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New York: The US condemns terrorists infiltrating the Line of Control (LoC) and expects Pakistan to play a “constructive role” in Kashmir, according to State Department Spokesperson Ned Price. “We have been very clear that we condemn the terrorists who seek to infiltrate across the Line of Control,” he said on Thursday at his daily […]

Washington: The United States launched airstrikes in Syria on Thursday, targeting facilities near the Iraqi border used by Iranian-backed militia groups. The Pentagon said the strikes were retaliation for a rocket attack in Iraq earlier this month that killed one civilian contractor and wounded a US service member and other coalition troops. The airstrike was […]

Boulder: A shooting at a Colorado supermarket killed multiple people, including a police officer, and a suspect was in custody, authorities said. Boulder police Cmdr. Kerry Yamaguchi said at a news conference on Monday that the suspect was being treated but didn’t give more details on the shooting or how many people were killed. Officers […]

Washington: The Biden administration has announced the re-establishment of the Homeland Security Dialogue with India that was discontinued by the previous Trump dispensation. This comes a day after Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas spoke with India’s Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Monday and expressed his desire to further strengthen the partnership between […]

San Francisco: A former Amazon worker has sued the e-commerce giant in the US for not scheduling the mandatory 30-minute meal breaks for employees. Lovenia Scott, a former employee of Amazon’s fulfilment centre in Vacaville, California, alleged that the company didn’t provide enough rest breaks for workers, The Verge reported on Saturday. “When they did […]

New York: After nine hours of non-stop debate, a high powered US vaccine advisory panel endorsed mass use of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, putting the country just one step away from a historic vaccination campaign against a virus that has killed more than 292,000 Americans. Shots could come within days. The US Food and Drug […]

New York: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have approved the emergency use of the country’s first Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech for people aged 16 years and older. “The FDA’s authorisation for emergency use of the first Covid-19 vaccine is a significant milestone in battling this devastating pandemic that […]

Washington: Members of Khalistani separatists desecrated the statue of Mahatma Gandhi during a protest organised by Sikh-American youths in support of farmers who are protesting against the recently enacted agri laws in India. Hundreds of Sikhs from in and around Greater Washington DC area, Maryland and Virginia, along with many from other states like New […]

Washington: White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany has described as “appalling” the desecration of Mahatma Gandhi’s statue outside the Indian embassy here and said his reputation should be respected, especially in the US capital. A violent group of Khalistani separatists on Saturday desecrated Mahatma Gandhi’s statue outside the Indian embassy in Washington during a demonstration […]

New York: The United States on Friday authorised a second Covid-19 vaccine in a single week’s time, green lighting a shot developed by Moderna Inc. and the National Institutes of Health for emergency use in Americans of 18 years and older. The Moderna approval comes exactly a week after the US Food and Drug Administration […]