New York, Mar 25 (UNI) U.S. stocks jumped higher on Monday, as U.S. President Donald Trump might scale back some of his broad tariff plans, potentially helping the United States avoid an economic slowdown from an extended trade war. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 597.97 points, or 1.42 percent, to 42,583.32. The S&P 500…
Tehran, Mar 25 (UNI) Iran on Monday rejected media reports that the Iranian oil tankers seized by the U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf used forged Iraqi documents. The report, which quoted Iraqi oil minister Hayan Abdel-Ghani as saying that the Iranian oil tankers being detained by U.S. naval forces carried Iraqi shipping manifests, was…
Rome, Mar 25 (UNI) The recent U.S.-brokered Russia-Ukraine peace talks highlighted growing divisions between Washington and Brussels, bringing trans-Atlantic relations to a historic low, an Italian geopolitical analyst has said. Sergio Fabbrini, a political science professor at Rome’s LUISS University, told Xinhua that the exclusion of Europe from the talks underscores the EU’s declining influence…
Washington, Mar 25 (UNI) The US Senate confirmed on Monday John Phelan as the new Secretary of the Navy. During the confirmation vote, 62 senators supported Phelan’s nomination. However, 30 lawmakers opposed this decision. US President Donald Trump nominated Phelan soon after the presidential election in November 2024. He expressed confidence that the entrepreneur and…
Washington, Mar 24 (UNI) US billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX space tech giant may secure multibillion-dollar government contracts thanks to its founder’s role in the White House, The New York Times reported on Sunday, citing former and current federal officials. Musk’s company is reportedly taking steps to win new federal contracts and other support from the…
Caracas, Mar 23 (UNI) Venezuela announced Saturday that it had reached an agreement with the U.S. government to resume repatriation flights for its citizens, with the next flight scheduled for Sunday. Venezuela struck the deal to guarantee the “return of our compatriots to their nation with the safeguard of their human rights,” said Jorge Rodriguez,…
Washington, Mar 23 (UNI) The administration of US President Donald Trump is going to deprive over 530,000 migrants of temporary legal status, and if the initiative is approved, their temporary stay programs in the country will expire on April 24, NBC reported, citing a document. According to the channel, the situation affects migrants who entered…
New Delhi, Mar 21 (UNI) India said today that it is “actively working” with the US to build a framework for the Bilateral Trade Agreement, amid the backdrop of US President Donald Trump again accusing New Delhi of high tariffs on US goods and threatening reciprocal tariffs from April 2. The Ministry of External Affairs…
New Delhi, Mar 21 (UNI) Amid the detention of an Indian student Badar Khan Suri by US immigration authorities over his alleged links with the Hamas, the Ministry of External Affairs said today that they have not been approached in the matter by either the US government or the Indian national. MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal,…
Washington/New Delhi, Mar 21 (UNI) A US federal judge has ordered the Trump administration not to proceed, for now, with the deportation an Indian-born Georgetown researcher who was arrested for his alleged anti-Semitic social media posts and close ties with a known senior advisor to Hamas. US District Judge Patricia Giles issued the brief directive…
