An 86-year-old woman from Queens is at risk of losing her home after the city’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) hit her with a staggering $22,828.71 water bill, an amount she insisted is completely inaccurate.Margaret McGowan, who has lived in her modest Tudor-style house in Flushing for 50 years, says she had never paid more […]
The TOI Correspondent from Washington: The India-born President of Tufts University and an Indian-American judge are caught up in the turbulence surrounding the detention and prospective deportation of a Turkish scholar Rumeysa Ozturk, accused of pro-Hamas activism on the campus of an institution with more than 1200 international students, and strong ties with India. Sunil […]
US to strengthen military ties with Philippines to counter China’s aggression in Indo-Pacific (Picture credit: ANI) MANILA: US defence secretary Pete Hegseth, during his visit to Manila, said that the United States will strengthen its military partnership with the Philippines to “reinforce deterrence” against “China’s aggression” in the Indo-Pacific region, as reported by CNN News.During […]
The Trump administration is trying to deport pro-Palestinian students who are legally in the United States, citing national security. First Amendment experts say that violates free speech protections. Anemona Hartocollis, a national reporter for The New York Times covering higher education, looks at the students’ legal cases and how the Trump administration’s actions could change […]
Katrina Armstrong resigned as interim president of Columbia University, choosing to return to her role as chief executive officer of Columbia University Irving Medical Center.In a statement published on Columbia’s website on Friday, Armstrong said she was proud to have led the university during an “important and challenging time” but that her “ heart is […]
A graduate student of the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities has been detained by the US immigration and customs enforcement, as confirmed by university officials.The university communicated to its community through a letter that the student was apprehended at a residence away from campus on Thursday.“We are actively working to gather more details about this incident,” […]
At least eight soldiers and a civilian was killed in two separate attacks along Pakistan’s western border with Afghanistan, where violence has surged in recent months, police said on Saturday.A security operation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s northwest turned deadly when militants hiding in a house opened fire on security forces, killing seven soldiers, a police source […]
The federal aviation administration (FAA) is investigating a near midair collision between a Delta Air Lines flight and a US Air Force jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) on Friday. The incident took place just months after a tragic collision at the same airport in January that claimed 67 lives.Delta Air Lines Flight […]
The Trump administration’s attempt to deport a Tufts University PhD student accused of supporting Hamas has been blocked by a federal judge.Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish national pursuing her doctorate at Tufts, was arrested by ICE officers in Boston on Tuesday. The viral incident showed her visibly shocked as agents confiscated her phone dressed in plainclothes. […]
In this image made from video, smoke rises after a blast in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, March 28, 2025. (AP) DUBAI: Suspected US airstrikes pounded Yemen overnight into Saturday, reportedly killing at least one person as the American military acknowledged earlier bombing a major military site in the heart of Sanaa controlled by the Houthi rebels. […]
