The US Congress walked a step closer towards avoiding a government shutdown as the ruling Democratic Party passed the historic $1.7 trillion spending bill after a week-long discussion in the Senate to keep the state adequately funded through the next fiscal....
President Joe Biden has nominated Indian American Richard Verma, a former ambassador to India, as Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, the White House said in an announcement on Friday....
Nepal government on Friday evening deported serial killer Charles Sobhraj to France after his release from jail and obtaining the necessary immigration clearance....
World-renowned physician leaders will lead workshops on Advances in Maternal & Child Health, Mental Health, Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Oncology, Neurology, and Women’s Leadership ...
Thousands of people were without power as the Arctic blast rushed into the south-central US state of Texas, bringing freezing temperatures expected to last through Christmas. ...
China decided to take countermeasures and sanction two US individuals in response to the US sanctions against two Chinese officials on December 9 over alleged human rights issues related to Tibet....
Severe winter weather is sweeping across the US and has disrupted holiday travels ahead of Christmas. ...
Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari failed to get an in-person meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during his recent visit to Washington and had to settle for a phone conversation even though they were in the same capital. ...
An Indian-origin Columbia University professor has been awarded Japan's prestigious Okawa Prize for his seminal work on computer vision and computational imaging. ...
More than 24 million students in the US can now learn about Sikhs with two more states voting in favour of new social studies standards that will include Sikhi, or Sikh faith, in their school curriculum for the first time ever....
