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Indian-origin couple held in US sex and drug case

A years-long FBI probe uncovers prostitution and fentanyl sales at a Virginia motel

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Tarun Sharma (55) and Kosha Sharma (52) were arrested for allegedly allowing prostitution and fentanyl sales to operate from the third floor of their Red Carpet Inn in Dumfries.

Trump calls for end to Khamenei’s 37-year rule

War of words intensifies after deadly protest crackdown and conflicting signals from US

Trump called for an end to Khamenei’s rule as nationwide protests appear to have waned.

US pulls some personnel from key Middle East bases

Move comes after Iran warned it would strike US bases in region if Washington intervenes

US Special Forces troops near Manbij, Syria, in a file photo.

Palak paneer smell row ends in $200,000 win for Indians

Complaint over food at university spirals into lawsuit — and a landmark settlement

For Aditya Prakash and Urmi Bhattacharyya, both PhD scholars at the University of Colorado Boulder, the smell of Indian food became the flashpoint for what they say was systemic discrimination against international students — a fight they ultimately won, though at a personal cost.

Why the US blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood groups

Washington’s move comes amid wider regional escalation

The main entrance of the original Muslim Brotherhood office, that is sealed with official wax after it was raided and shut down by police, in Amman, Jordan, on April 13, 2016.

No space in morgues as Iranians recount crackdown

Death toll rises to 192: Witnesses describe shootings, overwhelmed hospitals and bodies

In this frame grab from footage circulating on social media shows protesters dancing and cheering around a bonfire as they take to the streets despite an intensifying crackdown as the Islamic Republic remains cut off from the rest of the world, in Tehran, Ion January 9, 2026.

Iran threatens Israel, US bases as Trump weighs action

US warns Tehran not to 'play games,' saying president means what he says

This frame grab from a video released by Iran state TV shows vehicles burning amid night of mass protests in Tehran.

Why Trump is after Greenland — and what it means

After the Venezuela raid, Trump’s push on Greenland alarms Europe and raises Nato fears

Snow-covered buildings in Nuuk, Greenland. US President Donald Trump is discussing options including military action to take control of Greenland.

Did Nicolas Maduro’s dancing spark a social media storm

Could a jolly jig be misread as defiance? Inside viral Maduro–Trump dance-off theory

Nicolas Maduro and US President Donald Trump

How Nicolás Maduro’s tracksuit went viral

Memes, irony, and athleisure collide as Maduro's sports gear takes over social media

Captured Nicolas Maduro (Photo/X/RapidResponse47)

Maduro gone, regime remains: What next for Venezuela

From US intervention to internal power struggles, nation enters dangerous uncertainty

Maduro on Way to a courthouse in New York. Maduro pleaded not guilty, saying: “I am a decent man, the president of my country.

Maduro to stay in New York jail, next hearing March 17

Maduro’s wife, Cilia Flores, accompanies him facing US narcotrafficking and crime charges

A convoy believed to be carrying Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro departs the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse after an arraignment hearing on January 05, 2026 in New York City.

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