WASHINGTON: The Trump administration has halted all asylum decisions and paused issuing visas for people traveling on Afghan passports days after a shooting near the White House that left one National Guard member dead and another in critical condition.Secretary of state Marco Rubio said Friday his department paused “visa issuance for ALL individuals traveling on […]
As the Donald Trump administration cracked down on ‘hellhole’ Afghanistan after Afghan-origin Rahmanullah Lakanwal was identified as the suspected shooter outside White House, former Afghanistan vice president Amrullah Saleh said all Afghan-origin people should not pay the price of what Lakanwal did.Saleh made three requests to the Donald Trump administration, and one of them was […]
Security deployed outside White House after the shooting incident. TOI correspondent from Washington: In a brazen daylight ambush that has shaken Washington DC, two National Guard personnel were shot and critically wounded just a few blocks from the White House on Wednesday by an Afghan national who served with the US military and the CIA […]
NEW DELHI: A tragic bus accident in Saudi Arabia has left 42 Indian Umrah pilgrims feared dead, with officials confirming that only one person survived. The passenger bus collided with a diesel tanker early Monday while traveling from Mecca to Medina.Most passengers were reportedly asleep when the crash occurred around 1.30 am IST. All of […]
Following his sentencing to four years and two months in prison on federal charges related to the transportation of individuals for prostitution, hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has requested to serve his term at FCI Fort Dix, a low-security federal facility in New Jersey known for its drug treatment and rehabilitation programs. Combs’ legal team […]
DHAKA: Throwing down the gauntlet at Bangladesh chief advisor Muhammad Yunus, Tulip Siddiq, niece of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former minister in UK govt, has said, “I haven’t done anything wrong, and I have nothing to hide. If you’re serious about finding out the truth, meet me in Parliament – let’s talk”.She sent […]
Harvard flooded with transfer requests as Donald Trump’s crackdown rattles international students Harvard University is grappling with a wave of panic and transfer requests from foreign students after US President Donald Trump administration’s crackdown sought to block the school from hosting international scholars, according to new court filings.Maureen Martin, the university’s director of immigration services, […]
A federal judge in Maryland, temporarily defusing a showdown with the White House, ordered the Trump administration on Friday to provide daily updates about its progress toward returning a man who was unlawfully deported to El Salvador last month. The instructions by the judge, Paula Xinis, came at the end of a contentious day on […]
