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Trump administration considering suspending H-1B visas?

A proposal to suspend H-1B and other temporary employment visas is under consideration by officials, but US President Donald Trump has not signed off on them, according to a newspaper report

'Afghan peace unsustainable unless Pak shuts down sanctuaries to Taliban'

The US-Taliban deal is unsustainable unless Pakistan shuts down its sanctuaries to Taliban and all the states with stakes in the regional stability are signatories to the peace agreement in Afghanistan, one of the most influential think tanks of Australia has warned

Pakistan rejects India's 'negative' remarks on PM Imran Khan's goodwill offer

Pakistan has regretted "negative" remarks by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson on a goodwill suggestion by Prime Minister Imran Khan offering to share Pakistans successful experience in mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on the poorest sections of the society

Indian farmer killed in Nepal police firing

Amid an ongoing dispute between India and Nepal, an Indian farmer from Bihar's Sitamarhi district was killed while two others were injured in indiscriminate firing by the Nepal police at the India-Nepal border on Friday

India mocks Pakistan PM's offer, says India's stimulus package as big as Pakistan GDP

The Indian government decided Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan after he offered financial aid to India, claiming that Indians would not be able to survive for more than a week without assistance

New documentary reveals IS Khorasan links with Pakistan

Pakistan's ISI not only provides cadres of its proxies like Haqqani Network and Lashkar-e-Taiba to the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) in Afghanistan, but also gives the pan-Islamist terror outfit around $200 million aid every year

PM Imran Khan offers to share Ehsaas programme with India

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan took to Twitter on Thursday and offered to assist the Indian government in providing support to its impoverished households

'UK defense chief Arranged Gen Bajwa's trip to Kabul'

Nick Carter, the UK's chief of the general staff, during a secret visit to Kabul a week ago arranged the visit of Pakistan’s Army Chief of Staff Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa to Kabul, sources told TOLOnews on Wednesday

Amid protests against US treatment of minorities, official expresses 'concern' about India

While the US is being rocked by protests against the extra-judicial killing and mistreatment of minorities, the State Department's top diplomat for religious freedom has expressed concern about the treatment of religious minorities in India

Nepal House of Representative endorses new map with disputed Indian territories

Nepal's House of Representative has unanimously endorsed the Constitution Amendment Bill to adopt a new map of the country which includes Indian areas of Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura, according to media reports in Nepal

Pakistan Army chief Bajwa meets with Afghan leaders

Pakistan’s Army Chief of Staff, Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa, who visited Kabul on Tuesday, held talks with President Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, head of the High Council for National Reconciliation, and discussed peace efforts and Pakistan’s role, according to government statements

Afghan President Ghani meets Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff in Kabul

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani met with Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa, Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff, in Kabul on Tuesday, the Pakistan embassy confirmed

'Pakistani forces building facilities on Afghan soil'

Residents of Kunar province in the east of the country say Pakistani forces have advanced towards the Afghan part of the Durand Line --which serves as a de facto border between the two countries--and in some districts have put up installations

Indian doctor dies of coronavirus in UAE

A doctor from India has died of coronavirus in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), it was reported. Sudhir Rambhau Washimkar, who hailed from the city of Nagpur, passed away at Al Ain Hospital on Saturday, Gulf News said in a report on Sunday

Navy evacuates 2,874 Indians from Maldives, Sri Lanka

With Indian Naval Ship (INS) Jalashwa evacuating 700 stranded Indians from Male in the Maldvies on Sunday, the Navy has so far ferried 2,874 people from the Maldives and Sri Lanka as part of the Vande Bharat Mission, according to the force on Sunday