Washington, Dec 9 (IANS) The United States has revoked 85,000 visas across multiple categories this year, a senior State Department official said, describing the action as part of an intensified effort to protect American communities and enforce public-safety standards.
Washington, Dec 9 (IANS) US President Donald Trump announced a sweeping assistance package for American farmers, unveiling up to $12 billion in what he called “economic assistance” funded through tariff revenues, as he used a White House roundtable to accuse the previous administration of leaving behind “a total mess” marked by “the highest inflation in the country's history.”
Washington, Dec 9 (IANS) India and the United States risk undermining more than two decades of strategic progress unless they urgently resolve growing political strains over tariffs and Washington’s renewed engagement with Pakistan, policy expert Dhruva Jaishankar said in a written statement submitted to the House Foreign Affairs Committee ahead of a key hearing scheduled for Wednesday.
Washington, Dec 9 (IANS) US President Donald Trump unveiled a multi-billion-dollar farm relief package while sharpening his criticism of agricultural imports from India and other Asian suppliers, telling a White House roundtable that tariffs would be used aggressively to protect American producers.
Washington, Dec 9 (IANS) Nine Democratic senators have urged US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to take immediate steps to counter escalating violence and human rights abuses in Burma, warning that the junta’s planned “sham elections” and worsening humanitarian crisis threaten regional stability and strengthen China’s strategic foothold.
Tokyo, Dec 8 (IANS) An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 struck northeastern Japan late Monday night, prompting the suspension of ocean discharge of nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.
Kabul, Dec 8 (IANS) As Afghanistan deepens economic ties with India and the Central Asian countries, Pakistan risks strategic isolation amid emerging transit alternatives that could diminish the influence of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a report said on Monday.
Dhaka, Dec 8 (IANS) As political conflict intensifies ahead of next year’s election, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Monday took an indirect dig at the radical Islamist party, Jamaat- e-Islami asserting that the people of the country have already unmasked a group that seeks to misguide the nation by playing the "religion card", the local media reported.
Dhaka, Oct 8 (IANS) Bangladesh's Awami League party on Monday claimed that a fact-finding team from the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), which visited the country between September 16 2024 and February 12 2025 and later released a report on the so-called 'July–August 2024 demonstrations', received only selective coverage in the local media.
Tokyo, Dec 8 (IANS) Satoru Nagao, an expert in US-Japan-India security cooperation and a Visiting Fellow at the Hudson Institute, has termed collaboration between India and Japan critical for maintaining stability and fostering prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region, especially with an aim to counter China.
