Two Haitian immigrants charged in $7 million SNAP fraud scheme | World News

Federal prosecutors in Massachusetts have charged two Haitian immigrants in connection with what they describe as a large-scale scheme to traffic millions of dollars in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits through two small retail stores in Boston. The charges were announced in a federal indictment unsealed in mid-December 2025.According to the indictment, Antonio Bonheur, […]

Burn in the USA: Trump admin to speed up denaturalization

Representative image (AI-generated) WASHINGTON: The Trump administration has directed the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to expand efforts to revoke US citizenship from foreign-born naturalized Americans, setting internal targets of referring 100 to 200 denaturalization cases per month to the Justice Department in fiscal 2026, according to internal guidance reported this week. The directive […]

‘Absolutely’: Trump says he would denaturalize 100-200 people per month in 2026 if…

President Donald Trump confirmed reports that his administration is planning to denaturalize 100-200 people per day in 2026 after New York Times reported about an internal memo that speaks of a new aggressive phase in the president’s immigration crackdown. Trump said he doesn’t know whether he has the power to denturalize but if he has, […]

Indian-origin techie at centre of anti-India hate hackathon says he has landed his dream job at xAI | World News

Vineeth Sendilraj, a 19-year-old Indian-origin computer science student at Georgia Tech, has announced that he has joined Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI as an engineer, describing the move as a “full circle moment”. His announcement comes days after he went viral following a widely shared clip from xAI’s December 2025 hackathon.Sendilraj first drew attention […]

AOC says she would ‘stomp’ JD Vance in 2028 presidential race as poll shows her narrowly ahead | World News

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said she would “stomp” Vice President JD Vance in a hypothetical 2028 presidential race after a newly released poll showed her holding a narrow lead over Vance. The remark was made during a brief, unscripted exchange with a reporter outside the US Capitol, where she was asked about early head-to-head polling, and […]

Bill Clinton took Epstein, Ghislaine to Moroccan King’s 2002 wedding as his plus twos, claims report

The New York Post published an explosive report of former president Bill Clinton’s deep association with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — so deep that Clinton allegedly took Epstein and his girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell as his plus twos to the 2002 wedding of Moroccan King Mohammed VI. The report came with an alleged photo. The report […]

US visa bulletin January 2026 released: Good news for Indian EB-1 category but not for family Green Card applicants

The US State Department released the first visa bulletin of 2026, promising good news for Indian Green Card applicants falling in the category of EB-1, as their Final Action Dates moved by one year, meaning that the waiting time to get a Green Card will be reduced. For EB-1 category India, the final action date […]

UAE establishes National Media Authority to overhaul media regulation | World News

UAE creates unified authority to govern media / Image: File The United Arab Emirates has issued a new Federal Decree-Law to establish the National Media Authority, a major step in reshaping how media is governed in the country. This move replaces three existing bodies, the UAE Media Council, National Media Office, and Emirates News Agency […]

UAE Government shifts to remote work on friday amid heavy rain | World News

UAE shifts government offices to remote work / Image: File Unstable weather sweeping over the United Arab Emirates has led authorities to take important steps to keep people safe, especially workers. In Dubai, government offices have been instructed to operate remotely on Friday, December 19 due to weather forecasts showing rain, wind and rough conditions. […]

$16.76 million at auction: Final US pennies fetch big bids after cent ends

Blank coins wait to be the last pennies pressed at the U.S. Mint, in Philadelphia (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: The final US pennies struck before the government ended production of the one-cent coin fetched a staggering $16.76 million at auction, underscoring the enduring appeal of the penny among collectors.The US Mint sold 232 special three-cent […]