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US Fed Reserve keeps policy rates steady, ignoring Trump's call for more c
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 12 (ANI): The Federal Reserve on Wednesday decided to keep unchanged the rates of interest rates with no indication to raise them anytime soon, thereby ignoring President Donald Trump's call for more cuts to boost the US economy.
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BJP MP slams USCIRF for remarks on CAB, demands resolution in Lok Sabha
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): BJP leader Nishikant Dubey on Wednesday slammed the US Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) for its remarks against Home Minister Amit Shah over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill and said the Lok Sabha should pass a resolution to send a stro
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China chides 'super liar' US over remarks on Uighurs
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Dec 11 (ANI): Calling the US a "super liar", China lambasted Washington over the latter's remarks on human rights abuse of the minority Uighurs in the Asian country.
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5.4 magnitude earthquake strikes off Crete coast
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Heraklion [Greece], Dec 11 (Sputnik/ANI): A 5.4 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the Greek island of Crete on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said.
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Voice of Karachi hails U.S. decision to blacklist Pak police officer Rao A
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 11 (ANI): The US-based advocacy group, the Voice of Karachi (VoK) has welcomed the US Treasury Department's decision to blacklist Pakistan's "encounter specialist" Rao Anwar for his involvement in human rights abuses and has termed the decision a historic step in s
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'US Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal's move mere optics, lacks support'
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 11 (ANI): India is hopeful to move in its favour the recent bipartisan resolution on Kashmir tabled in the US Congress by Indian-American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal. Sources said that the resolution has limited resonance considering the resolution is mere opt
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US says India's Citizenship Bill may undermine basic tenet of democratic v
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 10 (ANI): The US House foreign affairs committee has raised concerns over the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha, stating that any religious test for citizenship may undermine the basic tenet of democratic values of a nation.
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Protester disrupts impeachment hearing, accuses House chairman of treason
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 10 (ANI): The second hearing in the probe to impeach Donald Trump that kicked off on Monday at the House Judiciary Committee turned into a high-voltage melodrama after a supporter of the US President launched a demonstration against the panel chairman, minutes after
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Former US Fed Reserve chairman Paul Volcker dies at 92
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 9 (ANI): Paul Volcker, who served as the former chairman of the US Federal Reserve under the administrations of Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan in the late 1970s and early 1980s, breathed his last at the age of 92.
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Doctors have advised shifting Nawaz Sharif to US for treatment: PML-N part
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], Dec 9 (ANI): The opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party on Monday said that doctors treating Nawaz Sharif have advised that the former ailing prime minister should be shifted from London to the US for further medical treatment.
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Pensacola naval base shooter watched mass shooting videos at a dinner part
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 8 (ANI): The Saudi national, who carried out the attack on the US naval air station in Pensacola last week, watched videos of mass shootings at a dinner party the night before he went on a shooting spree, a source familiar with the investigation told The New York T
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FBI identifies a second lieutenant in Saudi Air Force as US Navy base shoo
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 8 (ANI): The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has identified the assailant that killed three people at a naval air station in Pensacola, Florida, as 21-year-old Mohammed Alshamrani who was a second lieutenant in the Royal Saudi Air Force.
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