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Visa, OCI card suspension prevents several Indians in US from flying back home. (PTI Photo)

Indian national arrested in USD 21 million H-1B visa fraud

Ashish Sawhney allegedly used four corporations to orchestrate improper submission of fraudulent applications for H-1B...

22 Aug 2020 1:09 PM IST

US President Donald Trump. (AFP)

Judge rebuffs Trump again on tax records; appeals underway

Trump's lawyers noted in a court filing that they were making the same request of an appeals court and the Supreme Court

22 Aug 2020 12:46 PM IST

Travellers left behind nearly a million dollars at U.S. airport security checkpoints last year, including about $19,000 in foreign currency. (Representational Image: AFP)

Travellers left behind nearly a million dollars at airport US...

Federal regulators say much of the lost money came from people emptying their pockets for security scans

22 Aug 2020 12:16 PM IST

A member of a California Dept. of Corrections fire crew runs along a containment line with a chainsaw while fighting the CZU August Lightning Complex Fire. (AP)

California fires claim 6 lives, threaten thousands of homes

Many of the fires were sparked by lightning strikes, nearly 12,000 of them caused by brief thunderstorms since last...

22 Aug 2020 11:47 AM IST

This satellite image released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows Tropical Storm Laura in the North Atlantic Ocean, Friday, Aug. 21, 2020. Laura formed Friday in the eastern Caribbean and forecasters said it poses a potential hurricane threat to Florida and the U.S. Gulf Coast. A second storm also may hit the U.S. after running into Mexicos Yucatan Peninsula. (NOAA via AP)

2 newly formed tropical storms pose a potential double threat to US...

Two hurricanes have never appeared in the Gulf of Mexico at the same time, according to records going back to at least...

22 Aug 2020 11:19 AM IST

An unidentified representative of the junta waves from a military vehicle as Malians supporting the recent overthrow of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita gather to celebrate in the capital Bamako. (AP)

Thousands in Mali's capital welcome president's downfall

ECOWAS leaders have suspended Mali's membership, closed its borders and said that financial sanctions would be imposed...

22 Aug 2020 10:55 AM IST

President Donald Trump with first lady Melania Trump and their son Barron, gestures to journalists as they arrive at the White House from a weekend trip to Bedminster, N.J. (AP)

Trump's convention to ignite base with fireworks and culture war

Rather than go online or seek an alternate venue, Trump will give his speech from the White House itself

22 Aug 2020 10:43 AM IST

Joseph James DeAngelo, sitting in a wheelchair, is brought out of the courtroom for a break in the schedule for the third day of victim impact statements at the Gordon D. Schaber Sacramento County Courthouse. (AP)

Apology at sentencing deepens mystery of Golden State Killer

The former California cop who led a double life as a murderous sociopath has victimized at least 87 people at 53...

22 Aug 2020 10:11 AM IST

File photo Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny. (AP)

Kremlin critic Navalny on flight from Russia to Germany in coma

The Kremlin denied resistance to the transfer was political, saying that it was purely a medical decision

22 Aug 2020 9:38 AM IST

Sushant Singh Rajput (Pic: Sushant Insta page)

CBI questions cook and house manager in Sushant case

Meanwhile, the ED officials sought details and professional deals about which Rajput's sister Priyanka was in the loop

21 Aug 2020 9:40 PM IST