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ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (Photo: AP)

In farewell speech, ISIS chief Baghdadi accepts defeat in Iraq

It is not clear if he is in the besieged city, where he declared his Caliphate in 2014 after the ISIS seized territory.

2 March 2017 9:49 AM IST

A legislation, calling for increasing the minimum salaries of H1-B visa holders to $130,000, was introduced in the US House of Representatives.

Malaysia scraps visa-free entry for N Koreans

The cancellation will take effect on March 6, after which North Koreans entering Malaysia will be required to obtain a...

2 March 2017 9:46 AM IST

Noor Salmans attorneys said on Tuesday in court filings arguing for her release from jail that she had no involvement or knowledge of her husband Omar Mateens plan to attack the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando on June 12. (Photo: Twitter)

Orlando shooter's widow to be released on bail

She also faces up to 20 years in prison on the second charge of lying to investigators.

2 March 2017 9:30 AM IST

Indian foreign secretary S Jaishankar and US House speaker Paul Ryan (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

Indian foreign secy meets US NSA to discuss bilateral ties

The two officials are believed to have discussed security relationship, counter-terrorism, and defence partnership.

2 March 2017 8:06 AM IST

The H1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise in specialised fields.

US softens visa stance, may help Indian professionals

Indians also form a significantly large number of foreign workers coming to the US as scientists, doctors, engineers.

2 March 2017 7:09 AM IST

US President Donald Trump after his first address to a joint session of Congress in Washington. (Photo: AFP)

Donald Trump breaks silence, calls Kansas killing evil

White House says techie's shooting racially motivated'.

2 March 2017 2:59 AM IST

Supporters of Hafiz Saeed, head of the Lashkar-e-Tayyaba and its front organisation Jamaat-ud-Dawa, protest in Lahore recently after the Pakistani authorities took him into custody after rising international pressure. (Photo: AP)

Re-investigate 26/11 case, put Saeed on trial: India tells Pak

Saeed was also put under house arrest after Mumbai terror attacks in November 2008 but he was freed by court in 2009.

1 March 2017 9:04 PM IST

The investigators seek to find out if there was a single murderer or an entire group involved in the crimes. (Photo: File)

Indian-origin youth kills parents, lives with bodies for a week in S...

The youth lived normally for a week and when neighbours asked about his parents, he said they had gone to neighbouring...

1 March 2017 7:30 PM IST

This undated photo provided by the Fairfax County (Va.) Police Department shows Robin McGreer. (Photo: AP)

35-year-old arrested for biting man's face 'in anti-Muslim attack' in...

The victim, who has not been identified by police, said the racist language was anti-Muslim and anti-Islamic in nature.

1 March 2017 6:10 PM IST

US President Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)

New Trump order drops Iraq from travel ban list

Citizens of six other predominantly Muslim countries Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen will remain on the...

1 March 2017 1:20 PM IST

Donald Trump is expected to sign the new order on Wednesday. (Photo: AP)

New Trump order drops Iraq from travel ban list: officials

Officials said six countries, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen will remain on the travel ban list.

1 March 2017 9:53 AM IST

President Donald Trump reacts after addressing a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Photo: AP)

Trump declares it's 'time to join forces' to fix US problems

Trump issued a broad call for overhauling the nation's health care system, significantly boosting military spending.

1 March 2017 9:23 AM IST