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Actress Huffman gets 2 weeks jail in US college admissions scandal

Actress Felicity Huffman is given two weeks jail time Friday for paying bribes to help her daughter gain admission to a prestigious American university, the first high-profile figure to be sentenced in a cheating scandal that rocked America.
US lawmakers urge Trump to mediate between India-Pakistan

Key US Senators and Congressmen are now urging President Donald Trump to play a constructive role in helping resolve Kashmir and other underlying disputes between India and Pakistan.
US Congress orders negotiator to testify

The US envoy charged with negotiating with the Taliban was ordered Thursday to testify by the Democratic-led House of Representatives, which complained it had been kept in the dark on the now called-off peace process.
US to release name of shadowy figure in 9/11 case

The US Justice Department says it would release the name of an individual sought by people who are suing the government of Saudi Arabia for alleged involvement in the September 11, 2001, hijacking attacks.
Biden fights off rivals in Democratic 2020 debate

Frontrunner Joe Biden goes on the offensive in the third Democratic debate of the 2020 White House race, clashing with top rivals on the fraught issue of health care in America and brushing off attacks from lesser challengers.
US SC allows Trump to deny asylum to most C Americans

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday granted a request by President Donald Trump’s administration to fully enforce a new rule that would curtail asylum applications by immigrants at the US-Mexico border, a key element of his hardline immigration policies.
US SC allows Trump to deny asylum to Central Americans

The US Supreme Court grants a request by President Donald Trump's administration to fully enforce a new rule that would curtail asylum applications by immigrants at the US-Mexico border, a key element of his hardline immigration policies.
On 9/11, Trump vows to hit Taliban ‘harder’ than ever

President Donald Trump used 9/11 remembrance commemorations yesterday to announce an unprecedented escalation of the US military assault on Afghanistan’s Taliban -- just days after he wanted to hold peace talks with the insurgents.
US to commemorate 9/11 as its aftermath extends and evolves

Americans are commemorating 9/11 with mournful ceremonies, volunteering, appeals to “never forget” and rising attention to the terror attacks’ extended toll on responders.
With Bolton's departure, an Iran hawk leaves the chessboard

John Bolton's departure from the White House removes an obstacle to the possibility of US-Iranian nuclear talks, but the odds of such a dialogue leading anywhere remain low, current and former US officials say.
Bangladeshi PhD student killed in US gas station robbery

A Bangladeshi PhD student is shot dead in a robbery at a gas station in Louisiana of the United States.
Trump calls off secret summit, talks with Taliban

US President Donald Trump says on he has called off a secret summit with the Taliban and Afghanistan's leader, abruptly slamming the door on a year of diplomacy to end America's longest war.
US concerned over Myanmar army's lawsuit against religious leader

The United States says it is deeply concerned about the Myanmar army's filing of a lawsuit against a religious leader who told President Donald Trump the military oppressed Christians in the Buddhist-majority country.
419m users’ phone numbers exposed

Phone numbers linked to more than 400 million Facebook accounts were listed online in the latest privacy lapse for the social media giant, US media reported Wednesday.
Hurricane Dorian lashes US east coast

Hurricane Dorian lashed the Carolinas with driving rain and fierce winds as it neared the US east coast yesterday after devastating the Bahamas and killing at least 20 people.
Deep-Rooted Hinduphobia: Case filed against Netflix in India

Alleging that Netflix, a US-based online streaming service, is "defaming Hindus and India" through its shows, a member of the Shiv Sena IT Cell filed a police complaint in India's Mumbai.
Myanmar needs to take action for Rohingya repatriation: Miller

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller says Myanmar needs to take action so that Rohingyas can return to their homeland.
Bangladeshi shot dead in New York

A Bangladeshi youth has been shot dead by miscreants in Jamaica of New York.
California scuba boat fire death toll rises to 25: Report

Divers have found a total of 25 bodies after a pre-dawn fire sank a scuba diving vessel off a Southern California island, leaving nine people unaccounted for as the search continued, media reports.
J&J ordered to pay $572m for aiding US opioid crisis

An Oklahoma judge on Monday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $572.1 million to the state for its part in fueling an opioid epidemic by
US, Taliban push for deal at Doha talks

US and Taliban negotiators held talks in Doha on Monday as potentially decisive dialogue to enable Washington to drawdown its
20 US states sue Trump admin

A coalition of 20 US states announced on Monday they will sue Donald Trump’s administration over its recent decision to remove legal limits on how long migrant children can be detained.
Johnson & Johnson liable for $572 mln

An Oklahoma judge in the US orders Johnson & Johnson to pay $572.1 million to the state for its part in fueling an opioid epidemic by deceptively marketing addictive painkillers, a sum that was substantially less than investors had expected, driving up J&J's shares.
US probes link between vaping and lung disease

A patient who had recently been vaping has died in the US after developing severe lung disease, officials said Friday, as authorities
CDC flags one death in US possibly tied to vaping

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it had identified 193 potential cases of severe lung illness tied to vaping in 22 states as of August 22, including one adult in Illinois who died after being hospitalized.
Trump raises tariffs on Chinese goods as trade war escalates

President Donald Trump angrily escalates his trade fight with China, raising retaliatory tariffs and ordering American companies to consider alternatives to doing business there.
Trump slams Danish PM’s ‘nasty’ rejection

Donald Trump snapped back Wednesday at the Danish prime minister’s “nasty” dismissal of his attempts to purchase Greenland, heightening a row which has already prompted the US president to scrap a state visit.
2 US soldiers killed in Afghanistan: Nato

Two US military personnel were killed Wednesday in Afghanistan, Nato announced. The deaths bring to at least 14 the number of
US, N Korea will restart talks ‘soon’

The United States and North Korea are expected to reopen denuclearisation talks soon and they will go well, a senior South Korean official said yesterday, boosting hopes for progress in negotiations after a prolonged stalemate.
India, Pakistan doing little to fight jihadists

US President Donald Trump said that other countries, specially India, Pakistan, must assume the battle against Islamic extremists as the US negotiates a withdrawal from Afghanistan.