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Anna University sexual assault case: Accused is a DMK worker, claims BJP's Annamalai | Celebrities too responsible for crowd control: Telangana CM Revanth Reddy to Telugu filmdom amid Pushpa 2 stampede row | Boat capsizes off Calangute Beach in Goa; 1 killed, 20 rescued | Canada announces change to immigration system, likely to impact Indians seeking permanent residence | Azerbaijan Airlines tragedy: 32 passengers rescued, flight attempted several emergency landing before crashing | Man sets himself on fire near Parliament building; locals, police rush him to hospital | Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane enroute to Russia with over 70 people onboard crashes in Kazakhstan | Atishi will be arrested in fake case, claims Arvind Kejriwal after Delhi govt disowns health and women's schemes | Delhi govt departments disown Arvind Kejriwal's major poll promises, AAP chief reacts | 'Our nation will always be grateful to him': PM Modi writes article in tribute to Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his birth centenary

Attacks on minorities in Bangladesh: US says it is 'watching closely' current developments in South Asian nation

Dec 13, 2024, at 10:32 am

The US government on Thursday said it is 'watching closely' the current developments in Bangladesh where atrocities against minorities, especially Hindus, escalated ever since former PM Sheikh Hasina-led regime toppled on August 5 and the interim government took charge of the South Asian nation.

Joe Biden announces $1 billion humanitarian assistance for 31 African countries during his visit to Angola

Dec 04, 2024, at 02:59 pm

US President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced that the United States is providing more than $1 billion in additional humanitarian assistance to address food insecurity and other urgent needs of refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs), and affected communities in 31 African countries.

Abuse and miscarriage of justice, reacts Donald Trump after Joe Biden pardons son Hunter in two criminal cases

Dec 02, 2024, at 04:08 pm

US President-elect Donald Trump on Monday said Joe Biden's decision to pardon his son Hunter in two criminal cases and described the decision as an 'abuse and miscarriage of Justice'.

Hunter is singled out only because he is my son, says Joe Biden after pardoning him in criminal cases

Dec 02, 2024, at 03:02 pm

US President Joe Biden on Sunday pardoned his son Hunter who was facing sentencing this month on gun crime and tax convictions.

Israeli cabinet to vote on Lebanon ceasefire deal amid ongoing Middle East crisis

Nov 26, 2024, at 09:09 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is likely to convene a high-level security cabinet meeting in Tel Aviv on Tuesday to approve a 60-day ceasefire deal with Lebanon's Hezbollah group.

Ukraine fires US-supplied long-range missiles into Russia for the first time since Biden's approval: Reports

Nov 20, 2024, at 06:38 pm

Ukraine has fired US-supplied long-range missiles at Russian territory for the first time since Washington permitted Kyiv to conduct such attacks, media reports said.

Ukraine hits Russia with Western-supplied ATACMS ballistic missile after Joe Biden's approval

Nov 20, 2024, at 05:34 am

Ukraine carried out its first attack in the border regions with Russia using Western-supplied ATACMS ballistic missiles, media reports said. 

Joe Biden allows Ukraine to use US-supplied long-range missiles inside Russia

Nov 18, 2024, at 03:22 pm

President Joe Biden has approved Ukraine to use US-supplied long-range missiles to fire into Russian territory, media reports said.

'Welcome back': Joe Biden greets Donald Trump at White House

Nov 14, 2024, at 06:22 am

Washington DC/IBNS: US President Joe Biden Wednesday welcomed President-elect Donald Trump to the White House on Wednesday ending four years of bitter rivalry and marking the start of a smooth transfer of power.

Donald Trump wins Arizona sweeping all 7 swing states in US presidential polls

Nov 10, 2024, at 03:54 pm

Washington DC/IBNS: Republican candidate Donald Trump won Arizona on Saturday, clinching a clean sweep in all seven swing states in the recently concluded US Presidential elections. 

'We must accept the choice the country made,' Joe Biden says after US election results

Nov 08, 2024, at 07:19 am

Washington DC/IBNS: US President Joe Biden Thursday said the country has chosen its leader and that in a democracy, the will of the people always prevails.

Kamala Harris calls Donald Trump to concede the US Presidential race

Nov 07, 2024, at 07:28 am

Phoenix/IBNS: US Vice President and Democrat nominee Kamala Harris Wednesday called her rival candidate Donald Trump to concede the polls and congratulate him for winning the 2024 Presidential race, media reports said.

Donald Trump, 78, will be the oldest elected POTUS; president-elect vows to 'heal' America after a 'powerful mandate'

Nov 07, 2024, at 04:26 am

Phoenix/IBNS: Donald Trump, who had a career spanning from being a business tycoon to a TV personality, has won back the White House once again in a historic US election, becoming not just the 47th American President but also the oldest POTUS to hold the office during his inauguration.

Donald Trump wins presidential elections in USA scripting a historic Republican comeback

Nov 06, 2024, at 11:16 pm

Four years after his exit, Donald Trump is returning as POTUS for his second term after the Republicans swept the Presidential polls, crashing hopes of Democrat nominee Kamala Harris to become the country's first female head of state.

Elon Musk calls Joe Biden govt 'mindless, heartless' after euthanasia of internet-sensation squirrel 'Peanut'

Nov 03, 2024, at 08:33 pm

Billionaire businessman Elon Musk has slammed Joe Biden's administration calling it a 'mindless and heartless killing machine' following the internet-famous squirrel Peanut's confiscation and euthanisation by New York state officials to test for rabies after it bit a government worker.

Kamala Harris and Joe Biden ignored Hindus: Donald Trump condemns attack on minorities in Bangladesh

Nov 01, 2024, at 06:04 pm

Washington D.C./IBNS: In a reach out to the Hindus in America ahead of the US Presidential Elections, Republican candidate Donald Trump has lashed out at US President Joe Biden and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris for allegedly ignoring the minorities in the country as well as the world.

Joe Biden 'discussed' possible Israeli strikes on Iranian oil facilities amid tension in Middle East

Oct 04, 2024, at 07:03 am

Washington/IBNS: US President Joe Biden said he was having a discussion over possible Israeli strikes on Iranian oil facilities, as he was asked to comment regarding oil prices spike on Thursday just a month before the US presidential election.

Iran fires over 100 missiles at Israel, IDF says threat over for now and vows to retaliate

Oct 02, 2024, at 06:18 am

In a sharp escalation of the conflict in the Middle East, Iran launched a massive missile attack firing as many as 100 projectiles on Israel Tuesday to retaliate the killing of Hezbollah chief in Beirut, media reports said.

Hezbollah chief Nasrallah’s death: Joe Biden calls Israel’s action a 'measure of justice'

Sep 30, 2024, at 07:03 am

Iran has called for an emergency United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting over Israel's military actions in Lebanon and the broader region.

Sheikh Hasina's ouster was well-planned: Muhammad Yunus reveals 'brains' behind Bangladesh's protests

Sep 28, 2024, at 08:51 pm

New York/IBNS: Nobel laureate and chief adviser to Bangladesh's interim government, Muhammad Yunus, acknowledged that the ousting of Sheikh Hasina as the Bangladeshi Prime Minister was part of a carefully orchestrated "design and conspiracy."

Canada Minister Melanie Joly participates in Global Coalition Summit, addresses synthetic drug threats

Sep 28, 2024, at 03:51 am

Melanie Joly, Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs, participated in a summit of the Global Coalition hosted by US President Joe Biden in New York City to address Synthetic Drug Threats on the margins of the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.

US President Joe Biden announces $8 billion in military assistance for Ukraine to help Kyiv 'win this war' against Russia

Sep 27, 2024, at 03:20 pm

US President Joe Biden on Thursday announced $8 billion in military assistance for Ukraine to help the country 'win this war' against Russia.

UNGA:US President Joe Biden feels the world is at an inflection point but ‘there’s always a way forward’

Sep 25, 2024, at 06:03 am

United States President Joe Biden told leaders at the United Nations on Tuesday that with the world at a historical inflection point “our task, our test, is to make sure that the forces holding us together are stronger than those that are pulling us apart.”

'Hamas will pay': Joe Biden after Israel troops recover bodies of 6 Gaza hostages, including Israeli American Goldberg-Polin

Sep 01, 2024, at 09:14 pm

Washington: US President Joe Biden Sunday said Hamas will have to pay for its crimes after Israel’s military recovered the bodies of six hostages, including Israeli American Goldberg-Polin, from a Gaza strip tunnel, shortly after they were brutally killed, media reports said.

Meta was ‘pressured’ by White House to censor Covid-related content in 2021: Mark Zuckerberg

Aug 28, 2024, at 10:33 pm

California/IBNS: The chairman and CEO of the California-based social media company Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, on Monday (August 26) said in a letter to the House Judiciary committee that his teams were “pressured” by the Biden administration to censor some content around the Covid-19 pandemic.

I promise to be a president for all Americans, says Kamala Harris accepting presidential nomination 

Aug 23, 2024, at 03:00 pm

US Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday formally accepted the Democratic nomination for the upcoming presidential race and vowed to be the president for all Americans.

Kamala Harris officially nominated as Democratic's presidential candidate for US election

Aug 03, 2024, at 06:41 am

Washington DC/IBNS: US Vice President Kamala Harris Friday secured the Democratic party's presidential nomination, which confirmed her candidature to take on her rival-Republican Donald Trump in November's Presidential race.

Astrologer Amy Tripp predicted exact date of Joe Biden's exit from presidential race and now she is naming the next US president

Jul 29, 2024, at 01:34 am

An American astrologer has emerged as an internet sensation after she correctly predicted the date when US President Joe Biden would exit the presidential race.

Donald Trump wants money spent on campaign against Joe Biden 'reimbursed' after latter drops out of poll race

Jul 23, 2024, at 08:02 am

With US President Joe Biden dropping out from the forthcoming presidential election on Sunday and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party's new nominee, Donald Trump wants the money "reimbursed" he spent on his campaign so far.

World leaders welcome Joe Biden's decision to resign from presidential race

Jul 22, 2024, at 11:37 pm

Several international leaders praised US President Joe Biden after he dropped out of the presidential race and endorsed Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee for the crucial polls.