Washington, Dec 17 (IANS) Senior US national security officials have told lawmakers that terrorist groups with roots in South Asia — particularly Pakistan- and Afghanistan-linked networks — continue to pose a direct and evolving threat to the United States.
Washington, Dec 17 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said he will deliver an address to the nation from the White House on Wednesday night, announcing the prime-time speech in a message posted on social media.
Washington, Dec 17 (IANS) Indian American-owned businesses are taking advantage of a federal initiative initially designed to help socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses, lawmakers have been told.
Addis Ababa, Dec 16 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred Ethiopia’s highest civilian honour, the ‘Great Honour Nishan of Ethiopia’, during his first bilateral visit to the country.
Kathmandu, Dec 16 (IANS) As Nepal’s high mountains, including Mount Everest, have been struggling with decades of waste accumulation, the Nepali government has introduced a five-year plan to keep the mountains clean.
Washington, Dec 16 (IANS) White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles on Tuesday sharply rejected a Vanity Fair profile that detailed internal debates and crises in President Donald Trump’s second term, calling it a “disingenuously framed hit piece” that ignored context and selectively omitted remarks to portray the administration as chaotic.
Washington, Dec 16, (IANS) Quad nations comprising Australia, India, Japan, and the United States have completed their first-ever Field Training Exercise aimed at strengthening a shared logistics network for rapid civilian disaster response across the Indo-Pacific, an official statement said Tuesday.
Addis Ababa, Dec 16 (IANS) Highlighting that India and Ethiopia have had contact, communication and exchange for thousands of years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that both nations which are rich in languages and traditions, are co-passengers and partners of the Global South.
Washington, Dec 16 (IANS) Tara Chand, President of Baloch American Congress, has urged Bollywood actors and the Indian film industry to make a powerful film highlighting Pakistan's “forced occupation” of Balochistan.
Geneva, Dec 16 (IANS) The United Nations Special Rapporteur has called on the government of Pakistan to take immediate and effective action to address concerns over "inhumane and undignified" detention conditions of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief and former Prime Minister Imran Khan, warning that they could amount to torture and other inhuman or degrading treatment.
