An illegal immigrant from India is facing charges after allegedly causing a deadly highway crash in Florida that killed three Americans. Authorities confirmed that Harjinder Singh entered the U.S. illegally in 2018 through the southern border before obtaining a California commercial driver’s license. Singh now faces three counts of vehicular homicide and immigration violations.
Protests across India intensified after two Catholic nuns and a third Christian woman were arrested in Chhattisgarh on charges of “conversion” and “human trafficking”—allegedly for escorting a legally adult young woman to a job opportunity. Sister Preeti Mary, Sister Vandana Francis, and Sukaman Mandavi were released on bail after ten days, but the charges remain active.
Axiom Mission 4 lifted off from Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, marking the first time astronauts from India, Poland, and Hungary have traveled to space in over four decades. The private mission, assembled by Axiom Space and launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carries crew members representing their nations on a two-week journey to the International Space Station (ISS).
President Donald Trump announced a full and immediate ceasefire between India and Pakistan on Saturday, following high-level diplomatic mediation led by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance. The breakthrough came after 48 hours of intense negotiations with senior Indian and Pakistani officials, including Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Shehbaz Sharif.
President Donald Trump announced Saturday that his administration successfully brokered a “full and immediate ceasefire” between India and Pakistan following a night of escalating military hostilities between the nuclear-armed neighbors. The announcement came after both countries exchanged missile and artillery strikes, hitting military installations well beyond the contested Kashmir region.
Tensions between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan are rapidly escalating, as Pakistan’s defense chief warned of a “clear and present” threat of nuclear war.
India launched a powerful airstrike campaign dubbed Operation Sindoor on Wednesday, striking nine sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir in retaliation for the April 22 terror attack on Hindu tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
