Washington [USA], July 13 (ANI): The US Secretary of Labour, Alex Acosta, announced his resignation on Friday after he came under the scanner due to his past handling of a plea deal related to financier Jeffrey Epstein.
London [UK], July 13 (ANI): The Metropolitan Police on Friday (local time) launched a criminal probe into the leak of the British Ambassador to the US, Kim Darroch's, secret cables to London.
Beijing [China], July 12 (ANI): Russia, China, Pakistan, and the US have called for the immediate initiation of intra-Afghan negotiations between the rival factions in Afghanistan to produce a "peace framework" in the country that is engulfed in an 18-year long war.
Beijing [China], July 12 (ANI): China will impose sanctions on the US companies involved in arms sales worth USD 2.2 billion to Taiwan, country's Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
Zurich [Switzerland], July 12 (ANI): The US after winning their second consecutive FIFA Women's World Cup have consolidated their top spot in the latest Women's rankings that were released on Friday.
Ankara [Turkey], July 12 (ANI): Defying the US pressure, Turkey on Friday received the first shipment of S-400 air defence missile system equipment from Russia.
London [UK], July 11 (ANI): Arsenal announced their 29-man squad on Thursday that will travel to the US for club's pre-season tour. However, their captain Laurent Koscielny refused to travel with the team.
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): At a time when the US Trade Representative (USTR) officials are already in the country to mediate talks over trade disputes, India on Thursday said that it seeks very constructive and positive engagement with the US counterparts.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 11 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices ended four days of losing streak on Thursday and closed on a positive note amid positive cues from Asian and US equities that got a boost after the US Fed chair's congressional testimony.
Washington [US], July 11 (ANI): The US House Committee on Wednesday made to order an amendment which will further enhance defence cooperation with India.
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): The Centre on Wednesday said that passport of fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi, the main accused in the USD two billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud and money laundering case, was revoked in February last year as per provisions and the Ministry of Externa
California [USA], July 10 (ANI): In a bid to curb counterfeiting of goods through its platform, Amazon has announced the expansion of its Transparency service beyond the US market.