US Defence Secretary James Mattis has resigned after falling out with Donald Trump over the withdrawal of American troops from Syria and Afghanistan, saying in a parting letter that the President deserves someone atop the Pentagon "better aligned" with his views. ...
The Donald Trump administration has ordered the US military to start withdrawing roughly 7,000 troops from Afghanistan, a move that is likely to plunge the war-torn country further into chaos. President Trump made the decision to pull out the troops -- about half the number the US has in Afghanistan now -- at the same time he decided to pull ...
US Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has revealed that charges have been brought against two alleged Chinese hackers linked to China's Ministry of State Security, who are accused of infiltrating computer systems to obtain confidential data....
Alameda County District Attorney Nancy E. O’Malley filed murder charges against Maria Moore (50) and Marvel Salvant (46) in a sophisticated murder-for-hire case that resulted in the homicide of Fremont resident Dominic Sarkar....
The six Catholic dioceses of US' Illinois state hid the names of at least 500 priests accused of sexual abuse, the state's Attorney General has announced. Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan said in a report on Wednesday that the Catholic Church received allegations against 690 parish priests, of whom only ...
Harsh Vardhan Shringla, presently Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, was on Thursday named as the new Indian Ambassador to the US. A 1984 batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, Shringla is expected to take up his new assignment shortly, according to a statement issued by the External...
The US Senate has approved a short-term spending bill to avoid a partial government shutdown during the holidays, but it does not include funds demanded by US President Donald Trump to build the wall along the Mexico border. The bill, pushed by the Republicans and supported by the Democrats, includes ...
Swarn Singh, 53, was assaulted with a hammer by Rory Benson on December 16, 2017. The accused pleaded guilty to the attack and was given the sentence by a court in Seattle late last week, the community's civil rights group -- Sikh Coalition -- tweeted on Tuesday. ...
Facebook has elevated its senior Indian-origin executive Karandeep Anand to head Workplace, the company's two-year-old enterprise communication tool. Anand, who was earlier Head of Product for Facebook Marketplace and Payments services, would handle the Workplace product team and report to Julien ...
The US Senate has overwhelmingly approved a sweeping overhaul of the country's criminal justice system that would decrease America's prison population by lowering some mandatory federal sentences and giving inmates added opportunities to earn reductions in jail time....