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February 14, 2026 10:00 AM

Trump administration sues Harvard, accuses it of defying admissions probe

The Trump administration sued Harvard University on Friday, accusing it of failing to comply with a federal investigation and seeking documents to determine whether the university had illegally considered race in its admissions process. The move comes less than two weeks after U.S. President Donald Trump said his administration was seeking $1 billion from Harvard to settle probes into school policies, after a news report that said Trump had dropped his demand for a payment from the Ivy League s...

February 14, 2026 9:57 AM

Trump says Iran regime change could be ‘best thing’ as second carrier heads to Middle East

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday embraced potential regime change in Iran and declared that "tremendous power" will soon be in the Middle East, as the Pentagon sent a second aircraft carrier to the region. Trump's military moves and tough talk comes even as Washington and Tehran seek to revive diplomacy over Tehran's long-running nuclear dispute with the West. Asource briefed on the matter told Reuters that U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will hold negotiations with Iran on Tu...

February 14, 2026 9:55 AM

US: ICE to spend $38.3 billion on detention centers across US, document shows

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to spend $38.3 billion by the end of the year on detention centers to detain and process tens of thousands of immigrants slated for deportation, according to an overview of the plan published by New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ayotte's office on Thursday. The document was provided by the Department of Homeland Security after an inquiry Ayotte made following a U.S. Senate hearing on Thursday, her office said in a press release. ICE plans to buy 16 exi...

February 11, 2026 7:44 PM

Ten dead after shooter opens fire at Canadian high school in rare massacre

Ten people including the shooter are dead after an assailant opened fire at a high school in western Canada on Tuesday in one of the country's deadliest mass casualty events in recent history. The attack brought to Canada the type of mass shooting more common in the neighboring United States, and was carried out by a shooter described as female, police said. Six people were found dead inside a high school in the town of Tumbler Ridge, in British Columbia, two more people were found dead at a r...

February 11, 2026 5:12 PM

Russia says US restrictions on its role in Venezuela’s oil business are discrimination

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that new U.S. restrictions on the role of Russia and other countries in Venezuela's oil business were blatant discrimination and the Kremlin said it would clarify the matter with Washington. The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday issued a general license to facilitate the exploration and production of oil and gas in Venezuela. The license did not authorise transactions involving Russian, Chinese and Iranian nationals or entities. Lavrov, speaki...

February 10, 2026 9:56 AM

US reaches nuclear deal with Armenia as Vance pushes peace dividend

Armenia and the United States agreed on Monday to cooperate in the civil nuclear sector as Washington sought to bolster ties with a former close ally of Russia, months after Washington brokered a peace agreement in the South Caucasus. A statement on the nuclear sector deal was signed by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and U.S. Vice President JD Vance, who is on a two-day visit to the country. The two said they had completed negotiations on what is known as a 123 Agreement, which allows...

February 9, 2026 1:16 PM

India unlocks preferential access to $30-trillion U.S. market under landmark trade agreement

India has secured a major breakthrough in global trade with the signing of the India-U.S. Bilateral Trade Agreement, unlocking preferential access for Indian exports to the United States’ massive $30-trillion market. The agreement delivers sweeping tariff reductions, zero-duty access across key sectors, and enhanced cooperation in digital trade, technology and healthcare - while carefully safeguarding India’s farmers, MSMEs and sensitive industries. With India’s exports to the U.S. standi...

February 5, 2026 6:33 PM

India-US trade deal safeguards farmers’ interests, no compromise on agriculture or dairy: Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday said that the proposed India-US trade deal fully protects country’s agricultural and dairy sectors, asserting that there has been no compromise on farmers’ interests. Addressing the media in New Delhi, Chouhan said the government has ensured that India’s staple grains, millets, fruits, major crops and dairy products remain outside the scope of any market-opening measures that could harm domestic produc...

February 5, 2026 2:45 PM

First tranche of India-US trade deal in 4-5 days, formal pact by mid-March: Piyush Goyal

India is set to roll out the first tranche of its bilateral trade agreement (BTA) with the United States within the next four to five days, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday. The initial phase of the agreement will lead to a reduction in US tariffs on Indian exports to 18 per cent. Goyal said a joint India-US statement is expected to be issued in the coming days. Following this, an executive order will be released, bringing the reduced 18 per cent tariff on Indian goo...

February 5, 2026 12:36 PM

Autism might be equally common in males and females, study says

Autism might be just as common in females as in males, according to a study published on Wednesday that counters prevailing estimates of the disorder's prevalence. While the neurological and developmental condition is known to be more common in boys at younger ages, the study found a clear catch-up effect among adolescent girls, the researchers reported in The BMJ. The findings highlight a need to investigate why autism spectrum disorders are diagnosed later in females than in males, they said...