NEW YORK: US citizens are commemorating the 22nd anniversary of 9/11 by gathering and remembering the victims at memorials, firehouses, and city halls across the country on Monday. The horrific event, that claimed over 2,000 lives after hijacked aeroplanes deliberately crashed into the World Trade Center,
NEW YORK: As the number of US mass shootings topped over 470, with numerous lives lost, President Joe Biden initiated a crackdown on the country's arms dealers who are involved in selling weapons without valid licenses — that enable them to perform screening of buyers
WASHINGTON: The US Justice Department has initiated legal proceedings against Elon Musk's SpaceX, for discriminatory hiring practices against asylum seekers and refugees. The lawsuit asserts that SpaceX, during the period spanning from September 2018 to May 2022, consistently discouraged individuals seeking asylum and refugees from applying
LONDON: President Joe Biden is embarking on a brief visit to the UK in an effort to reinforce the strong relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom. The highlight of his visit will be meetings with King Charles and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Climate
WASHINGTON: Narendra Modi's denial that discrimination against minorities exists in India contradicts thorough documentation by rights advocates, according to activists disappointed by President Joe Biden's embrace of the Indian prime minister. Asked at a press conference with Biden on Thursday what steps he was willing to
WASHINGTON: Dozens of US President Joe Biden's fellow Democrats urged him to raise human rights issues with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Washington this week, according to a letter sent to Biden. Modi left for Washington for a visit projected as a
Washington: President Joe Biden will announce Thursday that he is tapping Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr., a history-making fighter pilot with deep knowledge of China, to serve as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Brown’s confirmation would mean that, for the first time, both
New York: Joe Biden has said he expects to see a “thaw” in US relations with Beijing, even as he concluded a G7 summit in Japan that made a concerted effort to counter military and economic security threats from China. The US president said in a
San Francisco: A United States (US) court found that the FBI improperly searched for information in a U.S. database of foreign intelligence 278,000 times over several years, including on Americans suspected of crimes, according to a ruling released on Friday. The decision by the Foreign Intelligence
Hiroshima, Japan: President Joe Biden on Thursday will open his visit to a Japan that has tightened its economic and national security alliance with the US by meeting privately with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ahead of the larger Group of Seven summit. Kishida’s home city