Anthony Ray Hinton, a man condemned to death in 1985 for killing two people in Alabama, has been freed after spending 30 years in jail for a crime that a new trial found he did not commit....
Two Indian American long-time friends have been charged with making over $1.1 million in illegal profits from insider trading on news of a proposed acquisition of Cooper Tire and Rubber Company by India-based Apollo Tyres Ltd....
After reaching what he described as a "historic understanding" with Iran to prevent it from obtaining a nuclear weapon, US President Barack Obama is making an all-out bid to sell the deal at home and abroad....
Ruling that yoga taught in elementary schools is not a gateway to Hinduism and does not violate religious freedoms, a California appeals court has allowed it to continue....
The Association of American Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) welcomed the passage by the US House of a bill that would reformulate how physicians are reimbursed for Medicare, a government health insurance for seniors over 65....
National Award-winning Tamil children's film "Kaaka Muttai" will have its US premiere at the forthcoming 13th edition of the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA), which will take place here between April 8 and 12....
US President Barack Obama telephoned Kenya's Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday to express condolences for the 147 lives lost in an attack on a Kenyan university by the Somali terrorist group Al Shabab, the White House said. ...
Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has chosen the New York borough of Brooklyn as the place to set up campaign headquarters for her 2016 run for president, the daily Politico reported on Friday....
The P5+1 group of world powers and Iran reached a breakthrough in their nuclear talks and a tentative deal was achieved which US president Barack Obama praised as "historic" but Israel on Friday said a deal based on this framework will threaten Israel's existence....
The P5+1 group of world powers led by the US have announced a "framework agreement" with Iran limiting its nuclear programme. The agreement outlines major points to be fleshed out in a final deal, the details of which have to be worked out by the end of June this year....
