Soon after an undocumented mother was deported back to her home country, the Mexican government is asking its citizens to be aware and precautions in the United States. It’s asking citizen to “take precautions” amid the “new reality” in the United States. Undocumented mother, Guadalupe Garcia de Rayos was sent[Read More…]
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Start-ups urge Trump against H-1B executive order
US moves UN to ban JeM chief Masood Azhar
100 US companies challenge Trump’s travel ban
US reverses visa ban, allows travelers with visas
Visa denial to 2 Kashmiri sportsmen standard adjudication: US
Hafiz Saeed, 4 others put under house arrest in Lahore
Following mounting pressure from the Trump administration, Pakistani authorities have placed Mumbai attacks mastermind and Jamaat-udDawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed and four others under detention on Monday night. The step was taken under an anti-terrorism act. As per a police officer, Saeed, a co-founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), would be placed[Read More…]
Indian arrested in US for alleged fetal murder
An Indian escapee, Manish Patel, 43, was seized as he entered the US without presenting himself for inspection. And he was also found the alleged accused of a lot of shady cases, including attempted homicide of an unborn child, the US Customs, and Border Protection said. He was charged with attempted[Read More…]
President Donald Trump calls India a ‘True Friend’, invites PM to US
Four days after the Republican President Donald Trump took oath as the 45th President of the US, he invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit the United States later this year, during a phone call on late Tuesday night. The President Trump emphasised that the US considers India a ‘true[Read More…]
US President Trump misspells honour in latest Tweet
Donald Trump has misspelled ‘honour’ in one of his first tweets as US President, evoking both amused and critical responses. Trump, an avid Twitter user, may have become the leader of the free world but moving to the White House does not seem to have helped his spelling. “I am[Read More…]
US may have a Hindu President if it continues to be inclusive: Barack Obama
The first black president for eight years, Barack Obama has said that if the US continues to be inclusive and diverse, it may send a woman, a Hindu, a Jew or a Latino to the White House. The retiring president also made it clear that he was not going away[Read More…]
Will not free doctor who helped US find Osama Bin Laden: Pakistan
An imprisoned Pakistani doctor believed to have helped the CIA hunt down al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden will be neither released nor handed to the United States, Pakistan’s law minister has told legislators, media reported on Wednesday. Dr. Shakil Afridi, hailed as a hero by US officials, was arrested[Read More…]
US and Pakistan share an “extraordinarily complicated” relationship
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said yesterday. “There are some areas where the United States and Pakistan have been able to effectively cooperate to counter terrorism and to fight extremism, and that’s served the interest of both countries, and obviously, tragically, Pakistan is a country where many victims[Read More…]
Those trying to vilify Trump are worse than prostitutes: Putin
President Vladimir Putin has said that those who are trying to defame US President-elect Donald Trump with unsubstantiated claims are ‘worse than prostitutes’, according to a report from Russian news agency TASS. Reacting on the claims that the Russian intelligence has compromising material on Donald Trump and Russia may use[Read More…]
US and India advance civil nuclear agreement
NSG draft rule favors India not Pakistan, says US group
A draft proposal for accepting new members into the Nuclear Suppliers Group paves the way for India’s entry but leaves Pakistan out, says a US-based arms control organisation. The Arms Control Association (ACA), Washington, also warns that relaxing membership rules will undermine non-proliferation. Last week, the US media reported that[Read More…]
South China Sea: China seizes US underwater drone; US demanding its return
The US Navy unmanned underwater glider that was gathering unclassified scientific data in the South China Sea was seized by a Chinese warship. The US is demanding its return, said the Pentagon on Friday. The US has raised a formal diplomatic complaint over Thursday’s episode, said Navy Capt. Jeff Davis[Read More…]
Pakistan raises ‘Indian hostility’ with US senators
Pakistan on Friday said that Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Syed Tariq Fatemi briefed the leadership of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on “negative implications” for peace in South Asia because of “Indian hostility and belligerence”. Fatemi met committee chairman and senator Bob Corker and[Read More…]
Stranger threatens to set woman on fire for wearing hijab
A Muslim woman in US was approached by an unidentified man who yelled at her and threatened to set her on fire if she did not remove her hijab, prompting police to probe the hate crime incident. “The case is being investigated as a hate crime,” Diane Brown of the[Read More…]
Battle for Mosul: Coalition forces led by Iraq push to take back IS ‘capital’
Iraq’s Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi, on Monday said that the nation’s forces have launched a campaign to retake Mosul, the self-declared capital of the IS. Artillery began firing on the city early on Monday, in a long-awaited assault from Kurdish Peshmerga, Iraqi government and allied forces. Tanks are also moving[Read More…]
Go after terrorists, delegitimise all terror groups: US to Pakistan
The US on Saturday told Pakistan to go after those terrorists who seek and “sometimes find safe haven” in the country and delegitimise all terror groups operating on its soil. “We continue to urge Pakistan to take action to combat and delegitimise all terrorist groups operating on its soil,” State[Read More…]
Lashkar-e-Taiba responsible for deaths of innocent lives: US
Lashkar-e-Taiba, which has been designated as a terrorist organisation by the UN, is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of innocent lives, including American citizens, the US has said even as it refused to comment on the outfit’s leader Hafiz Saeed. “I’m not going to respond to comments that may[Read More…]
Parents found dead after kid tells bus driver she couldn’t wake them
A 7-year-old girl in McKeesport, Pannsylvania told her bus driver on Monday afternoon that she hadn’t been able to wake up her parents that morning. When police responded to the scene, they found both her parents dead of a suspected drug overdose. The girl had been trying to rouse her[Read More…]
Saudi miffed, warns of disastrous consequences over US 9/11 law
Warning of “disastrous consequences” Saudi Arabia on Thursday reprimanded the US law allowing 9/11 victims to sue the kingdom. The bill is expected to escalate the tensions between the longstanding allies. On Wednesday, the US Congress voted in complete majority to override President Barack Obama’s veto of the Justice Against[Read More…]
Indian-origin lawyer shoots 9 in US, killed by police
An Indian-origin lawyer named Nathan Desai who was apparently sporting Nazi symbol shot at 9 people in US’ Houston city, before he was killed by police. All victims have thankfully survived but one person was critically wounded and five others have been hospitalised. The police said that Desai was having[Read More…]