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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called India “critical” to American interests after meeting EAM Jaishankar, with talks covering trade, defense, energy, and the Quad, even as differences remain on tariffs and Russian oil.
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President Donald Trump ordered the destruction of a Venezuelan vessel allegedly carrying drugs in the Caribbean Sea, killing 11 people. Senator Marco Rubio hailed it as a crackdown on cartels, but legal experts questioned its legitimacy under international law.
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The US State Department has revoked the visas of several Palestinian Authority and Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) officials in advance of the UN General Assembly. This decision comes as part of the Trump administration's ongoing efforts to impose visa restrictions on Palestinian figures.
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US Senator Marco Rubio and Israeli leaders strongly condemned French President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to recognise Palestine at the UN, calling it reckless and dangerous. They warned the move emboldens Hamas, undermines Israel’s security, and risks fuelling further conflict
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India welcomed the U.S. designation of The Resistance Front (TRF), a proxy of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, as a global terrorist group. External Affairs Minister Jaishankar praised U.S. action, linking it to the deadly Pahalgam attack that killed 26 civilians
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A news report in Politico said that the Trump administration is weighing requiring all foreign students applying to study in the United States to undergo social media vetting.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday ordered US missions around the world to pause student visa interviews to incorporate expanded scrutiny of the social media footprints of applicants.
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Badar Khan Suri was taken outside his home in a Washington suburb in Virginia State by “masked” officers who told him that his student visa had been revoked
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State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce says “Secretary Rubio, of course, follows through with his (Trump's) vision and the nature of the choices that are made in that regard”
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Trump wrote on Truth Social, his social media platform, that he made this appeal on a phone call with Putin on Thursday, which he described as “good and productive”.
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Washington has agreed to "immediately lift the pause on intelligence sharing and resume security assistance to Ukraine"
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The Trump administration suspended all US aid and support, including intelligence, to Ukraine after a White House spat between Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on the one side and President Donald Trump and Vice-President J D Vance on the other
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The resolution was adopted with 93 votes for it, and 18 against it, with 65 abstentions
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The incident occurred about 90 minutes after the flight took off from Joint Base Andrews outside of Washington, the issue had to do with the cockpit windshield on C-32, a converted Boeing 757
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Trump said, "I am thrilled to welcome my friend Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India back to the White House"
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Prime Minister Modi will meet President Donald Trump on Thursday for bilateral meetings, which will be capped by dinner at which the two leaders will be joined only by a few guests.
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According to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the hostages were transferred from central Gaza to the IDF and the Israel Security Agency before crossing into Israel.
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US, India partnership to be defining relationship of 21st century: Marco Rubio
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The Upper Chamber on Thursday voted 74-25 to approve the nomination of Ratcliffe, who served as Trump's Director of National Intelligence for the last eight months of his first term, Xinhua news agency reported.
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The call came ahead of remarks from President Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday calling for NATO allies to increase their defence spending to five per cent of their GDP.
