Washington, April 2 (IANS) The US Supreme Court heard sweeping arguments on whether the Constitution guarantees citizenship to all children born on American soil, as the Trump administration pressed a narrower reading that could exclude children of undocumented migrants and temporary visitors.
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov arrived in New Delhi early on Thursday for high-level discussions covering defence, energy, trade and a range of other bilateral issues.
Jakarta, April 2 (IANS) A powerful 7.4-magnitude offshore earthquake struck eastern Indonesia early Thursday, the United States Geological Survey said, prompting a warning from a US monitoring agency about the possibility of “hazardous tsunami waves” within a 1,000-kilometre radius of the epicentre.
Washington, April 2 (IANS) US President Donald Trump will use his national address to provide an operational update on “Operation Epic Fury,” which is “meeting or exceeding all of its benchmarks,” a White House official told IANS, as Washington signals steady progress toward its core military objectives in the conflict with Iran.
United Nations, April 2 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Shalini Bahuguna, who has worked on artificial intelligence (AI), as the resident coordinator in Papua New Guinea.
Washington, April 1 (IANS) NASA is set to launch four astronauts on a landmark mission around the moon on Wednesday evening, marking the first human journey beyond low Earth orbit in more than 50 years.
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) China has stepped up efforts as a global peace broker with initiatives on a possible stop to the United States-Iran war and the Afghan-Pakistan armed conflict, even as Islamabad’s offer to host players involved in the West Asian theatre gains ground, raising questions over current relations between the “all-weather friends.”
Islamabad/New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The United States, United Nations, and European Union must go beyond symbolic sanctions against Pakistan and enforce comprehensive financial and diplomatic measures against institutions enabling terror activities, a report said on Wednesday.
Johannesburg, April 1 (IANS) CIVICUS, a global civil society alliance, has called on the Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to end what it described as the continued harassment of activists and journalists as well as crackdown on protests across Pakistan.
Islamabad, April 1 (IANS) Poverty has yet again increased in Pakistan with fresh statistics placing nearly half of the population below the poverty line, demonstrating a widening gap between official claims and lived realities, a report has stated.
