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New Delhi businessman Sanjay Kaushik sentenced in US: Purchased aviation component for India from Oregon; aim was to export to Russia

Sanjay Kaushik, an Indian man, has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for the illegal export of aviation components to Russia via India, violating US security. The Indian-origin man was arrested in Florida in 2024 and has been in custody since then. In 2025, Kaushik pled guilty to conspiring to sell export-controlled aviation […]

‘Ring the alarm bells’: Oregon senator Jeff Merkley delivers record 23-hour speech; slams Trump as ‘authoritarian’

Oregon democrat Senator Jeff Merkley delivered a nearly 23-hour marathon speech on the Senate floor from Tuesday into late Wednesday, one of the longest recorded in recent years. He used the speech to criticise US President Donald Trump‘s policies, calling him an authoritarian for using the military in Merkley’s hometown of Portland and prosecuting political […]

‘Breathtaking abuse of power’: Newsom slams Donald Trump for deploying 300 California National Guard troops to Oregon; vows legal action

File photo: California Governor Gavin Newsom (Picture credit: AP) US President Donald Trump has ordered the deployment of 300 California National Guard members to Oregon, a move that Governor Gavin Newsom condemned as “a breathtaking abuse of the law and power.” The deployment comes just a day after a federal judge temporarily blocked the administration’s […]

‘No mission for them right now’: Oregon governor rejects Donald Trump’s plan to send troops to Portland; calls city ‘just fine’

File photo: US President Donald Trump and Oregon Governor Tina Kotek (Picture credit: AP) Oregon Governor Tina Kotek said Saturday she directly told US President Donald Trump that Portland does not need federal troops, after he announced plans to send soldiers to “war-ravaged” Portland to protect immigration facilities.“Portland is doing just fine, and I made […]

Doerner Fir on fire: One of world’s tallest trees burns from inside; 50 feet lost, cause unknown

Firefighters in Oregon are battling a blaze inside one of the world’s tallest trees – the Doerner Fir – a coastal Douglas Fir standing over 325 feet tall and believed to be more than 450 years old, reported news agency AP.The fire, which began on Saturday in Coos County in Oregon’s coast range, has been […]

US faces first megafire risk of 2025: Oregon wildfire burns over 95,000 acres; more than 900 firefighters work on containment

Wildfire spread (Image from last week posted by Oregon State Fire Marshal on Facebook) US’ biggest wildfire of the year has consumed over 95,740 acres, according to central Oregon fire authorities on Sunday, with ground teams achieving partial containment of the blaze, which still has potential to expand into a megafire.Officials, quoted by NBC News, […]

11 stabbed at Salem men’s shelter in Oregon; suspect in custody

At least 11 people were stabbed Sunday night at a men’s shelter in Salem, Oregon. A male suspect was taken into custody at the scene. Officers responded around 7.15 pm (US time) to reports of multiple stabbings at the Union Gospel Mission Salem of Men’s Mission, located at 777 Commercial Street Northeast.The victims were taken […]