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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has pushed for further U.S. and European aid for Ukraine as he set off for a visit to Washington

Ravindra Jadeja and batter KL Rahul were on Monday ruled out of the second Test against England starting in Visakhapatnam on February 2. Jadeja sustained a hamstring injury during play on Sunday while Rahul complained of a right quadriceps pain. «Mr.

IDFC First Bank Test against England in Vizag, starting February 2. Ravindra Jadeja sustained a hamstring injury during play on Day 4 of the first Test in Hyderabad while KL Rahul complained of a right quadriceps pain.

Current expectations have India's economy expanding at 7.3% for FY24, a slight increase from the 7.2% rate in FY23. Meanwhile, the official estimate released on Thursday suggests the US' annual GDP grew 2.5% in 2023, a significant improvement over the 1.9% recorded the year before.

Voters in New Hampshire shared whether the state of the economy was a concern for them ahead of the 2024 election, with some citing continued high costs.

President Joe Biden has vetoed a Republican measure that would have blocked a White House waiver that allows some foreign-made content in federally funded chargers for electric vehicles

President Tayyip Erdogan will give a final sign-off on Sweden's NATO membership within days, triggering rapid steps toward U.S. Congress endorsing a sale of F-16 fighter jets to Ankara. In an interview on Thursday, Ambassador Jeff Flake said that once the formal ratification document is received in Washington, the U.S.

President Joe Biden will be the keynote speaker at a United Auto Workers’ political convention as he works to sway blue-collar workers his way in critical auto-making swing states such as Michigan and Wisconsin

Kamala Harris was not Joe Biden's first choice as his running mate because he knew that she was not up to the job. He preferred Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer as his running mate in 2020 but succumbed to public pressure. Veteran Washington journalist Charlie Spiering has made this startling revelation in his book 'Amateur Hour: Kamala Harris in the White House'. He has written in the book that Biden chose Harris days before that year’s virtual Democratic National Convention after promising to select a woman. He also wrote that Biden chose Kamala Harris under pressure from former President Barack Obama.

Yemen's Huthis on Tuesday over their attacks on Red Sea shipping, as the Iran-backed rebels vowed to hit back. The latest raids, heard by residents of the rebel-held capital Sanaa around midnight (2100 GMT), hit eight Huthi targets, a joint US-UK statement said, while the Huthis listed 18 strikes across their territory. US and British forces carried out a first wave of strikes against the rebel group earlier this month, and the United States launched further air raids against missiles that Washington said posed imminent threats to both civilian and military vessels. But the Huthis have vowed to continue their attacks — just one part of a growing crisis in the Middle East linked to the Israel-Hamas war, which has raised fears of a broader war directly involving Iran. The latest strikes were against «eight Huthi targets in Yemen in response to the Huthis' continued attacks against international and commercial shipping as well as naval vessels transiting the Red Sea», Washington and London said in a joint statement with other countries that supported the military action. «These precision strikes are intended to disrupt and degrade the capabilities that the Huthis use to threaten global trade and the lives of innocent mariners,» the statement said. The US Central Command said in a separate statement that the targets of the strikes «included missile systems and launchers, air defence systems, radars, and deeply buried weapons storage facilities». — Attacks won't go 'unpunished' - British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said the Huthis had carried out more than 12 attacks on shipping since the first wave of joint strikes on January 11. «What we have done again is send the clearest possible message that we will

By David Shepardson

Iraq launched multiple rockets and ballistic missiles on Saturday (local time) targeting Washington's al-Assad Airbase in Western Iraq, said US Central Command. CENTCOM said that several US personnel are undergoing evaluation for «traumatic brain injuries» and at least one Iraqi service member was wounded in the attack. «At approximately 6:30 pm (Baghdad time) time Jan. 20, multiple ballistic missiles and rockets were launched by Iranian-backed militants in Western Iraq targeting al-Assad Airbase.

Memphis residents were urged to boil water and New Yorkers have been warned that roads could be covered with dangerous black ice this weekend as brutal cold and inclement weather continue to sweep across parts of the U.S.Bitterly frigid air spilled into the Midwest from Canada on Friday and several states were under advisories as forecasters warned that wind chills dipping to minus 30 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 34 degrees Celsius) could be common through Sunday morning.

Ayodhya next week, with thousands of Indian Americans likely to attend a series of events beginning this week. «Ayodhya is re-emerging from destruction and neglect, epitomising the eternal nature of Sanātana Dharma. The upcoming consecration at Ram Lalla Mandir after 550 years is bringing immense joy to the city and nearly a billion Hindus across the world,» Kalyan Viswanathan, president of the Hindu University of America said in a blog post. The consecration ceremony at the Ayodhya temple wiil be held on January 22.

US, on Thursday (local time), avoided answering a question regarding whether Pakistan had engaged in prior consultations with Washington before carrying out retaliatory air strikes on Iran. In response to media reports suggesting that Pakistan consulted with the US before conducting the strikes in Iran, State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller, during a routine press briefing in Washington, stated, “I do not have any private conversations to read out." Also Read: Pakistan-Iran News LIVE Miller said, “The US is concerned about the escalating tensions in the region and has urged restraint on all sides." He stressed there is no need for escalation in the matter and that the country has noted the Pakistani government's comments about the importance of “cooperative relations between Pakistan and its neighbours." In response to a question on how the US administration reads the situation between Iran and Pakistan, Miller said, “We are concerned about escalating tensions in the region.

The United States has put Yemen’s Houthis rebels back on its list of specially designated global terrorists

By David Shepardson and Valerie Insinna

CNN reported. The top US diplomat had traveled to Davos for the annual World Economic Forum on Monday and was scheduled to fly back to Washington on Wednesday. A Bloomberg report said the aircraft was a Boeing plane.

The Interior Department is updating and expanding an Obama-era plan to promote solar power on public lands in the West

By David Lawder

TAINAN, Taiwan—More than a decade ago, some residents of this southern Taiwanese city got a lesson in the character of the man who is now set to be Taiwan’s next president. Lai Ching-te, then Tainan’s mayor, wanted to move a section of railway underground. Residents whose homes would have to be demolished blocked bulldozers with their bodies and accused him of selling them out to property developers.