
In a significant move, the US and Canada have reached a deal on a decades-old asylum agreement that would restrict certain migrants from seeking protections in Canada, media reports said citing informed officials. ...

A 34-year-old cruise ship employee from Goa has been sentenced in a federal district court to 188 months in prison for distributing child sexual abuse material. ...

Boeing has announced that Japan Airlines (JAL) has finalised an order for 21 737-8 jets. ...

Five cars of a freight train derailed in Ayer of the US state of Massachusetts. ...

Two Russian military pilots, who had scrambled to deal with a US Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone with the incident that ended with the US craft plunging into the Black Sea earlier this month, were awarded state decorations during a ceremony on Wednesday....

The White House will disband its Covid-19 response team led by Indian-American physician Ashish Jha, as the public health emergency over the pandemic is set to expire on May 11, officials said....

Six people died after a car crashed into a highway work zone in the US state of Maryland, police said. ...

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs signed an executive order prohibiting race-based hair discrimination in workplaces and schools, a move that could help Sikhs who must wear turban and maintain uncut hair and beard....

An Afghan-American lawmaker in California has introduced a bill to make caste discrimination illegal and if passed, it will become the first ever US state to outlaw discrimination based on caste. ...

One person was injured and hospitalised after an explosion rocked a phenol plant in the US city of Houston, authorities said. ...