NOVEMBER 21, 2018
Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman, left, meets with U.S. President Donald Trump and in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on May 20, 2017. - Balkis Press/Abaca Press/TNS
AMMAN, Jordan - "To the whole world ... Saudi Arabia first."
So read the front page of Okaz Online, the Saudi daily newspaper's website, published hours after President Donald Trump issued what amounted to...
NOVEMBER 21, 2018
George Papadopoulos was sentenced to 14 days in prison. - Greg Nash
Special counsel Robert Mueller's team of lawyers on Wednesday opposed an effort from former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos to delay his prison term.
Mueller's team pointed to the one-time foreign policy adviser's tweets and other public statements that they said have been "inconsistent" with his remarks...
NOVEMBER 20, 2018
Pooja Shali While posing for a photograph with Twitter's India team, Jack Dorsey was seen holding a poster that read "Smash Brahminical patriarchy".
Social media site, Twitter, was caught in a massive controversy on Monday as Indian users slammed the site's CEO, Jack Dorsey for holding a political poster during his visit to the country. The photograph was...
NOVEMBER 20, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump told the White House counsel in the spring that he wanted to order the Justice Department to prosecute two of his political adversaries: his 2016 challenger, Hillary Clinton, and the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey, according to two people familiar with the conversation.
The lawyer, Donald F. McGahn II, rebuffed the president,...
NOVEMBER 20, 2018
Five-time world champion Mary Kom on Tuesday advanced to the semi-finals of the Women's World Boxing Championships.
Mary Kom has also assured herself of a seventh medal at the showpiece event becoming the most successful boxer in the event's history.
The 35-year-old Mary Kom defeated China's Wu Yu 5-0 in the light flyweight (48kg) category quarter-finals to enter the...
NOVEMBER 20, 2018
FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2018, file photo, candles, lit by activists, protesting the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, are placed outside Saudi Arabia's consulate, in Istanbul, during a candlelight vigil. President Donald Trump is facing mounting pressure to sternly rebuke Saudi Arabia over the death of Khashoggi. So far, Trump is resisting calls...
NOVEMBER 20, 2018
The Supreme Court was supremely angry on Tuesday.
That is probably an understatement considering what exactly went on the Chief Justice of India's courtroom this morning as it prepared to hear a case related to the controversy that the Central Bureau of Investigation has found itself in.
If you don't know about the controversy, here is a recap:
CBI's...
NOVEMBER 19, 2018
Bishan Singh Bedi has always been critical of IPL - Getty
Legendary India spinner and former captain Bishan Singh Bedi has once again criticized the Indian Premier League, calling the cash-rich T20 league a "scam".
Bedi has always been critical of IPL and has said that the T20 cricket tournament is a platform for money-laundering.
"I don't want to say...
NOVEMBER 19, 2018
Carlos Ghosn has a high profile in Japan and is known as a major advocate of the country’s auto sector. | Photo Credit: AP
Company accuses him of “significant acts of misconduct”, says it will seek to oust him.
Nissan Motor Chairman Carlos Ghosn was reportedly under arrest in Tokyo on Monday, as his firm accused him of...
NOVEMBER 19, 2018
Ashim Mitra, a longtime pharmacy professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI - A prominent Indian-origin professor in the US has been accused of exploiting his students as servants and compelling them to do his personal work, an American daily has claimed.
Ashim Mitra, a longtime pharmacy professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City,...
