China builds toilet on Xinjiang mosque site, orders forcible abortion of Uyghur Muslim women

New Delhi/Urumqi (IANS) Authorities of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regime have built a public toilet on the site of a mosque after demolishing it in Xinjiang province and also ordered forcible abortions of pregnant women as part of a campaign…

Biden to prioritise India ties to fight terror, stop China threats

New York (IANS) Joe Biden, who will be the Democratic Party's presidential candidate, will give "high priority to" strengthening India-US relations including on counter-terrorism and for ensuring China can't threaten its neighbours, according…

Trump pushes to reopen schools despite severe Covid-19 situation

Washington (IANS) US President Donald Trump has again pushed for schools to reopen despite the severe Covid-19 pandemic across the country, which currently accounts for the highest number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the world.

"We got…

Palestine won't allow undermining of Arab Peace Initiative

Ramallah (IANS) Palestine has said that it will not allow the undermining of the Arab Peace Initiative and the resolutions of the UN, the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, after the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed an agreement…

Trump orders ByteDance to sell TikTok's US biz in 90 days

Washington (IANS) US President Donald Trump has issued an executive order to direct China-based ByteDance to sell its TikTok business in the US within 90 days.

"There is credible evidence that leads me to believe that ByteDance might take action…

Isolated by allies, US suffers UNSC defeat on Iran arms ban

United Nations (IANS) Isolated by its allies, the US has suffered a diplomatic defeat at the UN Security Council (UNSC) which turned down its demand to extend the arms embargo on Iran.

The setback came on Friday, a day after President Donald…

Trump brokers historic peace deal between Israel and UAE

Washington (IANS) In a major breakthrough for peace in the Middle East, US President Donald Trump has brokered a historic agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates for full normalisation of relations between the two countries.

Trump…

Trump stokes Kamala Harris 'birther' theory

Washington (IANS) President Donald Trump said he has heard Democratic running mate Kamala Harris "doesn't qualify" to serve as US vice-president, amplifying a fringe legal theory critics decry as racist.

Harris was born to a Jamaican father…

Harris's Indian and African-Jamaican heritages create American dream

New York (IANS) Kamala Devi Harris has deftly melded her dominant African American identity with that of her Indian background as a Tamil to create the evergreen American classic of the immigrant dream.

Born in the US to immigrants, cancer…

In breakthrough for Indian Americans, Biden picks Harris as vice president nominee

New York (IANS) Democratic Party presidential candidate Joe Biden has selected Kamala Devi Harris as the nominee for vice president in a historic move that marks a breakthrough for Indian Americans in US politics.

"I have the great honour to…