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New Delhi stands ground on Kashmir in first top-level meet with US

In the meantime, the US has clarified that its position on Kashmir hasn't changed and it continued to view it as a bilateral issue

US issues warrant to seize Iranian supertanker Grace 1 off Gibraltar

US issues warrant to seize Iranian tanker off Gibraltar

Irking China, US advances sale of $8-billion F-16 fighters to Taiwan

China has never renounced the use of force to bring Taiwan under its control and has repeatedly denounced US arms sales to the island

Google employees urge company to pledge it won't work with US border forces

A group of employees called Googlers for Human Rights posted a public petition urging the company not to bid on a cloud computing contract for CBP

US officials force-feeding Indian immigrant on hunger strike: Attorney

Immigrants who go on hunger strike are often moved to ICE's El Paso facility to be fed against their will

US threatens visa ban on crew of Iran tanker on terrorism grounds

State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said the Grace 1 was assisting Iran's Revolutionary Guards, which the US deems a "terrorist organization"

Russian plane hits birds, makes emergency landing near Moscow; 23 injured

The airline said in a statement that the birds got into both of the plane's engines, causing a malfunction

Asian indices slump on fear of recession; Nikkei plunges nearly 2%

The losses followed a dark day on European bourses and on Wall Street, with all three US benchmarks tumbling around 3 per cent

US asks Gibraltar to hold Iranian tanker in detention amid stand-off

The move was announced by attorney Joseph Triay and delayed the court decision on the vessel's fate

US manufacturing continues to sink in July amid trade war, oil crisis

Total industrial production fell 0.2 per cent, erasing the gain in June, and defying analysts who had expected a slight uptick

China threatens to retaliate if US goes ahead with planned tariff hike

President Donald Trump has said he plans to impose 10 per cent duties on an additional $300 billion of Chinese imports

Employees urge Google to avoid working with US immigration officials

The petition demanded that the Silicon Valley-based company publicly commit not to support Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Office of Refugee Resettlement, and CBP

Trump says Xi can 'quickly and humanely solve' Hong Kong standoff

Protesters have staged 10 weeks of relentless protests to demand greater freedoms in Hong Kong, including rallies that paralysed the semi-autonomous city's airport

China slams 'terrorist-like' attacks by Hong Kong protesters; US concerned

US State Department said it was "deeply concerned" by the apparent troop movements

Facebook uses paid contractors to transcribe users' Messenger audio clips

Transcriptions done by humans raise bigger concerns because of the potential of rogue employees or contractors leaking details

Satellite photos show Chinese armoured personnel carriers near Hong Kong

Chinese state media have said only the exercises had been planned before and were not directly related to the unrest

Cathay Pacific shares fall to decadal low on China snub over HK protests

The nosedive comes as the airline is caught up in pro-democracy protests that have rocked Hong Kong for more than two months

As Hong Kong protests continue to grow, would China risk another Tiananmen?

China's brutal 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Beijing's Tiananmen Square resulted in two years of economic near-stagnation as the country became an international pariah

Outrage over Jeffrey Epstein's suicide as US lawmakers seek answers

Epstein, a convicted pedophile who hobnobbed with countless politicians and celebrities over the years, was found dead in his cell on Saturday

Hong Kong protests enter 10th weekend, police fire tear gas to quell unrest

Protesters hurled bricks at officers and ignored warnings to leave the Sham Shui Po area before tear gas was deployed, police said, calling the march an "unauthorized assembly."