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US Vice President Mike Pence watches at left as President Donald Trump prepares to sign his first executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (Photo: AP)

Trump's order on immigration: Is it legal?

The declaration triggered an international uproar as immigrants and legal US residents were ensnared in a web of...

1 Feb 2017 9:33 AM IST

Washington has long partnered with the Kurdish-Arab Syrian Democratic Forces alliance to battle IS in Syria, which has been ravaged by conflict since an anti-government uprising that began in March 2011. (Representational Image)

In a first, US gives anti-ISIS Syria force armoured vehicles

Washington has long partnered with the Kurdish-Arab Syrian Democratic Forces alliance to battle IS in Syria.

1 Feb 2017 9:04 AM IST

US President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington to announce Judge Neil Gorsuch as his nominee for the Supreme Court. Gorsuch stands with his wife Louise. (Photo: AP)

Donald Trump nominates Neil Gorsuch for US Supreme Court

Gorsuch is the youngest nominee to the nation's highest court in more than a quarter century.

1 Feb 2017 9:00 AM IST

Britains PM Theresa May wants to the country to come together in 2017 post-Brexit. (Photo: AFP)

British MPs take first step to starting Brexit

After the preliminary debate, a vote on Wednesday allowing the bill to move to its next stage is viewed as largely...

1 Feb 2017 8:56 AM IST

Alexandre Bissonnette

Student charged with murder in Canada mosque slayings

Attack by Bissonnette sent terrified worshippers fleeing barefoot in the snow.

1 Feb 2017 6:30 AM IST

Women protest against the immigration ban at the Los Angeles International Airport, California, on January 30. (Photo: AFP)

US government: 872 refugees get relief amid outcry

The document did not give the nationalities of the refugees who will be admitted into the US.

1 Feb 2017 6:29 AM IST

Bilawal Zardari warns US of banning Pakistanis

White House chief of staff Priebus had said the visa ban might be extended to Pakistan.

1 Feb 2017 6:27 AM IST

Thousands of people protest against the US immigration policy of President Donald Trump, at the United States embassy in Ottawa. (Photo: AP)

A promise that must not be fulfilled

Trump's measures will do little to make America safer.

1 Feb 2017 5:55 AM IST

Men watch TV, play games and drink tea while gathering at a tent in a winter camp close to Kuwaits border with Saudi Arabia. (Photo: AFP)

Nostalgic Kuwaitis turn to Bedouin roots in luxury tents under stars

Shimmari's camp is just one of many set up in Al-Julaia, around 70 km (45 miles) from the capital Kuwait City.

1 Feb 2017 5:51 AM IST

US President Donald Trump (Photo: AP)

Trump UK visit plans put queen in 'difficult position'

Trump's visit has been widely denounced by opposition leaders and sparked protests in British cities and campuses.

31 Jan 2017 7:34 PM IST

The bill is likely to pass through as opposition Labour party is backing it, even though several of its lawmakers are planning to defy the party line and vote against it. (Photo: Representational Image/AFP)

British MPs begin debating Brexit Bill in Parliament

May's govt was forced to introduce the bill after it lost a historic legal battle in the Supreme Court last week to...

31 Jan 2017 7:31 PM IST

Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed. (Photo: AFP)

Hafiz Saeed's detention sparks protests in Pakistan

Saeed and four other JuD leaders were put under house arrest in Chauburji near JuD's Lahore headquarters.

31 Jan 2017 7:18 PM IST