Biden scheduled to meet families of American hostages

Biden scheduled to meet families of American hostages

Washington, Dec 13  US President Joe Biden has scheduled a meeting Wednesday with families of hostages taken by Hamas on October 7 as Israel’s bombardment in Gaza escalates and the international community is turning against over its sustained military campaign. Biden, who on Tuesday maintained that Israel is fast losing the international community’s support due […]

Sunak fights to save his Premiership as MPs seek revised immigration bill

Sunak fights to save his Premiership as MPs seek revised immigration bill

London, Dec 11  The UK’s Indian-origin British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, 43, was looking at an uncertain future on Monday afternoon, following a right-wing faction of his Conservative party being informed that a parliamentary Bill on which he has virtually staked his future was a “partial and incomplete solution” to the problem of sending back […]

Russia seeks international mission to monitor Gaza humanitarian crisis

Russia seeks international mission to monitor Gaza humanitarian crisis

Moscow, Dec 10  Expressing readiness to render any assistance to alleviate suffering of Gaza’s people, Russia on Sunday said that an international monitoring mission should go to the beleaguered enclave to monitor the humanitarian situation. It also stressed that steps need to be taken for de-escalation and protecting civilians. “(President) Vladimir Putin reaffirmed the principle […]

Rishi Sunak in danger of losing his Premiership

Rishi Sunak in danger of losing his Premiership

London, Dec 7  Rishi Sunak, 42, the Indian-origin British Prime Minister, is fighting with his back to the wall to save his premiership as well as his political career. Sunak, who has staked his future on passing an immigration bill in the British Parliament, which, he thinks, will ensure asylum seekers to the United Kingdom […]

Nikhil Gupta asked ‘hitman’ not to kill Sikh separatist leader around scheduled meetings between India and US

Nikhil Gupta asked ‘hitman’ not to kill Sikh separatist leader around scheduled meetings between India and US

New York, Nov 30  US federal prosecutors have charged an Indian national in an alleged ‘murder-for-hire’ plot to try to assassinate a Sikh political activist in New York, a media report said. Authorities said Nikhil Gupta (52) worked with an unnamed Indian official to set up a meeting with an undercover officer he believed to […]

US economy grew by 5.2% in third quarter, faster than estimated

US economy grew by 5.2% in third quarter, faster than estimated

Washington, Nov 29  US economic growth was even stronger in the third quarter than previously estimated, underscoring the economy’s remarkabale resilience in the face of elevated inflation and high borrowing costs earlier this year, a media report said. Gross domestic product, the broadest measure of economic output, rose at an annualised rate of 5.2 per […]

Joe Biden mulling to skip COP28 in Dubai this week

Joe Biden mulling to skip COP28 in Dubai this week

Washington, Nov 27 (IANS) US President Joe Biden is planning to skip the United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties (COP) that will be held in Dubai from November 30-December 12, where heads of state and top diplomats from around 200 nations will meet to chalk out future plans for climate control […]

Attempt on my life threat to US sovereignty: Khalistan leader Pannun

Attempt on my life threat to US sovereignty: Khalistan leader Pannun

New Delhi, November 23  Calling the foiled attempt on his life ‘transnational terrorism’ and threat to US sovereignty, Khalistan leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun said on Thursday that he will let the American government respond to it. New York-based Pannun’s remarks came a day after Financial Times reported that authorities in the US thwarted a conspiracy […]

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