
As part of celebrating August as Indian Heritage Month in New York State, Rockland County Legislator Dr. Aney Paul honored five Indian American leaders for their contributions to the society. The awardees were Appukkuttan Nair, Rajeshwari Iyer, Philippose Philip, Paul Karukappallil and Rajan Baranwal....

US authorities have said investigations were underway into reports that turbans of Sikh asylum seekers were confiscated after they were detained at the country's border with Mexico, the media reported....

Indian-American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi visited Taiwan as a member of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosis delegation that drew Beijings ire. ...

One person was killed and three others were injured in a shooting in Los Angeles, police said....

As the war in Ukraine continues to rage, skyrocketing energy prices are compounding an existential cost-of-living crisis for hundreds of millions of people, warned the UN Secretary-General's Global Crisis Response Group (GCRG) on Food, Energy and Finance. ...

US President Joe Biden is "still experiencing an occasional cough" after he tested positive for Covid-19 in a rebound case, his physician has said....

Jackie Walorski, a US Representative from Indiana, and her two aides were killed in a car crash when the vehicle they were in was struck by another, according to the Elkhart County, Indiana, Sheriff's Office....

The Public Health Agency of Canada confirmed 890 cases of monkeypox in the country....

US President Joe Biden has signed a new executive order to help ensure access to abortion. ...

The Taliban government in Afghanistan is beginning an era of isolation since Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri's killing by hellfire missiles fired from a drone by the US defence forces as he was given asylum in a Kabul locality called Sherpur, as both the US government and Taliban regime now begin to re-read and re-interpret the Doha a...