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What will be the impact of Trump’s $100,000 visa fee? 5,500 jobs each month
The Trump administration’s plan to impose a $100,000 annual fee on H-1B visas could cut 5,500 foreign work permits every month, hitting Indian tech professionals and US companies reliant on global talent. Experts warn the move may disrupt hiring and drive jobs offshore

Meeting, diplomats, visits: How India-Canada ties are taking steps forward
India and Canada are cautiously rebuilding diplomatic ties, with Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand likely to visit New Delhi next month in what would be the first high-level ministerial exchange since relations soured in 2023

New Trump plan: Pull visa and deport foreigners who trivialised Charlie Kirk murder
After Kirk's untimely demise, US officials said that they have been searching for public comments celebrating or joking about his death

The curious case of China buying 2.7 mn tonnes of crude from oil importer Indonesia: Iranian barrels rerouted?
China’s sudden purchase of 2.7 million tonnes of crude from oil-importing Indonesia raises questions over whether Iranian barrels are being rerouted through Southeast Asia to evade US sanctions

Russian fighter jets enter US air defence zone, says Norad as Europe evaluates airspace incursions
Amid continuing aerial incursions across eastern Europe, Russian fighter planes and bombers entered the Alaskan air defence zone, prompting the United States and Canada to deploy fighter planes to track Russian aircraft.

'Was really fun': How an Indian-origin man chased and stabbed a sex offender in US
An Indian-origin man, Varun Suresh, allegedly murdered 71-year-old David Brimmer, a registered child sex offender in California. Chillingly, Suresh reportedly confessed to police that he had long harboured a desire to kill the old man, and he 'didn't feel sad at all'

Denmark reopens airports after overnight drone incursion, says attack was 'professional & hybrid'
Drones had been observed near airports in Esbjerg and Sonderborg, as well as Skrydstrup airbase, home to some of Denmark's F-16 and F-35 fighter jets. All five are located on the Jutland peninsula in western Denmark

Trump told Muslim leaders he will not allow Israel to annex West Bank: Report
Amid rising calls in Israel for the annexation of Palestinian territories, US President Donald Trump has privately told Muslim leaders that he will not allow Israel to annex West Bank, according to a report.

French student who stabbed teacher was fascinated by Nazis, say officials
The teenager student who stabbed a teacher in a school in northeastern France was fascinated by weapons and Nazi ideology, and was under investigation after drawing Nazi symbols, according to French officials.

Escalator-gate: Were UN ‘mishaps’ sabotage against Trump?
US President Donald Trump has accused the United Nations of 'triple sabotage' after a dramatic escalator stop, teleprompter failure, and an alleged sound issue disrupted his address. The UN denies foul play, blaming technical glitches and human error, but Trump insists the incidents were intentional and has called for a full investigation. Conspiracy theories also abound

Moldova’s pro-EU Maia Sandu’s party faces tough challenge from pro-Russia forces in elections: Poll
In Moldova's parliamentary elections on September 28, pro-EU President Maia Sandu’s party is facing a tough challenge from pro-Russia forces as the two sides stand neck and neck, according to an opinion poll.

North Korea has 2 tonnes of highly enriched uranium, Seoul warns
While it has been public knowledge that North Korea holds a "significant" amount of uranium, this is the first time Seoul's unification minister has confirmed that "intelligence agencies estimate Pyongyang's stockpile of highly enriched uranium

Meet Agastya Goel, the Indian-origin Physics wizard seen with Trump after Olympiad win
Agastya Goel, a 17-year-old Indian-origin student, was part of the United States Physics Team that clinched all five gold medals at the 2025 International Physics Olympiad in Paris. The five-member team delivered the country's best-ever performance at the competition that saw participants from 85 countries. The teenagers were honoured at the White House, where US President Donald Trump hosted them

Did Indian engineers build Microsoft? Watch what Bill Gates said in 2024, clip goes viral now
Amid US President Donald Trump's anti-immigrant agenda and crackdown on H1-B visa, comments of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates have surfaced in which he said Indian engineers from IITs were some of the earliest staffers of the company that helped the company's early growth.

‘I fear we will not have election in 2028’: California Governor Newsom’s warning about Trump
Flagging US President Donald Trump's authoritarian streak, California Governor Gavin Newsom has warned that there may not be an election at all in 2028. He said that people need to wake up to the severity of the threat they are facing.

Trump to meet Shehbaz Sharif after Tuesday's 'informal exchange'
After a brief encounter at the UNGA, US President Donald Trump is expected to meet Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at the White House, as both nation inches closer to finalising a trade deal

US agencies told to prepare for mass firing as govt shutdown looms amid Trump-Democrat tussle
About 154,000 of those employees accepted a buyout and are slated to drop off the US government’s payroll on September 30, the last day of the federal government’s fiscal year

Are PM Modi, Trump meeting soon? 'I'm sure,' says US official, but...
India-US ties hit a snag after Trump raised tariffs to 50 per cent, punishing India for purchasing Russian oil. The president and his colleagues have blamed India for “fuelling the Russian war on Ukraine” by buying oil from Moscow

Trump 'growing incredibly impatient' with Russia, says Vance hours after Rubio-Lavrov clash
US Secretary of State Rubio met with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the UNGA meet. The talks came amid President Trump and VP Vance's growing frustration with Moscow.

Syria back at UN after 58 years: An ex-al Qaeda fighter does what Assads couldn't
Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa created history after he became the country's first president in 58 years to address the United Nations, reflecting that an al-Qaeda fighter did what the Assad family couldn't

Trump to sign TikTok deal today; ByteDance to be left with 20% of stock: Report
The structure would align with a bipartisan law passed in 2024, which aimed to ban TikTok unless it was sold to US-based owners by this year. The app was briefly shut down in the United States in January, just one day before Trump’s second-term inauguration

US Treasury in talks with Argentina on a $20 billion 'bailout', Democrats call foul
The United States said Wednesday it was in talks with Argentina on a $20 billion program of economic support, buoying the South American nation's markets and embattled leader Javier Milei.

FBI's Kash Patel says 'Anti-ICE' message found on ammo at Dallas shooting that killed detainee
Police authorities have said that the gunman fired indiscriminately at the ICE facility as well as a van nearby, killing one detainee, before dying from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. However, no law enforcement official was injured

'Green and low-carbon transition is the trend': Xi presents China's first-ever emission targets
Under the new plan, China will reduce economy-wide emissions by 7–10 percent by 2035 relative to the year of the country's peak emissions, believed to be 2025

Hostage release, permanent ceasefire: US presents 'Trump 21-point plan' for Gaza peace to Arab leaders
The plan comes after hopes for a ceasefire dimmed following Israel's strikes in Qatar earlier this month, angering the mediator country and halting talks between Israel and Hamas

Second Danish airport shuts down after drone sightings, two days after Copenhagen disruption
The Danish national police said that the drones exhibited a similar pattern to those that had disrupted flights at Copenhagen Airport for four hours just days earlier

Drone strike kills at least 15 at El-Fasher market as Sudan’s Darfur conflict intensifies
An aid worker and a local group in Sudan said a drone strike by the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces killed at least 15 people at a bustling market in the besieged city of elFasher, the capital of North Darfur.

Israel’s Netanyahu vows combined military-diplomatic push to free Gaza hostages
Israel's prime minister told the family of Alon Ohel, a hostage still held in Gaza, that there was a combined military diplomatic effort that was being continuously pursued to defeat Hamas and bring back all hostages, his office said in a statement on Wednesday.

Zelenskyy warns world of ‘most destructive arms race in history,’ says weapons will decide who survives
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy told world leaders Wednesday that the world is in “the most destructive arms race in history” and called on the international community to act against Russia now, asserting that Vladimir Putin wants to expand his war in Europe.

UK arrests suspect cyber attacker who threw Heathrow airport into chaos
The British police have arrested a man in his 40s after cyberattack disrupted major European airports of London's Heathrow, Brussels, and Berlin.