US President Donald Trump (AP photo) US President Donald Trump wants nations to pay a king’s ransom of $1 billion to remain in harmony with the US and retain a seat on his proposed “peace board”, or as many critics claimed as an “alternative to the United Nations,” Bloomberg reported, citing a draft charter.According to […]
Kuwait and Oman declared January 18 a public holiday to observe the holy Isra Wal Miraj/Representative Image As Isra Wal Miraj approaches, only two Gulf countries, Kuwait and Oman, have announced a public holiday to mark the sacred occasion, highlighting its importance in the Islamic calendar.Kuwait and Oman have declared Friday, January 18, as a […]
US President Donald Trump on Sunday shared data showing the rates at which immigrant households from various countries receive welfare and public assistance in the United States. However, the GOP leader did not mention India in the list despite mentioning most of its neighbours, including China, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The chart was titled “Immigrant Welfare […]
US President Donald Trump on Sunday shared data showing the rates at which immigrant households from various countries receive welfare and public assistance in the United States. However, the GOP leader did not mention India in the list despite mentioning most of its neighbours, including China, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The chart was titled “Immigrant Welfare […]
The Donald Trump administration, in an expected move, widened the travel ban to include more African countries from which people can’t now travel to the US, even for studying. The list now has 39 countries and is effective from January 1, 2026. But there are various degrees of travel ban — full and partial — […]
Indian-origin lawmaker Ro Khanna slammed MAGA commentator and anti-Communist author Jesse Kelly after Kelly praised colonization in a post on X. Kelly claimed colonization was “one of the greatest things” to happen in backward countries and blamed “communist education” for criticism of Western history.Responding to the post, Khanna said Kelly had it “exactly backwards.” He […]
Stephen Miller, White House aide and key architect of Donald Trump’s immigration policy, said that US would have been better off favouring immigrants from Western and Northern Europe over those from so-called “third world” countries. Unsuccessful immigrants giving birth to unsuccessful children Speaking to Fox News, Miller criticised the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, which […]
US President Donald Trump. A US federal judge has struck down the Trump administration’s policy suspending the issuance of immigrant visas to applicants from 75 countries, calling the nationality-based restrictions “patently unlawful.”US District Judge Jeannette Vargas in Manhattan ruled on Friday that the policy exceeded Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s legal authority and conflicted with […]
The capture of an Indian national allegedly fighting for Russia has once again highlighted how the war in Ukraine has become a global battlefield — drawing in not just armies, but individuals from across continents.Ukrainian forces this week claimed to have detained 22-year-old Majoti Sahil Mohammed, an Indian citizen from Gujarat, who said he joined […]
There is no single reason a country ends up among the coldest on Earth. In some cases, the explanation lies in geography, with vast territories stretching towards the Arctic. Elsewhere, towering mountain ranges keep temperatures low despite being far from the polar regions. Annual temperature averages often reveal a different picture from what travellers experience […]
