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Behind Trump's Global Tariff Strategy, A Low-Profile But Influential Lawyer
- Feb 17, 2026 12:41 pm IST
- Edited by: NDTV News Desk
Jamieson Greer has emerged as a key figure in global trade policy, working closely with US President Donald Trump to roll out tariff measures.
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'No One Entitled To Visa': Marco Rubio Says 'Privilege' Can Be Withdrawn
- Feb 17, 2026 12:03 pm IST
- Edited by: NDTV News Desk
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has reiterated that visas are "not a right" and warned that the United States will revoke them if foreign visitors are found engaging in activities that threaten national security.
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'That's Not Ghislaine Maxwell': Prison Video Sparks Body Double Allegations
- Feb 17, 2026 10:54 am IST
- Edited by: NDTV News Desk
Conspiracy theories involving Ghislaine Maxwell, the long-time associate of convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, are gaining momentum online.
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'Child Rapist': ICE Says Indian 'Alien' Sexually Assaulted 13-Year-Old
- Feb 17, 2026 10:36 am IST
- Edited by: Sanstuti Nath
An Indian man has been detained in the United States for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said the accused, identified as Vodela Yashaswi Kottapalli, is an undocumented immigrant in America.
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'Nothing To Hide, Totally Exonerated': Trump Again Denies Links To Epstein
- Feb 17, 2026 07:45 am IST
- Edited by: Anwesha Singh
US President Donald Trump has again denied any links to Jeffrey Epstein, saying he has "nothing to hide" and has been "totally exonerated" as new attention falls on the recently released Epstein files.
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Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps Begin Military Drills In Strait Of Hormuz
- Feb 16, 2026 23:54 pm IST
- Agence France-Presse
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Monday began a series of military exercises in the Strait of Hormuz, state media reported, on the eve of talks with the United States.
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Pentagon To Get Elon Musk's xAI As Claude Alternative? New Claims Emerge
- Feb 16, 2026 13:33 pm IST
- Edited by: NDTV News Desk
A post about the "safest AI company" on the planet has given insight into an ongoing controversy regarding the use of artificial intelligence by the US military to capture ex-Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
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US Conducts First Air Transport Of Micro Nuclear Reactor On Cargo Plane
- Feb 16, 2026 13:31 pm IST
- Reuters
The US Departments of Energy and Defense on Sunday for the first time transported a small nuclear reactor on a cargo plane from California to Utah to demonstrate the potential to quickly deploy nuclear power for military and civilian use.
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"I Don't Care": Indian Student's Chilling Words Days Before Death In US
- Feb 16, 2026 09:27 am IST
- Edited by: Srishti Kapoor
Days before he went missing and was later found dead in California, Indian student Saketh Srinivasaiah ate and talked less and even went to classes in a bathrobe, showing clear signs of distress, his college roommate recalled.
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Chicago Girl Fighting Father's Deportation Dies Of Rare Cancer At 16
- Feb 16, 2026 07:28 am IST
- Associated Press
A Chicago teen who spoke out for her father's release after he was detained last fall by immigration officials in a deportation case has died after battling a rare form of cancer.
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Barack Obama Says Aliens Are "Real", But Denies Cover-Up At Area 51
- Feb 15, 2026 13:58 pm IST
- Edited by: Srishti Singh Sisodia
Obama's comments come amid growing interest in Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs).
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Pentagon May Cut Ties With Anthropic Over Restrictions On Use Of AI Models
- Feb 15, 2026 13:16 pm IST
- Reuters
The Pentagon is considering ending its relationship with artificial intelligence company Anthropic over its insistence on keeping some restrictions on how the US military uses its models
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Obama Slams Immigration Operations In Minnesota, Likens It To "Dictatorships"
- Feb 15, 2026 12:27 pm IST
- Agence France-Presse
Former US president Barack Obama on Saturday condemned the operations of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in Minnesota, comparing their behaviour to conduct seen "in dictatorships."
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'Waste Of Time': Trump On White House Dinner With 'Jerk' TV Host Bill Maher
- Feb 15, 2026 10:03 am IST
- Edited by: NDTV News Desk
US President Donald Trumphas said that his dinner withTV host Bill Maher last year "was a total waste of time".
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Who Was Saketh Sreenivasaiah, IIT Madras Graduate Found Dead In California
- Feb 15, 2026 08:31 am IST
- Edited by: Anwesha Singh
A 22-year-old Indian student, Saketh Sreenivasaiah, was found dead in California six days after he went missing. Saketh, who was pursuing his master's degree at the University of California, Berkeley, had disappeared on February 9.
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US Army Conducts 10 Strikes On 30 Islamic State Targets In Syria In 2 Weeks
- Feb 15, 2026 00:05 am IST
- Edited by: Anushree Jonko
The US military said that it had struck more than 30 Islamic State group targets in Syria over the last two weeks as a response to an attack on US troops last year which killed two US soldiers and one American civilian interpreter.
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How Epstein Used Sham Marriages, Student Visas To Keep Women Bound To Him
- Feb 14, 2026 22:46 pm IST
- By Francesca Maglione, Tom Schoenberg, Maya Davis and Silla Brush, Bloomberg
In early 2013, Jeffrey Epstein's girlfriend, Karyna Shuliak, was stressed about her US visa status. Later that year, she married an American citizen and her worries were gone.
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Trump Open To Talks With Ayatollah Khamenei, Says US Amid Tensions With Iran
- Feb 14, 2026 22:01 pm IST
- Eric Martin, Bloomberg
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Trump's preference was for a deal with Iran and also left the door open to Trump meeting Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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US Military Used Claude AI In Venezuela Operation To Capture Maduro: Report
- Feb 14, 2026 18:32 pm IST
- Edited by: Anushree Jonko
The US military used artificial intelligence in its operation to capture then Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro last month, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
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"You Captured My Heart": Valentine's Day Message For Maduro From White House
- Feb 14, 2026 15:06 pm IST
- Edited by: NDTV News Desk
The White House has released a series of politically charged digital cards for Valentine's Day on social media.