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US feminist icon Gloria Steinem dies
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US now can detain migrant families indefinitely

The Trump administration on Wednesday unveiled a rule that allows officials to detain migrant families indefinitely while judges consider whether to grant them asylum in the United States, abolishing a previous 20-day limit.
22 August 2019

US energy secretary falls for Instagram hoax

US Energy Secretary Rick Perry -- who oversees the country’s nuclear arsenal -- has fallen for an Instagram hoax. He reposted a message claiming there was a “new Instagram rule” that would allow the social media site to “use your photos,” according to images of the since-
22 August 2019

Trump slams Danish PM’s ‘nasty’ rejection

Donald Trump snapped back Wednesday at the Danish prime minister’s “nasty” dismissal of his attempts to purchase Greenland, heightening a row which has already prompted the US president to scrap a state visit.
22 August 2019

2 US soldiers killed in Afghanistan: Nato

Two US military personnel were killed Wednesday in Afghanistan, Nato announced. The deaths bring to at least 14 the number of
22 August 2019

US, N Korea will restart talks ‘soon’

The United States and North Korea are expected to reopen denuclearisation talks soon and they will go well, a senior South Korean official said yesterday, boosting hopes for progress in negotiations after a prolonged stalemate.
22 August 2019

India, Pakistan doing little to fight jihadists

US President Donald Trump said that other countries, specially India, Pakistan, must assume the battle against Islamic extremists as the US negotiates a withdrawal from Afghanistan.
22 August 2019

US military attacked four Iraq paramilitary bases

Iraq’s Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary group yesterday said it held the US responsible for a string of mysterious blasts in recent weeks at its bases, renewing fears of a possible proxy war.
21 August 2019

G7 should be G8

US President Donald Trump expressed support Tuesday for Russia’s return to the G8, saying it would be “much more appropriate” for Moscow to be in the club of world powers.
21 August 2019

US ‘prepared to engage’ with N Korea

The United States is ready to sit down with North Korea to resume long-awaited working-level nuclear talks, a US envoy said yesterday.
21 August 2019

Trump scraps visit after Danes say Greenland not for sale

US President Donald Trump Tuesday postponed a planned visit to Denmark after Danish officials insisted its autonomous territory of Greenland was not for sale.
21 August 2019

‘I can’t breathe’ US cop fired

A US police offer was sacked Monday for putting a black man in a banned chokehold just before he died five years ago in a case that fueled
20 August 2019

Trump confirms interest in buying Greenland

US President Donald Trump on Sunday confirmed his interest in buying Greenland, but said it was not a priority for his administration.
19 August 2019

UP woman burnt alive for triple talaq complaint

A 22-year-old woman was allegedly burnt to death by her husband and in-laws in Uttar Pradesh’s Shravasti district on Friday evening,
19 August 2019

Trump hails ‘very good’ discussions with Taliban

US President Donald Trump on Sunday hailed progress in negotiations on an Afghanistan peace deal, saying that talks with both the Taliban and the Afghan government are going well.
19 August 2019

Seizure of Iranian tanker: Gibraltar rejects US demand

Gibraltar yesterday rejected a US demand to seize an Iranian oil tanker at the centre of a diplomatic dispute as it prepared to leave the British overseas territory after weeks of detention.
18 August 2019

US’s N Korea envoy to visit Japan, South

The US special envoy for North Korea will travel to Japan and South Korea next week to coordinate efforts to secure the denuclearization of North Korea, the State Department said on Friday.
17 August 2019

White House signals progress on peace deal with Taliban

The White House signaled progress Friday in preparations for a peace deal with the Taliban in Afghanistan, saying that discussions between President Donald Trump and top advisors went “very well.”
17 August 2019

Security scare in New York, empty rice cookers found

New York went on alert for two hours Friday during the morning rush hour because of three suspicious objects that turned out to be
17 August 2019

Jeffrey Epstein death ruled as suicide by hanging

An autopsy on disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, who was found dead in his jail cell, has concluded that he committed suicide by hanging, US media reported Friday. The ruling, first reported by The New York Times, comes six days after the 66-year-old, who was accused of
17 August 2019

‘May God ruin Trump’

US congresswoman Rashida Tlaib‘s grandmother has condemned Donald Trump over his comments about the congresswoman’s proposed trip to Israel and the Palestinian occupied territories. “Trump tells me I should be happy Rashida is not coming,” Muftia Tlaib said. “May God ruin
17 August 2019