Tehran, Iran Iran said on Sunday that it would hold nuclear talks in the coming days with the three European countries that initiated a censure resolution against it adopted by the UN’s atomic watchdog. Foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said the meeting of the deputy foreign ministers of Iran, France, Germany and the United Kingdom would...
Sydney, Australia Swimmer Emma McKeon, Australia’s most decorated Olympian, announced her retirement from the sport on Monday aged 30. McKeon won six gold medals, three silver and five bronze over the Rio, Tokyo and Paris Games. A versatile and tenacious 50, 100 and 200-metre mostly freestyle racer, her career had looked in jeopardy after failing to qualify...
New York, United States The NFL has issued an alert to team security officials and players union officials about organized criminals targeting players’ home, including recent burglaries of Kansas City stars Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce. Wednesday’s alert memo was revealed Thursday on the NFL’s website, which reported sources saying the FBI was investigating the break-ins...
New York, United States The top US securities regulator, a skeptic towards cryptocurrency who was appointed by President Joe Biden, announced Thursday he will step down in January when Donald Trump takes office. Gary Gensler, chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), said he will resign on January 20, the same day Trump assumes the...
Panama City, Panama The number of US-bound migrants passing through the Darien jungle has fallen by 39 percent so far this year, with a total of 294,000 attempting the dangerous journey since January, Panama’s president said Thursday. In the same period last year, the number was 482,000 people crossing the jungle that separates Colombia and Panama, according...
“US Embassy officials met with Indian law enforcement partners to discuss this case, and the Embassy remains in close contact with Indian officials.” confirms US Embassy rep in New Delhi. Members of the United States’ FBI in New Delhi have met with their counterparts at the US Embassy to discuss the arrest and extradition of...
Málaga, Spain Rafael Nadal said he has left both a sporting and personal legacy after retiring from professional tennis on Tuesday at the Davis Cup. The 38-year-old was beaten in the opening singles rubber of the quarter-finals as Netherlands defeated Spain 2-1 to reach the final four. Nadal, a 22-time Grand Slam winner, enjoyed a glittering and...
CHANDIGARH Even as Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) which is popularly known as Akal Dal Badal or Badal Dal due to Badal family’s monopoly over it, is passing through its worst phase, its president Sukhbir Badal does not refrain from making drama. Two and half months after Akal Takht Sahib declared him tankhaiya (guilty of religious...
Geneva, Switzerland Kizza Besigye, a major Ugandan opposition figure, was “kidnapped” in Kenya and is being held in a Kampala military jail, his wife, a top UN official, said Tuesday. Winnie Byanyima, head of UNAIDS, demanded on X that the government of Uganda “release my husband Dr. Kizza Besigye from where he is being held immediately”....
Havana, Cuba Latin America can expect closer scrutiny from US President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of state, Marco Rubio, expected to take a tougher approach towards the leftist governments of Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba, analysts say. Highly critical of communism and the left at-large, Rubio will likely seek closer ties to the libertarian governments of...