Adam Schiff. File | Photo Credit: AP : Despite strong objections from Democrats, Indian-American Kash Patel was formally sworn in as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director on Friday (February 21, 2025). U.S. Senator Adam Schiff was also one of the most vocal critics of Mr. Patel’s appointment as FBI director. Mr. Schiff described … Read more
A drone view shows vehicles parked near a mall after its roof collapsed, in Trujillo, Peru, February 21, 2025, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video. | Photo Credit: Reuters At least three people are dead and around 74 injured after the roof of a food court at a busy shopping centre collapsed … Read more
The Pentagon building is seen in Arlington, Virginia, U.S. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The Defense Department said on Friday (February 21, 2025) that it’s cutting 5,400 probationary workers starting next week and will put a hiring freeze in place. It comes after staffers from the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, were at the … Read more
File picture of U.S. President Donald Trump | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday (February 21, 2025) that Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russia’s Vladimir Putin will have to “get together” to end the war between Moscow and Kyiv. Mr. Trump’s comments marked a shift from criticising Mr. Zelensky as a “dictator,” … Read more
Pakistani authorities have released 22 Indian fishermen from Karachi’s Malir Jail and are likely to hand them over to India on Saturday (February 22, 2025), according to a media report. The fishermen were freed from the jail on Friday (February 21, 2025) after the completion of their sentences, The Express Tribune newspaper quoted Malir Jail … Read more
Palestinian children stand and watch as Hamas fighters take up a position ahead of handing over four bodies to the Red Cross in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on February 20, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Israel prepared on Saturday (February 22, 2025) to receive six more hostages from Gaza in exchange for hundreds of … Read more
President Donald Trump abruptly fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr. as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Friday (February 21, 2025), sidelining a history-making fighter pilot and respected officer as part of a campaign to rid the military of leaders who support diversity and equity in the ranks. The ouster of Mr. … Read more
Head of the Office of Special Counsel, Hampton Dellinger. File | Photo Credit: U.S. Office of Special Counsel The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Friday (February 21, 2025) to let Donald Trump immediately fire the head of a federal watchdog agency after a judge’s order had temporarily blocked the Republican president from ousting the official. … Read more
Kash Patel is sworn in as FBI director by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi in the Indian Treaty Room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB) on the White House campus in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 21, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Kash Patel was sworn in on Friday (February 21, 2025) as the FBI … Read more
The BJP dismissed media reports claiming that the $21-million USAID fund allocation in 2022 was for Bangladesh and accused the Congress party of being involved in “anti-India” activities. | Photo Credit: AP India an emerging global powerhouse, needs world-class leaders across all sectors for accelerated growth: PM Modi Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (February 21, 2025) called India … Read more