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Russia says talks with US envoy were constructive but yielded no compromise

Russian President Vladimir Putin held five hours of talks at the Kremlin with US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff on efforts to end the nearly four-year war in Ukraine, but “no compromise” was reached on territorial issues, senior Kremlin adviser Yuri Ushakov said. Ushakov said the meeting was one of the most

04 December,2025 07:58 AM IST | Moscow | Agencies
(From left) US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F Kennedy Jr, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, President Donald Trump, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick during a meeting. Pic/AFP

US halts immigration applications from 19 barred nations

The Trump administration is pausing all immigration applications such as requests for green cards for people from 19 countries banned from travel earlier this year, as part of sweeping immigration changes in the wake of the shooting of two National Guard troops. The administration in June had banned travel to the US by citizens of 12 countries and

04 December,2025 07:47 AM IST | Washington | Agencies
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Donald Trump in ‘excellent overall health’, says White House

Amid speculation about the US President's health. White House has released the results of Donald Trump's MRI scan, which the Republican leader underwent in October. Trump had been under growing pressure to disclose his medical test results after several Democrats, including Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, questioned his mental sharpness and overall h

02 December,2025 08:50 AM IST | Washington | ANI
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Donald Trump holds Oval Office meeting on Venezuela amid questions on US strikes

US President Donald Trump convened a high-level meeting at the White House to review the next steps on Venezuela, amid heightened scrutiny over the recent US military action against the suspected drug vessels in the Caribbean, CNN reported, citing sources. According to CNN, key members of Trump's national security team -- including War Secretary P

02 December,2025 08:43 AM IST | Washington | ANI
President Donald Trump speaks to the press aboard Air Force One on Sunday. Pic/AFP

Donald Trump says he plans to pause asylum ‘for a long time’

As the US administration makes several moves on country’s immigration policy, President Donald Trump said that he intends to pause asylum “for a long time”. “They are the people who shouldn’t be in our country, including Somalians and plenty of others,” Trump told reporters while referring to the Afghan national

02 December,2025 08:18 AM IST | Washington | Agencies
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Trump issues White House invitation to families of National Guard members

US President Donald Trump on Sunday said he's invited the family of a National Guard member fatally shot last week to the White House, saying he spoke to her parents and they were 'devastated.' US Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom died after the Wednesday shooting in Washington, DC, while her seriously injured colleague, US Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolf

01 December,2025 08:59 AM IST | Washington | AP
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Rubio says US-Ukraine talks on Russia war were productive but work is needed

US and Ukrainian officials completed roughly four hours of talks Sunday aimed at finding an endgame to the war between Russia and Ukraine. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters afterward that the session was productive but work remains in the search for a peace deal. 'It's not just about the terms that ends fighting,' Rubio said. 'It's abou

01 December,2025 08:42 AM IST | Hallandale Beach | AP
Israelis hold up placards calling for a state commission of inquiry during a rally earlier this month. PIC/GETTY IMAGES

Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu submits request for pardon

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked the president to grant him a pardon during his corruption trial that’s divided the country.  In a statement on Sunday, the prime minister’s office said that Netanyahu had submitted a request for a pardon to the legal department of the Office of the President. The Office of the Pre

01 December,2025 08:18 AM IST | Tel Aviv | Agencies
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Trump says he plans to pardon former Honduran president Hernandez

President Donald Trump said Friday that he will be pardoning former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who in 2024 was convicted for drug trafficking and weapons charges and sentenced to 45 years in prison. The president explained his decision on social media by posting that 'according to many people that I greatly respect,' Hernandez was

29 November,2025 09:57 AM IST | West Palm Beach | AP
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"I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries": Trump

US President Donald Trump on Friday said that he would permanently pause migration from all "third-world countries", to allow the US system to terminate illegal admissions into the United States. This comes in the wake of the shooting of two National Guard service members in Washington, DC, on Wednesday by an Afghan national, which resulted in the

28 November,2025 01:13 PM IST | Washington DC | ANI
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US-South Africa ties strained for years, India emerges as global south voice

Adam Burakowski, Associate Professor at the Polish Academy of Sciences and Former Ambassador of Poland to India and South Africa, said that the relations between South Africa and the United States (US) have been deteriorating for a long time and were not initiated during Donald Trump's tenure. Speaking to ANI, Burakowski argued that Trump merely c

28 November,2025 10:28 AM IST | Poland | PTI
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