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Houston: Four Indian Americans, including Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora and Harvard professor Mahzarin Banaji, have been named to the Carnegie Corporation of New York's prestigious Great Immigrants, Great Americans list for 2026. Among the other honorees are Sanjiv Chopra, a professor at Harvard Medical School, and Reshma Kewalramani, the President and CEO of Vertex Pharmaceuticals. The 2026 class includes 25 naturalised US citizens from 21 different countries and was revealed as the United States gets ready to celebrate the 250th anniversary of its independence. Honorees are set to be recognised through the organization’s yearly Fourth of July campaign, which…

New Delhi: Several people were killed after a massive fire broke out in a 10-storey apartment building in the Belgian city of Antwerp on Wednesday morning, according to local police. The blaze started on the eighth floor of the residential building in Antwerp's Linkeroever neighbourhood. More than 200 people live in the apartment complex, prompting a major emergency response. Large-scale evacuation underway Emergency services rushed to the scene and launched rescue and evacuation operations as firefighters worked to bring the blaze under control. Police said firefighters were battling the fire in difficult conditions due to its size and intensity.…

Islamabad: Facing mounting pressure after India put the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in abeyance following the Pahalgam terror attack in April 2025, Pakistan has now attempted to globalise the issue by hosting an "international conference" on the decades-old water-sharing pact. At the event held on Tuesday, Pakistan's top political leadership warned of serious consequences if the treaty weakens, highlighting the country's growing concerns over water security, agriculture and energy. The development comes as New Delhi continues to maintain its firm position that "blood and water cannot flow together" until Islamabad takes credible and irreversible action against cross-border terrorism. For Pakistan,…

Washington: US President Donald Trump sparked a new controversy on Tuesday after in a post on Truth Social sarcastically congratulated Chinese President China’s Xi Jinping following the US Supreme Court's recent birthright citizenship decision. In a post on Truth Social, he wrote, “I would like to congratulate President Xi and the Great Country of China on their massive Birthright Citizenship WIN!” The remark came after the recent US Supreme Court ruling to strike down his executive order, ending birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants born on US soil. The ruling dealt a major setback to one of Trump's key…