Politics

House approves bill renewing FISA spy program after GOP upheaval threatened passage

Washington — The House on Friday passed a bill to reauthorize a crucial national security surveillan...

technology | 6 months ago

How U.S. helped counter Iran's attack on Israel | Explained

Iran's unprecedented attack on Israel with hundreds of drones and missiles marked the culmination of...

world | 6 months ago

Iran-Israel tensions | A look at Israel’s air-defence system that protected it from Iran’s drone and missile strike

An incoming attack by more than 300 Iranian drones and ballistic missiles was the latest challenge t...

world | 6 months ago

U.S. to impose fresh Iran sanctions after attack on Israel, expects allies to follow: White House

The United States said on April 16 it would soon impose new sanctions on Iran's missile and drone pr...

world | 5 months ago

Election Commission of India’s website blocked for users abroad

The Election Commission of India (ECI)’s website has been blocked outside India for months. The impa...

technology | 5 months ago

Dravidian politics and Tamil cinema: The conjoined twins of the Tamil motherland

Cinema, in the form of documentaries, short films, feature films, and even animated cartoons, has lo...

entertainment | 5 months ago

Hamas slams U.S. veto of Palestinian U.N. membership bid

Palestinian militant group Hamas condemned on April 19 the U.S. veto that ended a long-shot Palestin...

world | 5 months ago

U.S. sanctions two entities over fundraising for extremist West Bank settlers who attacked Palestinians

The Treasury Department on Friday announced sanctions against two entities that have been accused of...

world | 5 months ago

About 1,300 people from Myanmar flee into Thailand after clashes broke out in a key border town

About 1,300 people have fled from eastern Myanmar into Thailand, officials said on April 20, as fres...

world | 5 months ago

House passes legislation that could ban TikTok in the US

The House passed legislation Saturday that would ban TikTok in the United States if the popular soci...

us | 5 months ago

Feds bust another illegal grow house in Maine as authorities probe foreign-backed drug trade in other states

The high electricity consumption of a home, its cardboard-covered windows and odor of marijuana drew...

us | 5 months ago

Papua New Guinea leader takes offense after Biden implies an uncle was eaten by cannibals

Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape accused Joe Biden of disparaging the South Pacific is...

world | 5 months ago

Biden implied his uncle lost in WWII was eaten by cannibals. Papua New Guinea's leader pushes back.

Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape accused Joe Biden of disparaging the South Pacific is...

world | 5 months ago

What Muizzu’s super majority could mean 

After his party won a decisive majority in Sunday’s general elections, Maldivian President Mohamed M...

world | 5 months ago

The TikTok ban was just passed by the House. Here's what could happen next.

TikTok users could soon find that the popular social media service is either under new ownership or,...

us | 5 months ago

Donald Trump tried to 'corrupt' the 2016 election, prosecutor alleges as hush money trial gets underway

Donald Trump tried to illegally influence the 2016 Presidential election by preventing damaging stor...

world | 5 months ago