Robert Mueller remembered for boosting India–US counterterror ties

IANS | March 22, 2026 9:30 AM

Washington, March 22 (IANS) Robert S. Mueller III, the former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation whose career came to define America’s post-9/11 security architecture and later its political divisions, is being remembered in India for a quieter but enduring legacy — his role in shaping modern India-US counter-terror cooperation.

Trump threatens Iran over Hormuz strait (Ld)

IANS | March 22, 2026 9:16 AM

Washington, March 22 (IANS) US President Donald Trump threatened to “hit and obliterate” Iran’s power plants within 48 hours if it does not reopen the Strait of Hormuz, even as he said Washington was close to meeting its military objectives in the conflict.