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Trump administration moves to impose more than $100,000 fee for H-1B worker visas

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Trump administration moves to impose more than 0,000 fee for H-1B worker visas

President Donald Trump’s administration, on August 24, released a proposed regulation to codify an unprecedented fee of more ‌than $100,000 on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers. Mr. Trump first ​imposed this last year but was blocked by the courts. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday (August 24,…

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2 UN peacekeepers killed in South Sudan ambush: UN

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2 UN peacekeepers killed in South Sudan ambush: UN

United Nations Peacekeepers. Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: AP Two peacekeepers were killed in an ambush in Jonglei state of South Sudan on Monday (August 24, 2026), the United Nations said. Jonglei state, in the east of the highly unstable east African country, has been a focus of recent conflict between…

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Jaishankar meets Russian President Putin; discusses bilateral ties, global developments

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Jaishankar meets Russian President Putin; discusses bilateral ties, global developments

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar shake hands during their meeting at the Senate Palace of the Kremlin in Moscow, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Monday (August 24, 2026) called on Russian President Vladimir Putin, as the two sides discussed bilateral…

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Iran’s rial currency hits new record low as U.S. prepares to announce more sanctions

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Iran’s rial currency hits new record low as U.S. prepares to announce more sanctions

Image used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Iran’s currency hit a record low Monday (August 24, 2026) as Washington prepared to announce new sanctions it said would add further pressure on an economy already battered by previous sanctions and a U.S. naval blockade. The rial dropped to 2.02 million to the…

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India, Gulf bloc discuss next steps on free trade agreement

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India, Gulf bloc discuss next steps on free trade agreement

India’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia meets with the Secretary General of the six-nation bloc, Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi, in Riyadh on August 24, 2026. Photo: X/@IndianEmbRiyadh India has reviewed the negotiations on a free trade agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), as the country’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Vipul, held wide-ranging talks with the secretary…

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‘Economic D-Day’: U.S. threatens Iran with new sanctions, Tehran fires back

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‘Economic D-Day’: U.S. threatens Iran with new sanctions, Tehran fires back

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has warned Iran of an economic D-Day, as it prepared to roll out economic sanctions that target Iran’s trade partners. The remarks followed shortly after Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian defended a memorandum of understanding with the United States as the best way out of a stalled war. Iran in turn…

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New Zealand’s PM Christopher Luxon proposes banning children from using social media

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New Zealand’s PM Christopher Luxon proposes banning children from using social media

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon speaks to reporters at Parliament in Wellington. File | Photo Credit: AP New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has unveiled a proposed law banning children younger than 16 from using social media platforms, citing what he said Monday (August 24, 2026) was “harm being done to a generation” of…

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Japanese lawmakers travel to Beijing, seeking to mend ties after Takaichi’s Taiwan remark fallout

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Japanese lawmakers travel to Beijing, seeking to mend ties after Takaichi’s Taiwan remark fallout

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. File | Photo Credit: Reuters A cross-party group of Japanese lawmakers, including one from Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s governing party, headed to Beijing on Monday (August 24, 2026) to meet with Chinese officials for the first time since ties between the two Asian rivals deteriorated after PM Takaichi’s comment on…

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PTI demands immediate cardiac care for Imran Khan at Shifa Hospital

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PTI demands immediate cardiac care for Imran Khan at Shifa Hospital

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party has condemned what it called the “continued failure” of authorities at a state-run hospital after the CT Coronary Angiography (CTA) was not conducted on him despite cardiologists complaining about potential risks of cardiac complications. In a statement on Sunday (August 23, 2026), Central Secretary Information of the Pakistan…

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