In a move that may spell good news for thousands of highly-skilled Indian IT professionals, the United States House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill that would shorten the waiting period for high-skilled nationals of other countries to obtain a Green Card and work permanently in the United States.

US House of Representatives passes bill aimed at removing 7% country cap on Green Card, Indian H-1B visa holders to benefit

British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt on Tuesday said US President Donald Trump was "disrespectful and wrong" in making disparaging remarks about outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May and her ambassador to Washington.

Trump comments 'disrespectful and wrong': Jeremy Hunt

US President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday threatened he would veto a massive defence bill being considered by the House of Representatives, saying it provides less money than he wants for the military and disagreeing with some of its policy provisions.

Trump threatens veto of House defence bill over spending levels, Mexico wall

US President Donald Trump violated the Constitution by blocking people whose views he disliked from his Twitter account, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday.

Donald Trump's blocking of Twitter critics unconstitutional:  US appeals court

Asian shares pulled ahead on Wednesday while rising Treasury yields lifted the dollar as investors waited anxiously to hear if the world's most powerful central banker would confirm or confound expectations for US easing this month.

Asia shares rise as US dollar moves up

Dawood's 'safe haven' declines to even acknowledge his existence which is a real and present danger to us: India at UN He said that the success achieved in denuding ISIL shows that the Council's focussed attention yield results and the same approach must be applied to address threats posed by the D company, Dawood Ibrahim and other proscribed entities.

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The European Commission lowered its estimates on Wednesday for eurozone growth and inflation, saying uncertainty over US trade policy posed a major risk to the bloc.

Euro zone growth, inflation outlook cut as risks from US trade grow

Iran's release last month of Nizar Zakka, a Lebanese businessman with US permanent residency, after four years in prison was meant as an opening for US-Iranian talks, according to three Western sources familiar with the issue.

Iran's release of Lebanese prisoner was failed overture to US

China's economic growth is expected to slow to a near 30-year low of 6.2 per cent this year, a Reuters poll showed on Wednesday, despite a flurry of support measures to spur domestic demand amid a bruising trade war with the United States.

China's 2019 growth seen slowing to 6.2 per cent as trade war weighs: Report

Thailand's rice exports fell by 12 per cent in the first half of 2019 hurt by a strong baht, and will likely fall short of this year's target of 9.5 million tonnes, an exporter group said on Wednesday.

Thailand rice exports hit by strong baht, unlikely to meet 2019 goal

Torrential rain in east and south China has affected more than 1.63 million people, the Ministry of Emergency Management said on Tuesday. Rainstorm which has battered Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces in east China, Hunan Province in central China, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in south China, Chongqing Municipality, Sichuan Province and Guizhou Province in southwest China, affecting the lives of 1.

Torrential rain affects over 1.63 million people in China

Stock markets closed lower on Wednesday amid a slew of disappointing news, with Bajaj Finance Ltd and Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd weighing the most on the NSE Nifty.

Nifty, Sensex close lower, financials drag

Wary representatives of Afghan society met Taliban officials in Qatar on Monday for a second day of talks, with bloody insurgent attacks back home casting a pall over efforts to end Afghanistan's years of war. The Taliban on Sunday detonated a car bomb outside a government security compound in central Afghanistan killing 14 people and wounding 180, including scores of children. The attack came at the onset of a two-day meeting between Afghan citizens and the militants, meant to open the way to a peace process that should build on a hoped-for deal between the United States and the Taliban to end the longest ever U.S. war.

Taliban-Afghan agree to peace roadmap

British Prime Minister Theresa May's government on Monday reiterated its "full support" for its ambassador to Washington after US President Donald Trump said he would no longer deal with him.

UK offers 'full support' to US ambassador, Trump lashes out at Theresa May after leak of damning cables

World stocks fell for a third straight day on Tuesday, as a stinging warning came from German chemicals giant BASF about the effects of the global trade war and traders hedged bets on a hefty US interest rate cut later this month.

World stocks drop for third day, BASF warning stings Europe

The future of Obamacare could be at stake on Tuesday when a coalition of Democratic-led states and House of Representatives urge a federal appeals court to overturn a Texas judge's ruling that the US healthcare reform law is unconstitutional.

United States appeals court to take up constitutionality of Obamacare

The US State Department has approved the possible sale to Taiwan of M1A2T Abrams tanks, Stinger missiles and related equipment at an estimated value of $2.2 billion, the Pentagon said on Monday, despite Chinese criticism of the deal.

US approves possible $2.2 billion arms sale to Taiwan amid tension with China

New York state on Monday cleared the way for Democrats in the US Congress to obtain President Donald Trump's state tax returns, raising the possibility of fresh avenues of inquiry for lawmakers investigating his finances.

New York clears way for release of Donald Trump's state tax returns

International Criminal Court judges on Monday convicted a Congolese rebel chief nicknamed "Terminator" of war crimes including massacring civilians and sexual enslavement, in a badly-needed victory for prosecutors in The Hague.

International Criminal Court convicts 'Terminator' warlord guilty of Congo atrocities

Why China is afraid of US Abrams tanks to be delivered to Taiwan

The US Department of Homeland Security requested 1,000 additional soldiers to help manage the migrant crisis in Texas, the Pentagon said Monday, amid growing outcry over conditions in migrant detention facilities.

US department of homeland security requests 1,000 soldiers to manage migrant crisis

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday criticised a top US lawmaker's proposal to merge Myanmar's restive Rakhine state into her country, saying it was an attempt to "start a fire in the region" and the move was "not acceptable".

Sheikh Hasina slams US lawmaker's proposal to integrate Rakhine with Bangladesh

China and the rest of the world must co-exist, Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan said on Monday, in an indirect jab at the United States with which Beijing is currently trying to resolve a bitter trade war.

In jab at US, China's vice president Wang Qishan says world cannot shut China out

The UN human rights chief said Monday that she was "deeply shocked" by conditions under which migrants and refugees are held at US detention centres, following reports of severe overcrowding and disease-ridden cells.

United Nation rights chief 'shocked' by conditions at US migrant detention centres

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