The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Saturday suspended its funding to the Muhammed Yunus-led interim Bangladesh government after President Donald Trump suspended all foreign aid for 90 days. This follows the State Department’s “stop-work” order on Friday, halting all existing foreign assistance and pausing new aid under Trump’s new executive order from…
Washington: The partnership between the United States and New Delhi continues to reach newer heights and will be a defining relationship of the 21st century, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said while greeting the people of India on the occasion of its Republic Day. India will showcase its military might and vibrant cultural heritage…
Colombo: The Sri Lankan government on Saturday said it has revoked the pricing agreement for Adani Group’s wind power projects in the island nation and appointed a committee to review them. Government spokesperson Nalinda Jayathissa clarified that while the Adani Green Energy wind power projects in Mannar and Pooneryn districts have not been cancelled, the…
Washington: The US Supreme Court has cleared Mumbai attack convict Tahawwur Rana’s extradition to India, dismissing his review petition against the move. India was seeking the extradition of Rana, a Canadian national of Pakistani origin, as he was wanted in the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks case. This was Rana’s last legal chance not to be extradited to India. Earlier,…
Washington: US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order seeking to declassify files on the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Asserting that the victims’ families and the American people deserve to know the truth about these assassinations, the executive order directs…
Seattle: A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order redefining birthright citizenship, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional” during the first hearing in a multi-state effort challenging the order. U.S. District Judge John Coughenour repeatedly interrupted a Justice Department lawyer during arguments to ask how he could consider the order constitutional. When the…
London: An Opposition Conservative Party Member of Parliament has urged the UK Home Secretary to intervene after his constituents in north-west London were threatened by “masked Khalistani terrorists” who burst into a screening of Kangana Ranaut’s film ‘Emergency’. Bob Blackman told the House of Commons that similar disruption of the screenings of the “very controversial”…
Davos: US President Donald Trump on Thursday addressed the World Economic Forum where he offered business leaders low taxes if they manufacture their products in the US, while threatening them with tariffs if they don’t. Addressing the forum’s Annual Meeting here through video conferencing, Trump also said he is going to ask Saudi Arabia and…
Castaic, Calif: More than 50,000 people were under evacuation orders or warnings Wednesday as a huge and fast-moving wildfire swept through rugged mountains north of Los Angeles, but fire officials said a rapid ground and air assault was giving them the upper hand. The Hughes Fire broke out in the late morning and within six hours…
Washington: Upbeat about the future of the India-US ties, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday said clearly there is an interest in the new Trump Administration in taking this relationship forward. “Special Envoy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is naturally treated very well,” Jaishankar told a group of Indian reporters when asked about the…
