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The US has suspended processing all immigration requests from Afghans, after an Afghan man was identified as the suspect in the shooting of two National Guard soldiers near the White House. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services…

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned there will be a 10% reduction in air travel capacity at 40 major airports in the US starting Friday morning, if the government shutdown continues. The decision was made because air traffic…

China said on Tuesday (Oct 14) it was ready to “fight to the end” in a trade war with the United States after President Donald Trump said he would impose an additional 100 per cent tariff on the world’s second-largest economy. “On the…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has implemented recommendations from a newly appointed panel of vaccine advisers. The agency will no longer recommend Covid-19 vaccinations for all Americans, leaving the decision to…

A team of US negotiators will hold discussions with Indian officials in New Delhi today (16) to revive talks on a bilateral trade deal. The delegation is led by Chief Negotiator Brendan Lynch, the Assistant US Trade Representative (USTR)…

Donald Trump has rejected suggestions that the warming of relations between China, Russia and their allies poses a challenge to the US on the global stage. The US president told reporters in the Oval Office that he had “a good…

Indonesia and the United States yesterday launched a major joint military exercise with forces from 12 other nations, which commanders from both nations described as a bid to increase interoperability and improve deterrence in the region.…

The U.S. has imposed a new 50% tariff on Indian-origin goods starting Wednesday, August 27. The tariff is a response by the Trump administration to India’s continued purchase of discounted Russian oil. The U.S. Department of Homeland…

The United States says there were no reports of enforced disappearances in Sri Lanka by or on behalf of government authorities in 2024. The US State Department said the Office on Missing Persons (OMP) also reported it had not received…

With a tsunami hitting the coastal areas of Russia’s Kuril Islands and Japan’s large northern island of Hokkaido and warnings ringing across Pacific Islands and the US, local officials have ruled out any threat to Sri Lanka. The tsunami…