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President Donald Trumps plan for a merit-based immigration system will - among other things - end chain migration and diversity lottery visa. (Photo: File)

Lives being shattered by abuse allegations that may well be false:...

Trump, himself the target of numerous harassment claims, remarked after White House speechwriter David Sorensen resigned...

11 Feb 2018 10:07 AM IST

The 17-year-old texted her dad asking about whether he would be okay if she removed her hijab and he replied positively. (Photo: AFP)

UK minister backs right to ban hijab in schools

The minister threw his support behind schools that want to impose a ban on wearing of hijab or religious fasting by very...

10 Feb 2018 6:25 PM IST

We would like to note that although they have been asked to leave the Maldives, no other legal steps shall be taken against them, the police said. (Photo: ANI)

2 arrested scribes including Indian national ordered to leave Maldives

Journalists arrested by Maldivian police for violating immigration rules have been ordered to leave the nation facing...

10 Feb 2018 4:12 PM IST

President Donald Trump is taking his message directly to his ardent supporters. (Photo: AP)

Russian man duped US spies of USD 100,000 for Trump's compromising...

The Russian's first delivery turned out to be hacking tools the Shadow Brokers had already released.

10 Feb 2018 3:52 PM IST

Police said the F16 crashed in the Jezreel valley in northern Israel. (photo: AFP | Representational)

Israeli jet crashes after attacking 'Iranian targets' in Syria

The exchange of fire was the most serious between arch foes Israel and Iran since the start of the civil war in Syria in...

10 Feb 2018 1:27 PM IST

Chicagos metropolitan area was blanketed with its heaviest snowfall since at least late 2016 as the storm put an icy grip on much of Wisconsin, northern Illinois and Michigan. (Photo: AP)

2 dead as snowstorm sweeps US Midwest, heads to New York

Wind chill temperatures were expected to drop below 0 Farenheit (minus 18 C) and over 1600 flights were cancelled.

10 Feb 2018 9:21 AM IST

North Korea has sent a delegation of 22 athletes to compete in five disciplines, with their womens ice hockey players to compete in a unified Korean team. (Photo: ANI)

2018 Winter Olympics: Korean athletes under unified flag at opening...

The two-hour long opening ceremony of the first Winter Olympics in South Korea was held under the slogan, "Passion,...

10 Feb 2018 7:58 AM IST

Kulbhushan Jadhav

India hasn't replied to queries on Jadhav: Pakistan

Jadhav, 47, was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court in April on charges of espionage and terrorism.

10 Feb 2018 3:19 AM IST

Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)

US initiative to end green card backlog

The White House said Trump favoured a merit-based immigration system, which attracts the best and the brightest from...

10 Feb 2018 3:19 AM IST

Kim Yo-jong, top right, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, sits alongside Kim Yong-nam, president of the Presidium of North Korean Parliament, and behind U.S. Vice President Mike Pence as she watches the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Friday. (Photo: AFP)

Kim sister begins historic South Korea visit

For security reasons, few details of Ms Kim's three-day itinerary have been made public.

10 Feb 2018 3:17 AM IST

The action against the two journalists came as a privately-owned television station in the Maldives went off the air, citing threats during the countrys current state of emergency. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Amid political crisis, 1 Indian among 2 journos detained in Maldives

The journalists have been detained in the Maldives for working in the country in violation of its immigration rules.

9 Feb 2018 8:18 PM IST

Time to end the visa lottery. Congress must secure the immigration system and protect Americans, Trump tweeted. (Photo: AFP)

Ending merit-based immigration will end green card backlog: US

Indian-Americans are highly skilled and come to the US mainly on H-1B work visas are the worst sufferers of the current...

9 Feb 2018 5:28 PM IST