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WASHINGTON: Two US federal judges ordered President Donald Trump’s administration to continue paying benefits under a food assistance programme despite a prolonged government shutdown that has left many agencies without funding.

WASHINGTON: An Indian-origin woman publicly confronted US Vice President JD Vance during an event at the University of Mississippi, questioning the Trump administration’s tough stance on legal immigration and accusing it of betraying the very ideals that once drew people to America. 

DHAKA: As political tensions escalate in Bangladesh ahead of next year’s elections, the National Citizen Party (NCP) asserted that polls cannot be held in the country without the implementation of the July Charter, local media reported.

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping meeting on Thursday in the South Korean port city of Busan, marking their first in-person encounter since Trump’s return to office in January, is expected to cover key strategic, economic and geopolitical issues, setting the stage for possible de-escalation of bilateral tensions between the world’s two largest economies.

WASHINGTON: Hurricane Melissa, one of the strongest Atlantic storms on record, has caused widespread devastation across the Caribbean, leaving dozens dead and entire communities cut off as it moves towards the Bahamas. 

WASHINGTON: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced on Wednesday that he is directing the state’s Board of Governors to end the use of H-1B visas across state universities, saying that positions currently held by visa holders should be filled by Florida residents. 

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Lahore continues to remain at the top of global pollution charts with an Air Quality Index (AQI) of more than 300 according to Swiss air quality monitor IQAir as smog covered the region on Wednesday, local media reported.

NEW DELHI: The Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi on Wednesday stated that it has issued over 2100 visas to Sikh pilgrims from India to participate in the Guru Nanak Jayanti, or Gurpurab, celebrations next month.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Wednesday issued a stern warning to Afghan Taliban, stating that they can test the resolve of Islamabad at their "own peril and doom", local media reported.

NEW DELHI: Bangladesh has become the latest playground for the ISI and since Muhammad Yunus took charge, Pakistani officials have become frequent flyers to the country. India kept a close watch during the four-day visit by Pakistan’s Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJSC), General Sahir Shamshad Mirza to Bangladesh.

SEOUL: US President Donald Trump suggested on Wednesday that a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will not take place during his visit to South Korea this week.

NEW DELHI: Cyprus Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday for a three-day official visit.

UNITED NATIONS: UN humanitarians said that they join with their partners in Sudan to warn of escalating violence in besieged El Fasher and to condemn attacks on civilians.

KATHMANDU: A helicopter that had flown to pick up trekkers from the base camp of Mt. Lobuche, a neighbouring peak of Mt. Everest, met with an accident early Wednesday morning, a senior police official said.

SEOUL: North Korea has remained tight-lipped about US President Donald Trump's repeated offer to meet leader Kim Jong-un, responding only with a cruise missile test-fire, a move analysts interpreted as likely 'rejecting' the offer.