 1st trade battle with Mexico in Trump era

Washington: With the World Trade Organisation ruling in Mexico’s favour, allowing it to impose trade sanctions worth $163 million a year against the US, the Trump administration lost its first trade battle with the neighbouring nation. The WTO on Tuesday said that’s how much money Mexico has lost from the US unfairly penalising Mexican tuna, […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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India bats for making Indo-Pacific a region for shared prosperity in first 'JAI' trilateral meet

Buenos Aires: India, Japan and the US have agreed that a “free, open, inclusive and rules based” order is essential for the Indo-Pacific’s peace and prosperity as the leaders from the three countries held a trilateral meeting for the first time, amidst China flexing its muscles in the strategic region. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US […]

  • Tuesday, 29 June 2021
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Kim Jong Un arrives in Singapore to attend summit with Donald Trump

Singapore: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Singapore today for an unprecedented summit with Donald Trump, an attempt to address the last festering legacy of the Cold War, with the US president calling it a “one time shot” at peace. Pyongyang’s nuclear arsenal — which has seen it subjected to several sets of […]

  • Tuesday, 29 June 2021
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Trump to meet Kim Jong Un in Singapore on June 12

  Washington: US President Donald Trump today announced that he will meet North Korea leader Kim Jong-un on June 12 in Singapore for the historic meeting to discuss the denuclearisation on the Korean peninsula. “The highly anticipated meeting between Kim Jong Un and myself will take place in Singapore on June 12th. We will both […]

  • Tuesday, 29 June 2021
Las Vegas shooting an "act of pure evil": Trump

Washington: President Donald Trump today termed as “an act of pure evil” the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history at a concert in Las Vegas in which at least 58 people have been killed and over 500 others injured. Trump also called for unity, asserting that in moments of tragedy and horror, America has […]

  • Tuesday, 29 June 2021
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US Vice Prez Pence applauds Sikhs' contribution

Washington: US Vice President Mike Pence has lauded the contribution of Sikhs in America and asked them to continue to give back by serving in the military and public offices at local, state and federal levels. “Sikh Community and its issues are always close to my heart and I always admire the contribution of Sikhs […]

  • Monday, 28 June 2021
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Pak-based terror groups plan to attack India, Afghan: top US

Washington: Pakistan-based terrorist groups are planning to attack both India and Afghanistan, a top US spymaster has said. “Islamabad has failed to curb militants and terrorists in Pakistan,” Daniel Coats, Director of National Intelligence told members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence during a Congressional hearing on Worldwide threats. “These groups will present a […]

  • Monday, 28 June 2021
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Indian national pleads guilty to call centres scam in US

Washington: A 28-year-old Indian national in the US has pleaded guilty for his role in a multi-million dollar scam in which individuals from call centres located in India impersonated US tax and immigration officials to defraud victims across America. Harsh Patel, who most recently lived in New Jersey, is the third Indian national to have […]

  • Monday, 28 June 2021
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Bobby Jindal denounces Iran nuclear deal

Washington: Louisiana’s Indian-American governor Bobby Jindal has joined other 2016 Republican presidential contenders in decrying the historic nuclear deal with Iran saying it doesn’t go far enough. Jindal, who joined his rivals in an interview with PBS, gave three reasons for his opposition. First, Iran will be allowed to hold onto “thousands of centrifuges,” which […]

  • Tuesday, 22 June 2021
Three Indian Americans win Intel Science Talent Search medals

Three Indian-Americans who won medals in the Intel Science Talent Search 2015, America's oldest and most prestigious pre-college science and math competition, met President Barack Obama at the White House with other finalists

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
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US mulls rejoining UN tourism body to create more jobs

Washington: The US is exploring the possibility of rejoining the UN tourism body to create jobs for Americans and help promote tourist destinations in the country, the State Department said. The US made its intention to be back in the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) on Monday during at the agency’s executive council meeting in […]

  • Thursday, 29 April 2021
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