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Trump Hosts Iftar Party While CAIR Leads “NOT Trump’s Iftar”

Washington, DC - On Wednesday evening (June 6), President Donald Trump hosted dozens of guests in the White House. Meanwhile outside the White House in...

Peace in Korea? What You Need to Know about the Koreas Summit and the Trump-Kim Summit

Washington, DC - In a moment rich with symbolism and pomp, South Korean leader Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un shook hands at...

Trump Calls Putin, McCain Calls it an Insult to Russian people

Washington, DC - Republican Senator John McCain from Arizona criticized the phone call made by US President Donald Trump to congratulate Russian President Vladimir...

US Ambassador Sales Reiterates Trump – Modi Vision on Anti-terrorism, ISIS

Washington, DC - One of the top American diplomats highlighted the close partnership with India in the ongoing fight against global terrorism saying, “India...

Trump’s Family: Nepotism or Dedication

Washington, DC - The last couple of weeks the world was focused more on President Trump’s large family than on him. Koreas Ivanka Trump, the president’s...

US Toughens Stand on Mumbai Blast Mastermind Saeed

Washington, DC - The United States on Thursday minced no words in lambasting the Pakistani government for its stand on Hafiz Saeed - the...

US-India Insight: India’s Strategy to Win Switzerland

Washington, DC - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to lead the India delegation to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland,...

Work Together Possible if Pakistan Acts Against Terrorism: Pentagon

Washington, DC - The US reiterated on Monday (Jan. 8) its readiness to work with Pakistan if the latter would take “decisive action” against...

Genius Trump Nods Redirecting Pak Aid to US Infrastructure

Washington, DC - US President Donald Trump on Friday threw his weight behind a proposal floated by a fellow Republican, Senator Rand Paul to...

US Places Pakistan on Watch List for Severe Violations of Religious Freedom

Washington, DC - The US State Department this week placed Pakistan on a “Special Watch List (SWL)” for “severe violations of religious freedom,”  and...

US Withholds Millions in Aid to Pakistan, Nauert Lists Expectations

Washington, DC - The rising tensions between the US and Pakistan, its ally against terrorism took another turn this week as Islamabad summoned David...

Ranju Batra Launches Diwali Foundation’s Power of One Awards

New York - Six international diplomats and luminaries, including Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and Deputy Executive Director of UN Women, Lakshmi Puri,...

Welcome to India, American Ambassador Kenneth I. Juster

Washington, DC/New Delhi - Kenneth I. Juster, the US Ambassador to India, lands today (Thursday morning local time in India) to succeed Indian American...

President Trump Announces Juster as Ambassador to India

Washington, DC - President Donald J. Trump on Friday (September 1) announced his intent to nominate Kenneth I. Juster of New York to be...

Journalists Thank Spokesperson Toner at his Final State Department Briefing

Washington, DC - On April 27, 2017, a curtain came down on an excellent stint by the State Department deputy spokesperson as Mark Toner...

Briefings Galore as Trump Officials Work to Defuse North Korean Threat

Washington, DC - The US capital has been under a heightened sense of urgency about the ongoing saber-rattling with North Korea. The entire US...

Former Fox News Journalist Heather Nauert Joins as State Department Spokesperson

Washington, DC - The Department of State announced Heather Nauert as the new State Department Spokesperson on Monday (April 24) . Nauert arrived at...

US Condemns Hate Crimes, Indian Americans Propose Solutions to Modi

Washington, DC - The United States on Thursday (April 13) strongly condemned all hate crimes in any form but couldn’t confirm the specifics of...

CRITICAL QUESTIONS: Donald Trump’s First Summit with President Xi Jinping of China

Washington, DC - President Donald Trump will host President Xi Jinping of China at Mar-a-Lago on April 6–7. This will be the first opportunity for...

Kushner Accompanies Dunford to Iraq for Discussions on ISIS

Baghdad - The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff arrived here this week on one of his periodic visits to assess the health...

US Defense Chief Mattis Hosts Indian NSA Chief Doval

Washington, DC - The visiting Indian National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval was hosted by the US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis at the...

Speaker Ryan Offers Condolences Over Kansas Death to Indian Diplomat

Washington, DC - Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan on Wednesday (Mar 1) offered congressional condolences to India following the murder of an immigrant in...

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