Keith Sonderling. File. | Photo Credit: AP President Donald Trump said Monday (June 29, 20260 he will nominate Keith Sonderling to be the Secretary of Labor, elevating him from the agency’s Acting Director two months after Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned amid abuse-of-power allegations. Mr. Sonderling, a lawyer who has held a variety of acting positions and…
The episode takes a look latest political developments in Maharashtra as another Sachin Ahir joins Eknath Shinde’s camp; Haldia Petrochemicals in West Bengal; the rollout of the SIR of electoral rolls across four States and Delhi; rising political tensions over the Ram Temple donation case, and more. Source link
Demonstrators hold letters making up the slogan “Born in the USA = citizen!” outside the U.S. Supreme Court building. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Supreme Court on Tuesday (June 30, 2026) upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that children born to people who are in the…
People stand atop a ridge overlooking the scene of a mudslide at a jade gemstone mining site in the Hpakant area of Kachin State, northern Myanmar. File | Photo Credit: AP Monsoon rains triggered the collapse of a slag heap at a disused Myanmar jade mine, killing five people scavenging for gem scraps and leaving…
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G7 summit. File | Photo Credit: AP The U.S.-India relationship is at its lowest point in the last 30 years due to U.S. President Donald Trump’s “utterly destructive policies”, Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna has said. Addressing the U.S.-India Strategic…
India has said that attempts by countries to question the FATF’s credibility reflect their “fear of scrutiny” and asked these nations to stop exporting instability and prevent their territory from being misused for terrorism, in a veiled reference to Pakistan. India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Parvathaneni Harish, made these remarks on Monday (June 29,…
Image for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters “Attackers shot dead two members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards at their home in the western city of Paveh, near the border with Iraq’s Kurdistan region,” state media reported on Tuesday (June 30, 2026). It was not immediately clear who was behind the shooting but Tehran has…
Rescuers search a building for earthquake survivors in La Guaira, Venezuela, on June 28, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Venezuela has appreciated the Indian medical team’s efforts to help victims of the earthquake that rocked the South American nation, killing over 1,700 people. Under Operation Amistad, the Indian Army established a field hospital comprising highly…
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin celebrated Iran’s elimination from the World Cup, saying he did a “happy dance,” Sports Business Journal reported on Monday (June 29, 2026). The Iranian team barely missed out on reaching the knockout rounds of the tournament. They drew all…
Justice S. Muralidhar, Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, discusses the United Nations panel’s report on crimes committed on Palestinian children by Israeli security forces resulting in the death of at least 20,179 and injury of 44,143 children since the October 7, 2023…