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Pak has dismal record on minorities' condition: Meenakshi Lekhi
While addressing the Conference of Interaction & Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) at Astana -- the capital of Kazakhstan, Lekhi also accused Pakistan of misusing the platform to propagate false and malicious propaganda against India and distracting from the theme and focus of discussions and cooperation among the member states. India is one of the founding members of CICA.
New York Attorney General moves court to block Trump from moving assets out of Manhattan
The Attorney General's office wants to block the Trump Organization from transferring assets to any entities without court approval because it felt that the same day that it announced its $250 million lawsuit against the former President and his company, the Trump Organization incorporated a new entity in Delaware, Trump Organization II LLC.
Colombian illegal immigrants targeting Indians in US arrested: Police
In Hicksville and New Hyde Park, the gang of four would pretend to be public utility workers and follow Indians to their homes to rob them, police in Nassau County adjoining New York City on Long Island said on Wednesday. Nassau Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said at a news conference: "They would watch those coming out of the Patel store or the jewellery store or getting their nails done. They follow them to their residence" and rob them.
Russia won't recognize Nord Stream leaks probe if domestic experts excluded: Foreign Ministry
In a statement, the Ministry added on Thursday that it had summoned envoys from Germany, Denmark and Sweden in recent days to express "bewilderment" over Russia's exclusion from a joint probe into the sabotage, Xinhua news agency reported. If Russian experts are not allowed to take part in the investigation, "Moscow will proceed from the fact that the mentioned countries have something to hide or are covering up for the perpetrators of these terrorist acts," it said.
Iraqi parliament elects Abdul Latif Rashid as new Iraqi President
Rashid received 162 votes in the second round of voting, defeating Barham Salih who gained 99 votes, while eight votes were considered invalid, according to the media office of the parliament on Thursday. In the first round of voting, none of the 39 presidential candidates garnered two-thirds of the votes of the total 329 parliament members, but Rashid got 156 votes and Salih came in second with 99 votes, Xinhua news agency reported.
2 cops fatally shot, 1 critically injured in Connecticut shooting
Bristol police told reporters on Thursday that the officers responded to a reported possible domestic violence incident between two siblings before 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday. When officers arrived, one suspect was outside of the residence and shots were fired, fatally wounding one officer on the site. The second officer died at the hospital, and the third was seriously injured, Xinhua news agency reported.
'Outcompeting China, restraining Russia' are Biden's top of the agenda foreign policy: White House
The policy also said the US wants to build an international alliance to do both, which are the main goals of its foreign policy.
The Biden administration's long awaited national security strategy says outcompeting China, and restraining Russia's aggression as its war in Ukraine progresses, will be its key goals for the coming year.
Sikh trio fights to keep turban, beard at US Marine boot camp
The three plaintiffs -- Aekash Singh, Milaap Singh Chahal and Jaskirat Singh -- want to attend Marine Corps basic training without having to shave their beards or forgo their traditional turbans during boot camp. A three-judge panel expressed skepticism that the Marine Corps had a good reason to deny religious exemptions to its grooming standards but questioned why the plaintiffs required emergency relief
Suspect pleads not guilty in US Sikh family's murder
On Thursday, Jesus Salgado appeared in Merced County Superior court wearing shackles and a safety garment, ABC30 reported. He is charged with four counts of first-degree murder with special circumstances, along with arson and possession of a firearm by a felon. If convicted, he could spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole.
US Congressional panel to subpoena Trump for Capitol riots
"There's precedent in American history for Congress to compel the testimony of a President." Trump is not the first sitting or former President asked by the Congress to give testimony -- there have been at least seven previous instances of it -- but there is only one previous instance of a former President defying the subpoena, Harry S. Truman. Trump is also likely to refuse to testify.
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