The US government has announced plans to change the H1-B visa programme to give preference to workers with advanced American degrees, a move which could potentially have the effect of reducing visas for those educated elsewhere.

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck near Anchorage, Alaska, damaged roads, buildings and also triggered a temporary tsunami warning, authorities said.

George H.W. Bush, the 41st President of the US and father of the 43rd, who steered the nation through a tumultuous period in world affairs, has died at the age of 94 in Houston, his spokesperson Jim McGrath announced.

Breaking news from Honk Kong states that five people were killed and 32 were seriously injured after a coach collided with a taxi. The coach was on its way to Hong Kong's airport and police confirms that the accident was so deadly that passengers were thrown from the coach's window due to the strong impact.

A man who has been imprisoned in Texas has confessed to have committed 90 murders in his lifetime. He is being investigated as most prolific serial killer in the US history.

American porn star Stormy Daniels has said that her lawyer Michael Avenatti had filed a defamation suit against US President Donald Trump against her wishes and sometimes spoke on her behalf without her consent.

Hours after India refused to attend the upcoming SAARC meeting in Pakistan, Pak PM Imran Khan said that he hopes they must not wait for peace with India until Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu become the Prime Minister.

India won't attend the proposed Saarc Summit in Pakistan and there will be no dialogue with Islamabad until it stops sponsoring terrorism, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj announced on Wednesday.

Pakistan foreign office spokesperson on Wednesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be invited for the upcoming SAARC summit; India had boycotted the event in 2016 citing "cross-border terror attacks".

A small plane missed its destination in Australia after its pilot fell asleep in the cockpit, air safety officials report. The kind of carelessness could have resulted in airplane mishap and many people might have lost their lives.