Iran protest: At least 500 dead in crackdown; Tehran warns US, Israel of consequences

Iran’s crackdown on nationwide protests has reportedly killed over 538, with thousands detained amid an internet blackout. Tehran has warned the US and Israel of “legitimate targets” if force is used to protect demonstrators. Protests persist despite heavy security, fueled by economic collapse and calls challenging the theocratic system. A crackdown on nationwide protests in […]

Who were sanctioned? Inside Washington’s crackdown on Venezuela-Iran’s weapons supply chain

The US imposed sanctions on 10 people and firms from Iran and Venezuela on Tuesday over allegedly contributing to Iran’s drone trade and ballistics programme, which the Trump administration said threatened the US and its allies in the Middle East.The Treasury Department said the latest measures were intended to support the reimposed United Nations sanctions […]

‘Anti-graft’ crackdown: China’s parliament expels three senior military officials; who are they?

Chinese President Xi Jinping (File photo) China’s parliament has expelled three high-ranking military officials, confirming their removal after the trio had been absent from key events in recent months.The officers’ dismissals by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) were the latest moves in the ongoing “anti-corruption crackdown,” the Hong Kong-based South China […]

Despite crackdown on activism, US techies go on picking fights

Representative image (Picture credit: NYT) Five weeks into a strike at the crowdfunding site Kickstarter this fall, employees were getting anxious. Their union’s strike fund was dwindling, making it harder for some to cover living expenses, and they were unsure if the firm would make more concessions. But the next week, Kickstarter made offers the […]

32,000 jobs offshored: Influencers claim H-1B visa crackdown backfired; jobs went to India owing to $100,000 fee

Based on reports that US tech majors, including Meta, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Netflix, Google, added 32,000 employees in India, social media influencers concluded that the H-1B crackdown has actually backfired and instead of creating more jobs for Americans, these jobs actually exited America as big companies offshored these jobs to India. The figure has been […]

‘Don’t travel’: Google and Apple warn visa workers against overseas travel amid US immigration crackdown

Google and Apple advised US-based employees on work visas not to travel internationally after their outside counsel warned of delays of up to 12 months at US embassies and consulates worldwide amid the immigration crackdown, documents reviewed by Business Insider show. On Thursday, BAL Immigration Law, which represents Google, sent a memo stating, “Please be […]

US immigration crackdown: Donald Trump suspends green card lottery; what led to the step?

File photo: US President Donald Trump (Picture credit: AP) US President Donald Trump has suspended the diversity green card lottery programme, saying it allowed the suspect in the deadly Brown University and MIT shootings to enter the United States, as his administration moved to tighten legal immigration channels following the attacks.Homeland security secretary Kristi Noem […]

H-1B row: MAGA senator slams 20 blue states for blocking Trump’s visa crackdown: ‘What are we doing…’

Republican senator Eric Schmitt took to social media to slam the Democratic states that are trying to block the Trump administration’s H1-B crackdown.In a lengthy post on X, Schmitt described how each Blue state is using the visa programme for certain reasons and hence trying to block the GOP crackdown.The MAGA senator said: “20 Democrat […]

‘Low self-esteem’: Ann Coulter targets Ro Khanna, Pramila Jayapal for their India support amid Trump’s crackdown on immigration

Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal emerged as a loud voice against Donald Trump’s crackdown on Somali migrants in Minnesota, as she said ‘being undocumented is not a crime’. While her statement invited intense criticism, Jayapal explained that overstaying a visa or being undocumented in the US is not a criminal offence, but a civil offence and hence […]

The Danish Model for Immigration Crackdown

new video loaded: The Danish Model for Immigration Crackdown For European governments, Denmark’s hard-line immigration policy is a model for how to get a grip on contentious issue and stay in power. Our reporter Jeanna Smialek reports from Copenhagen on the the effects of the policy. By Jeanna Smialek, Katrin Bennhold, Nikolay Nikolov, Leila Medina […]