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President-elect Donald Trump points at AmericaFest in Phoenix on Dec 22 Trump pledged to have the Justice Department pursue the death penalty following President Biden's move to commute death sentences for 37 inmates. (Source: AP)

Donald Trump pledges death penalty for violent criminals

Trump condemns Joe Biden's decision to commute federal death row sentences, pledging to reinstate capital punishment to address violent crimes and ensure justice for victims and their families.

Indian-American entrepreneur Sriram Krishnan joins Trump’s team as senior AI advisor

US President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Indian-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist Sriram Krishnan as Senior White House Policy Advisor for Artificial Intelligence, focusing on US leadership in AI and shaping government policy.

While the world revels in the joy of X'mas, Magdeburg silently bows in mourning

New information coming through from Germany has revealed that more than 200 people were injured in the Christmas market attack—a Saudi man deliberately drove his BMW into a crowd of shoppers on Dec 20—and the death toll, which now stands at five, is bound to go up.

Saudi man drives BMW into crowded Christmas market in Germany, killing 2 and injuring over 60

Police have arrested the suspect identified as Taleb A, a doctor by profession, who allegedly drove some 400 meters through the revelling crowd in Magdeburg, leaving behind a bloody carnage.

US House passes bill

US House passes emergency bill to avert govt shutdown, Senate nod awaited

The revised bill excludes President-elect Donald Trump's controversial proposal to abolish the debt ceiling, which would have helped the incoming president enact his agenda. The demand, rejected by his own party members, failed to garner support in the House.

Tahawwur Rana

Extradite 26/11 accused Tahawwur Rana to India, US govt urges its Supreme Court

Rana, currently lodged in a jail in Los Angeles, faces charges for his role in the Mumbai attacks and is known to be associated with Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley, one of the main conspirators of the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

US President-elect Donald Trump (Source: Reuters)

US staring at shutdown as Donald Trump demands debt ceiling removal

Lawmakers in the US Congress are scrambling to avert a government shutdown after President-elect Trump called for getting rid of the limit the US can borrow to pay for expenses like salaries, social security and national defense.