Washington, Oct 16 (IANS) American singer Mary Millben has named billionaire George Soros as the funder of protests in India, escalating her online clash with Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke in a video message addressed to young Indians.
Washington, Oct 16 (IANS) India has emerged alongside the United States and Britain as one of the leading sources of private capital mobilised by the World Bank Group, its President Ajay Banga has said, as the institution announced plans to expand its critical minerals business fivefold over the next five years.
Washington, Oct 16 (IANS) US Vice President JD Vance invoked his Indian American wife Usha Vance during a sharp attack on Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed at a Republican campaign rally in Michigan, accusing him of making racially charged remarks about their interracial marriage and questioning his commitment to American identity.
Washington, Oct 16 (IANS) US President Donald Trump claimed that drug cartels effectively controlled Mexico and said his administration was intensifying operations against trafficking networks, even as he acknowledged that the Mexican government was unhappy with his assessment.
Washington, Oct 16 (IANS) Nine bipartisan US senators demanded an immediate Pentagon investigation into disruptions to satellite communications and intelligence-sharing services in Ukraine, warning that American diplomatic and military personnel may have been endangered during Russian air attacks.
Washington, Oct 16 (IANS) A 52-year-old Russian national has been extradited from Sweden to the United States to face charges of running an international procurement network that allegedly smuggled American-made electronic components with military applications to Russia through front companies in Hong Kong, the Justice Department said.
Washington, Oct 16 (IANS) US Vice President JD Vance and senior Republican leaders launched a fierce attack on Muslim Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed at a campaign rally in Michigan, accusing him of sympathising with extremist organisations, questioning his patriotism and portraying his candidacy as a threat to American values.
Washington, Oct 16 (IANS) Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna ended September with nearly $17 million in his campaign account, by far the largest war chest among Indian-American federal candidates, according to his third-quarter report to the Federal Election Commission.
Washington, Oct 16 (IANS) The US sanctioned an Iraqi bank, Iranian offshore banks, a Dubai-based Iranian oil intermediary and a Hong Kong front company, and blacklisted a Cuban state-owned bank, as the Trump administration tightened what it calls Operation Economic Outcast against Tehran.
Washington, Oct 16 (IANS) Two Democratic US senators introduced a resolution seeking to block President Donald Trump's civilian nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia, warning that the deal lacks safeguards needed to prevent a nuclear arms race in the Middle East.
