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The United States said Friday it supported ally Israel’s right to self-defense after deadly attacks as well as rocket fire from Lebanon that triggered Israeli strikes. “The targeting of innocent civilians of any nationality is…
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North Korea on Thursday accused the U.S. and South Korea of escalating tensions to the brink of nuclear war through their joint military drills, vowing to respond with "offensive action," state media KCNA reported. KCNA released a…
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The White House has said that the United States acknowledges Arunachal Pradesh as a part of India and strongly opposes unilateral moves to advance territorial claims by renaming places by China. The United States reacted when China…
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Russia’s UN ambassador on Monday dismissed US and European Union descriptions of its presidency of the Security Council this month as an April Fool’s joke and announced a meeting to be chaired by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on defending…
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The death toll from a major storm system that has lashed the south-central and eastern US with devastating winds and powerful tornadoes has risen to 21, with dozens of others injured, officials said Saturday. A spokesperson for the…
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In a big relief for foreign workers in the US tech sector, a judge has ruled that spouses of H-1B visa holders can work in the United States. In the process, US District Judge Tanya Chutkan dismissed a lawsuit filed by Save Jobs USA which…
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A group of influential lawmakers have introduced a bipartisan legislation in the US Senate to comprehensively overhaul the H-1B and L-1 visa programmes and usher in more transparency in the recruitment of foreign workers. The H-1B visa is…
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The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said that it is wrong to assume that fired workers who hold H1B visa have to leave the country within 60 days. The comments came amid mass layoffs in the US in the tech sector. The USCIS…
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The United States on Tuesday said respect for rule of law and judicial independence is a cornerstone of any democracy, referring to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi who was convicted and subsequently disqualified as a member of parliament in a…
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US correspondent of the Press Trust of India Lalit K Jha, who was verbally intimidated and physically assaulted by Khalistan supporters while covering the event at the Indian Embassy in Washington on Saturday, said the separatists brought…
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