Melissa grows into a Category 3 hurricane while unleashing torrential rain in the north CaribbeanHurricane Melissa strengthened into a Category 3 storm, threatening catastrophic flooding in Jamaica and southern Haiti and the Dominican R...
26 Oct, 2025, 09.07 AM IST
Appeals court blocks Trump administration from ending legal protections for 600,000 VenezuelansA federal appeals court has blocked the Trump administration's efforts to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 600,000 Venezuelans, uph...
29 Aug, 2025, 10.26 PM IST
Trump administration to end deportation relief for 500,000 Haitians: What it means and what comes nextThe Trump administration ended Temporary Protected Status for about 500,000 Haitians. This decision allows deportations to start in Septemb...
28 Jun, 2025, 09.24 AM IST
E-Verify now alerts employers about terminated work permits for immigrants in USThe US Department of Homeland Security has updated the E-Verify system. Employers can now check the work permit status of immigrant employe...
26 Jun, 2025, 11.02 AM IST
Trump travel ban: US imposes entry ban on 12 nations, adds restrictions on 7 othersUS President Donald Trump has reinstated and expanded a travel ban, blocking or restricting entry from 19 countries, citing national securi...
05 Jun, 2025, 08.56 AM IST
Supreme Court allows Trump to strip protections from some Venezuelans; deportations could followThe Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status for 350,000 Venezuelans, potentially exposing them...
19 May, 2025, 10.53 PM IST
1 million migrants in the US rely on temporary protections that Trump could targetVenezuelan and Haitian immigrants granted Temporary Protected Status (TPS) under the Biden administration face uncertainty as President-ele...
14 Nov, 2024, 10.41 AM IST
US to limit asylum to migrants who pass through a 3rd nationAdministration officials expect the rule will take effect when a pandemic-era rule that denies asylum on grounds of preventing the spread o...
22 Feb, 2023, 10.22 AM IST
Toll from earthquake in Haiti rises to 1,297The quake destroyed 2,868 homes and damaged another 5,410, officials from the agency said. The destruction has also pushed hospitals to the...
16 Aug, 2021, 09.09 AM IST
Cuba evacuates 180,000 as Tropical Storm Elsa nears islandThe Cuban government opened shelters and moved to protect sugarcane and cocoa crops ahead of the storm, which was offshore moving along Cub...
05 Jul, 2021, 08.57 AM IST
Meet Kalyani Gomathinayagam, a Madurai-based doctor who treated Ebola patients in LiberiaDr Gomathinayagam, who worked with the Indo-Tibetan Border Police for a decade, was inspired to join MSF after observing its work in Democr...
06 Nov, 2014, 11.26 AM IST
India ranked 155th in global environment performance listIndia has been ranked at a low 155th position in a global list that places countries on how well they perform on high-priority environmenta...
25 Jan, 2014, 07.31 PM IST
- Toll rises to 93 in Haiti school collapse
Rescuers found more victims beneath the rubble of a Haitian school that collapsed two days ago, driving the death toll to 93 as police ques...
10 Nov, 2008, 04.25 AM IST
- 58 dead, 107 injured in Haitian school collapse
Rescuers worked through the night on Saturday in a Haiti shantytown to free children trapped when their school collapsed, while the toll fr...
08 Nov, 2008, 06.28 PM IST
- Killer Ike hits Cuba after lashing Bahamas, Haiti
Hurricane Ike roared into Cuba on Sunday after destroying houses and crops on low-lying islands, and worsening floods in Haiti that have al...
08 Sep, 2008, 08.57 AM IST
- Humanitarian crisis in Haiti as 500 are killed
More than 500 people were found dead in Haiti as international aid trickled Saturday to desperate residents who have not eaten in days sinc...
07 Sep, 2008, 08.37 AM IST
- Gustav kills 23; New Orleans makes evacuation plan
Gustav on Wednesday killed 23 people in Haiti
28 Aug, 2008, 10.13 AM IST