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Leaders: US, UK will ‘not be cowed’ by militants
NEWPORT, WALES (TIP): Faced with a mounting militant threat in the Middle East, US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron declared on Thursday that their nations will “not be cowed” by extremists […]
United States
COMMITMENTS ON 3 FRONTS TEST OBAMA’S FOREIGN POLICY
WASHINGTON (TIP): In vowing in Estonia on Wednesday to defend vulnerable NATO nations from Russia, President Obama has now committed the United States to three major projections of its power: a “pivot” to Asia, a […]
Middle East
India
Obama’s phone call thawed US-Modi relations: US interim envoy
AHMEDABAD (TIP): US President Barack Obama‘s congratulatory telephone call to Narendra Modi after the Lok Sabha results brought about a thaw in the frosty relationship between the US and the Prime Minister, interim US Ambassador […]
Europe
Kerry arrives in Afghanistan to meet candidates
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (TIP): The US and its allies are growing increasingly concerned as Afghanistan shows signs of unraveling in its first democratic transfer of power from President Hamid Karzai. With Iraq wracked by insurgency, Afghanistan’s […]
United States
United States
Obama unlikely to deepen Iraq military involvement, say US officials
WASHINGTON (TIP): Despite outrage at home and abroad over the grisly beheading of an American journalist, President Barack Obama is unlikely to deepen military involvement in Iraq or Syria and will instead stay the course […]
United States
Attorney for Indian National Congress Party opposes appeal by the SFJ in 1984 riots case
NEW YORK (TIP): Indian-American attorney Ravi Batra, on behalf of Indian National Congress party, filed opposition in federal court to the appeal by the Sikhs for Justice (SFJ). He has opposed an appeal filed by […]
United States
PENTAGON CONFIRMS US GENERAL KILLED IN KABUL ATTACK
WASHINGTON: The Pentagon on Tuesday confirmed that a US general was killed in an attack in Afghanistan — the highest-ranking American fatality since the 9/11 attacks. The US defence department also identified the assailant, who […]
Business & Economics
India
Sikh Rights Group Seeks Info on Obama’s Invite to PM Modi
NEW YORK (TIP): A New York based Sikh rights group has filed a request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) seeking documents relating to the Obama administration’s decision to invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]
United States
US House of Representatives votes to sue Obama
WASHINGTON (TIP): A sharply divided US House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a Republican plan to file an election-season lawsuit against President Barack Obama contending that he has exceeded his constitutional powers in the way […]
United States
112 arrested at protest against US deportations
WASHINGTON (TIP): Immigrant activists and religious leaders massed outside the White House on July 31 to protest against US policies on deporting migrants in the country illegally, and police arrested 112 demonstrators for blocking traffic. […]
United States
Featured
US snooping on BJP unacceptable, SUSHMA TELLS KERRY
NEW DELHI (TIP): Alarmed by the disclosure last month that US authorities spied on BJP when it was not in power, foreign minister Sushma Swaraj raised the issue with visiting secretary of state John Kerry […]
United States
Obama, Netherlands’ Rutte agree more sanctions needed on Russia
WASHINGTON (TIP): US President Barack Obama spoke by phone with Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte on July 24 and the White House said both agreed on the need to impose more sanctions on Russia for […]
Featured
Obama takes on ‘corporate deserters’
WASHINGTON (TIP): President Barack Obama called companies that re-incorporate overseas to avoid taxes “corporate deserters” on Thursday, July 24, stepping up a drive to close a tax loophole that could affect deals already in the […]
United States
Actress jailed for 18 years after mailing ricin-spiked letters to US president, NY mayor
WASHINGTON (TIP) : An actress and former beauty queen who sent ricin-laced letters to US President Barack Obama and the New York City mayor has been sentenced to 18 years in prison. Shannon Guess Richardson […]
Featured
Gov. Cuomo Brokers Deal to Avert LIRR Strike
Commuters heave a Sigh of Relief I.S. Saluja: NEW YORK (TIP): The MTA and LIRR unions signed a sixand-a-half year agreement with 17 percent wage hikes on Thursday, July 17, after Gov. Andrew Cuomo brokered […]
Featured
Obama invites Modi to the US
NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on July 10 invited by US President Barack Obama to visit Washington in September, saying he wants to “work closely with Prime Minister to makeIndia-US relations a […]
Europe
Kerry arrives in Afghanistan to meet candidates
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (TIP): The US and its allies are growing increasingly concerned as Afghanistan shows signs of unraveling in its first democratic transfer of power from President Hamid Karzai. With Iraq wracked by insurgency, Afghanistan’s […]
United States
United States
When US President Barack Obama jumped the queue
HOUSTON (TIP): US President Barack Obama apologetically jumped the queue at a famous barbecue joint in Austin, where no one cuts the line, so he could order takeout for his official travel party and paid […]