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Police investigators work the scene of a shooting in Tallahassee, Florida. (Photo: AP)

3 dead, including gunman, at yoga studio shooting in US' Florida

The shooting took place in a small Tallahassee shopping centre and the suspect fatally shot himself.

3 Nov 2018 9:18 AM IST

Irans Foreign Affairs Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met his Indian counterpart, Sushma Swaraj, in New York on the sidelines of United Nations General Assembly. (Photo: AP)

US reimposes all Iran sanctions lifted under nuclear deal

The sanctions will take effect Monday and cover Iran's shipping, financial and energy sectors.

2 Nov 2018 9:11 PM IST

According to Aman Kapoor of Immigration Voice, H-1B extension change would be just wrong at every level. (Photo: Representational | File)

New US rule makes hiring tougher under H-1B, popular among Indians

Under new rule, US employers must disclose total number of foreigners already employed, making it tougher to sponsor...

2 Nov 2018 8:00 PM IST

Jair Bolsonaro, waves after voting in the presidential runoff election in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil on Sunday, October 28, 2018. (Photo: AP)

Taking cue from US, Brazil's Bolsonaro to move Israel embassy to...

'Israel is a sovereign state and we shall duly respect that,' he said. Israel's PM called the plan 'a historic, correct...

2 Nov 2018 3:58 PM IST

According to sources, police is now certain that apart from the citys most wanted gangster, Jitender Gogi, his close associates, Kuldeep Maan alias Fajja and Rohit Moi had executed the shooting. (Representational image)

Oklahoma shooting: 18-yr-old killed, 2 teenage girls hurt, woman in...

Amy Leann Hall, mother of at least one victim, is being held on preliminary charges of first-degree murder and shooting...

2 Nov 2018 3:09 PM IST

Journalist Jamal Khashoggi has not been seen since he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul more than two weeks ago, amid persistent reports he was killed inside. (Photo: AFP)

Sanctions on Khashoggi's killers may take 'handful more weeks': Mike...

The murder has placed a strain on the decades-old US-Saudi Arabia alliance and tarnished the image of Crown Prince...

2 Nov 2018 1:55 PM IST

I told them (troops) consider it (a rock) a rifle. When they throw rocks like they did at the Mexican military and police, I say consider it a rifle. Trump told journalists. (Photo: AFP)

Trump threatens to shoot migrants who throw stones at US military

Pentagon says military will not discuss hypothetical scenarios but that 'our forces are trained professionals with right...

2 Nov 2018 10:50 AM IST

Trump said that he was working with Congress to find USD 6 billion in new funding for 2018 and 2019 to fight the opioid crisis. The plan will also seek to cut opioid. (Photo: File)

China having hard time, says Donald Trump over trade war

The two nations had already imposed tariffs on USD 50 billion of each other's goods before the September sanctions.

1 Nov 2018 2:58 PM IST

Trump announced in July that he would prohibit transgender people from serving in the military, reversing former President Barack Obamas policy of accepting them. (Photo: File)

50 Indian items face heat as US revokes duty-free privileges on import...

The federal register issued a notification, listing out 90 products which were so far subject to duty-free provisions...

1 Nov 2018 2:20 PM IST

Congressman Mike Pompeo. (Photo: AP)

US trying to convince China 'to behave like normal nation': Pompeo

Pompeo called China's behaviour in stealing intellectual property 'inappropriate' and 'not consistent with being a...

1 Nov 2018 1:48 PM IST

Bad deal, should have never been thought of. Somebody really messed up. And they had the worst cover-up ever, Trump said. (Photo: File)

Trump plans to bypass Constitution to end US' 'citizenship by birth'...

Donald Trump said his first preference would be to make the changes through the Congress, which would be a permanent...

1 Nov 2018 12:08 PM IST

John Bolton led negotiations for America to withdraw from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty so that the Bush administration could proceed with a national missile-defence programme. (Photo: AP)

Don't want to harm friends, allies with Iran sanctions, says US

Three of Iran's five largest buyers of crude - China, India and Turkey - have resisted calls by US to end their oil...

1 Nov 2018 9:09 AM IST