The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has proposed new fees related to Optional Practical Training (OPT) for foreign students with F-1 visas. OPT allows students to work temporarily in a field related to their studies.
Iran has ruled out reopening the Strait of Hormuz or returning to the previous framework of negotiations with the United States until Washington meets Tehran’s conditions, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said, as tensions between the two countries continue to escalate.
Trinamool Congress MP and party national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, who is currently in the United States for eye treatment with the permission of the Supreme Court, has triggered political curiosity with a close-up photograph of his face posted on Instagram.
US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor said that Washington wants India “by our side” as the United States returns to the Moon, revealing that NASA has officially invited ISRO to join its Moon base programme.
A Russian national living in Florida has been convicted on 12 charges for illegally exporting more than $900,000 in American aircraft components to Russia and state-owned airline Aeroflot.
Two Nigerian nationals have been extradited to the US to face prosecution in separate financially motivated sextortion cases allegedly linked to the deaths of teenagers in North Carolina and Mississippi.
US federal prosecutors charged 293 people with immigration-related offences in Arizona, including unlawful entry, re-entry after removal and migrant smuggling, during a week-long operation.
US President Donald Trump has announced what he called the “biggest oil deal” in world history, with Washington securing majority control of more than 65 billion barrels of Venezuela’s proven oil reserves.
The US has imposed sanctions on four Indian companies for their alleged role in the trade of petroleum and petrochemical products linked to Iran. This action is part of US policy to increase pressure on Iran's oil revenue.