Trump to meet leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan to sign U.S.-brokered peace deal

Trump to meet leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan to sign U.S.-brokered peace deal

The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan are expected to sign a peace deal on Friday (August 8, 2025) at the White House that could potentially put an end to decades of conflict, President Donald Trump said. Mr. Trump said Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev would also be signing agreements with … Read more

Man charged with murder for shooting Indian student in Canada

Man charged with murder for shooting Indian student in Canada

Image for representational purposes only. The man who fired the stray bullet that killed 21-year-old Indian student Harsimrat Randhawa in Canada has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder, an official said. Hamilton Police, who arrested 32-year-old Jerdaine Foster at Niagara Falls in Ontario on Tuesday (August 5, 2025), also charged him with three counts … Read more

U.S. raises bounty on Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro to $50 million on drug trafficking charges

U.S. raises bounty on Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro to $50 million on drug trafficking charges

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro. | Photo Credit: AP The United States on Thursday (August 7, 2025) doubled its bounty on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro — who faces federal drug trafficking charges and whose most recent election victory was not recognized by Washington — to $50 million. “Today, the Department of Justice and State Department are … Read more

NSA Ajit Doval says Russian President Putin will visit India soon

NSA Ajit Doval says Russian President Putin will visit India soon

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Russian President Vladimir Putin. File | Photo Credit: PTI Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit India soon, said National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval in an opening statement during a meeting in Moscow on Thursday (August 7, 2025). “We are very excited to learn about the visit of President Putin to … Read more

Why migrants risk the perilous Yemen-Gulf route

Why migrants risk the perilous Yemen-Gulf route

Security forces guard Abyan province, during a search for Ethiopian migrants after boat sinks off Yemen’s coast, on August 5, 2025. | Photo Credit: AFP At least 68 migrants died, and 74 went missing after a boat carrying 154 Ethiopian nationals capsized off the coast of Yemen on August 3, the United Nations’ International Organization … Read more

Trump calls on ‘highly conflicted’ Intel CEO to resign over China ties

Trump calls on ‘highly conflicted’ Intel CEO to resign over China ties

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday (August 7, 2025) demanded the immediate resignation of new Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan, calling him “highly conflicted” due to his ties to Chinese firms and raising questions about plans to turn around the struggling American chip icon. Reuters reported exclusively in April that Mr. Tan — himself or through … Read more

Trump’s broad tariffs go into effect just as U.S. economic pain is surfacing

Trump’s broad tariffs go into effect just as U.S. economic pain is surfacing

President Donald Trump began imposing higher import taxes on dozens of countries Thursday (August 7, 2025) just as the economic fallout of his monthslong tariff threats has begun to cause visible damage to the U.S. economy. Just after midnight, goods from more than 60 countries and the European Union became subject to tariff rates of … Read more

Germany to extend border controls in migration crackdown

Germany to extend border controls in migration crackdown

Germany will push on with temporary border controls beyond a September deadline as it cracks down on irregular immigration, Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said Thursday (August 7, 2025). Berlin also plans to deport more rejected asylum seekers with criminal records to Taliban-run Afghanistan and to war-scarred Syria, Mr. Dobrindt said in a podcast with media … Read more

Two U.S. State troopers in Pennsylvania shot, governor says

Two U.S. State troopers in Pennsylvania shot, governor says

File picture of U.S. Governor of Pennsylvania Josh Shapiro | Photo Credit: AP Two U.S. Police troopers were shot on Thursday (August 7, 2025) morning, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro said at an event outside Philadelphia. “About an hour ago in Susquehanna County, two state troopers were shot. Lori and I are praying for those troopers,” … Read more