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Trump signs executive order for overhaul of H-1B visa system
19 April 2017 11:31 AM ISTActing on his 'Buy American, Hire American' pledge, US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order for tightening the rules of the H-1B visa...
US-Russia standoff on Syria
10 April 2017 9:35 PM ISTUNSC should set up a mechanism to establish responsibility for the gas attack.
'Trump accepts Xi's invitation to China'
7 April 2017 11:05 PM ISTTrump accepted the invitation with pleasure, and hoped to make the trip at an early date, Xinhua reported.
Show your cards on Syria, Russia tells Donald Trump
6 April 2017 10:37 PM ISTRussia is Syria’s most powerful ally and has provided the military might behind Assad’s grip on the country, which plunged into civil war six years ago.
Trade, N Korea pose challenges as Trump prepares to meet Xi
6 April 2017 10:32 PM ISTTrump promised during the 2016 campaign to stop what he called the theft of American jobs by China and rebuild the country’s manufacturing base.
Yet another sordid chapter
6 April 2017 10:12 PM ISTThe European Union and the United Nations have directly blamed the Bashar-Al Assad regime for this monstrosity. Russia, which has been the Assad regime’s closest ally, rejected the UN’s claims.
Trump, Israel, Pope condemn chemical attack in Syria
5 April 2017 9:41 PM ISTA senior State Department official, who asked for anonymity, said that everything pointed to the fact that the chemical attack was a “war crime” and that the countries backing Assad — Russia and Iran — have much to answer for.
Trump signs bill blocking online privacy regulation
5 April 2017 12:39 AM ISTAfter his press secretary blasted it as an example of rampant government overreach, President Donald Trump has signed a bill into law that could...
Future tense: Computer programmers to feel the heat
4 April 2017 11:11 PM ISTThe immigration services warned employers that they would not be allowed to ‘abuse the H-1B program’ which it said affects US workers negatively.
'Not natural friends': Trump, Xi will be 'odd couple' at first summit
4 April 2017 11:07 PM ISTTopping the agenda at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida will be whether he will make good on his threat to use crucial US-China trade ties to pressure Beijing to do more to rein in its nuclear-armed neighbor North Korea, which is working to develop missiles capable of hitting the United States.
Xi leaves for his first summit with Donald Trump
4 April 2017 10:56 PM ISTAhead of the summit, Chinese and US officials held talks to ensure that the first summit is a complete success amid tough assertions by Trump that Washington will act alone if Beijing failed to take a tougher stand against N Korea’s nuclear weapons programme.
Blackwater founder held 'secret meeting' with Putin official on Trump's behalf
4 April 2017 10:55 PM ISTThe meeting took place around Jan 11 - nine days before Trump’s inauguration - in the Seychelles islands in the Indian Ocean, officials said.