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Zelenskyy says Russia stopping summit with Putin; ‘agenda not ready’: Moscow

MOSCOW: Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said there is no agenda for a potential summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, accusing Zelenskyy of saying “no to everything”. Speaking to NBC, Lavrov said Putin had made clear he was ready to meet Zelensky to discuss a possible deal to end […]

US defence secretary fires DIA chief: General whose Iran strike assessment sparked Trump’s anger; military shake-up continuous

Pete Hegseth (left), Jeffrey Kruse (AP) Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired Lt General Jeffrey Kruse as head of the US defense intelligence agency (DIA), following President Donald Trump’s dissatisfaction with the agency’s preliminary assessment of US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, according to AP and other media reports.Kruse’s firing, first reported by The Washington […]

Trump names Sergio Gor as next US ambassador to India: Calls him key aide; senate confirmation awaited

US President Donald Trump on Friday announced that Sergio Gor, the current director of the White House Presidential personnel office, will be the next US ambassador to India and special Envoy for South and Central Asian Affairs.Trump made the announcement through a post on his social media platform Truth Social. Gor will continue in his […]

Visa fraud: Indian-origin Rambhai Patel sentenced to 20 months in jail, deportation for organizing fake burglary

Indian-origin man Rambhai Patel sentenced for visa fraud. Indian-origin New York man Rambhai Patel, 37, has been sentenced to 20 months and eight days in prison in a visa fraud case that he pleaded guilty to. His prison sentence is followed by two years of supervised release and forfeiture of $850,000. After that, Patel is […]

There was no Epstein list ever, Ghislaine Maxwell says Trump ‘was never inappropriate with anybody’

Ghislaine Maxwell says Epstein never had any list of clients. In a major curtain-down moment for the ongoing Epstein case, the Justice Department released the full transcripts of the audio of Ghislaine Maxwell‘s interview in which Maxwell said Epstein never had any client list ever and President Donald Trump did not do anything inappropriate with […]

NYC-bound tour bus crashes: Indian, asian tourists among victims; multiple fatalities reported

Scene at the crash site (AP) A tour bus carrying over 50 passengers – many of them Indian, Chinese, and Filipino nationals – crashed into a ditch along Interstate 90 in upstate New York on Friday, resulting in multiple fatalities and injuries, including that of at least one child, according to state police reported CNN. […]

‘Turban on trial’: Punjabi man’s rant on Florida accident viral, ‘I am not here to defend’

A Punjabi man’s rant on the Florida accident and Punjabis are being attacked for truck driver Harjinder Singh’s mistake went viral. A Punjabi man’s take on the Florida accident in which three people were killed because of a wrong U-turn taken by an Indian-origin truck driver Harjinder Singh went viral. In his video, Gurlove Preet […]

Cash in chips bag row: NYC mayor Adam’s ex-aide calls it ‘birthday gift’; says ‘reporter tried to hurt me’

Chips bag with cash (left), Winnie Greco with Eric Adam (@THECITYNY, David Burns@FD4D) Winnie Greco, a former adviser to New York City Mayor Eric Adams, has claimed that the cash-filled potato chip bag she handed to a journalist was a misunderstood birthday gift, and further alleged that the reporter was attempting to harm her, reported […]

What Counts as a ‘National Emergency’?

new video loaded: What Counts as a ‘National Emergency’? By Karen Yourish, Claire Hogan and June Kim•August 22, 2025 In his seven months back in office, President Trump has declared nine national emergencies, plus a “crime emergency” in Washington. Those emergency declarations have been used to justify hundreds of actions — including immigration measures, sweeping […]

‘Make cities very, very safe’: Trump intensifies federal crackdown; says Chicago, New York next in line

US President Donald Trump on Friday said Chicago and New York would be the next major American cities to see intensified federal action against crime, reported news agency AFP.“We’re going to make our cities very, very safe,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “I think Chicago will be our next and then we’ll help […]