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October 28, 2026 12:35 PM

Flavio Bolsonaro and family to receive US visas after leaving Brazil, State Department says

Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro has left the country for the United States after losing Sunday's presidential election, three sources said, with the US State Department due to grant him and his family entry visas. Bolsonaro, who has yet to concede to leftist incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left Brazil after refusing to comply with a Supreme Court order to surrender his passports. The ruling relates to a money laundering probe in which he denies wrongdoing. The location of Flavio, his ...

October 21, 2026 9:56 AM

EAM Jaishankar calls for deeper India-US ties, zero tolerance towards terrorism

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Tuesday reaffirmed India’s commitment to advancing its strategic partnership with the United States, highlighting opportunities in trade, investment, technology and energy while urging partners to demonstrate zero tolerance towards terrorism. Speaking at a reception in Mumbai celebrating 250 years of American Independence, attended by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, EAM Jaishankar said expanding areas of convergence would be essential as countries...

October 20, 2026 10:20 AM

‘Very close’ to finalising trade deal with India: Marco Rubio

The US is "very close" to finalising a trade deal with India, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday, suggesting that the waiver from tariffs for buying Russian oil was linked to the decision. "We're trying to finalise the trade deal with India right now. We're very close to doing that. So that's one of the things we take into consideration when the President makes a decision about national security waivers and things of that nature,” Rubio told reporters in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Rub...

October 18, 2026 11:07 AM

‘Many don’t know what my decision is’: Trump on sanctions waiver to Russia

Facing intense criticism, US President Donald Trump said he had taken a “good decision” to exempt Russia from sweeping sanctions under a new law and asserted that many did not know what it actually meant. “A lot of you don't know what my decision is yet, but we'll figure it out, and you'll figure it out,” Trump told reporters at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Miami on Saturday evening. “It's a very good decision, and it's going to be a decision that's good for the country, and I think good...

October 18, 2026 10:51 AM

Marco Rubio leaves for India, says ‘India an important ally of US’

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has left the US for his visit to Uzbekistan and India. Rubio left from the Joint Base Andrews late on Saturday (local time) and will reach India on October 20. "Just departed for Uzbekistan and India to continue securing the Trump Administration's economic opportunities for our nation," Rubio said. Meanwhile, a day after US President Donald Trump waived several sanctions related to Russian fuel sales that were to take effect under the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctio...

October 14, 2026 9:58 AM

Trump says Houthis trying to drive up oil prices ahead of US midterm elections

President Donald Trump on Tuesday accused Yemen's Houthi militants of deliberately trying to drive up oil prices ahead of the US midterm elections and warned that he would "never forget" their attacks on Saudi Arabia, amid a widening regional conflict fueled by the US war with Iran. "The Houthis are behaving very badly," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post, accusing the group of resuming attacks at Iran's behest after a period of relative quiet following US strikes in Yemen last year. Trump als...

October 14, 2026 9:56 AM

Trump says US still sharing intel, even as Ukraine reports attacks with no warnings

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Washington was still sharing intelligence with Ukraine, even as Kyiv reported new Russian missile attacks that came without usual warnings and accused Russia of violating an energy truce the US president announced at the weekend. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russian forces attacked Kyiv on Tuesday with ballistic missiles, targeting a thermal power plant, and Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said a strike on a high-rise apartment building...

October 14, 2026 9:52 AM

US top diplomat Marco Rubio to visit India and Uzbekistan

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will depart on Saturday on a five-day trip to India and Uzbekistan, the State Department said, adding that he will discuss energy cooperation in India. Rubio will travel to Samarkand in Uzbekistan and to Mumbai and Jamnagar in India, the State Department said in a statement on Tuesday. In India, Rubio will meet government officials to "exchange views on regional and global dynamics, and discuss prospects for enhanced energy cooperation," the statement said. I...

October 13, 2026 10:36 AM

Explainer: What is the diesel deal between Putin and Trump?

US President Donald Trump has stepped up his efforts to lower US diesel prices by lifting sanctions on Russian diesel exports and announcing a ceasefire on energy infrastructure between Russia and Ukraine. Soaring US diesel prices are hurting US truckers and farmers, and are a concern for voters and political parties ahead of November 3 midterm elections. US prices were down 0.5% on Monday following Trump's announcements. HOW MUCH DIFFERENCE WILL RUSSIA'S RELEASE MAKE? Trump said on Friday t...

October 13, 2026 10:34 AM

Trump defends Russia diesel deal as lawmakers from both parties complain

President Donald Trump on Monday defended a diesel oil deal he made with Russia as lawmakers from both parties complained the agreement appears to violate US law barring imports of Russian energy until Moscow ends its aggression against Ukraine. Trump has said the deal to lift sanctions on Russian oil exports would help bring down high fuel prices. However some analysts doubted the amount of diesel Trump has said Russia would provide over the next three months would do much to bring down prices...