After holding his first meeting with India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, US' newly appointed Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed Trump administration's desire to advance economic ties with India, a top diplomat's spokesperson said. He also expressed desire to address concerns related to irregular migration. Both ministers also attended the QUAD foreign ministers' meeting.

Attorneys General from 22 US states, including New York and California, have sued to block President Trump's executive order that seeks to eliminate birthright citizenship. "The executive order is blatantly unconstitutional and...un-American," California Attorney General Rob Bonta said. The policy grants US citizenship to anyone born on US soil, regardless of their parents' immigration status.

While weighing in on the debate over keeping or removing the H1-B visa, US President Donald Trump said, "I like both sides of the argument, but I also like very competent people coming into the US." He further said, "I don't want to stop the [H1-B] visa...I'm not just talking about engineers; I'm talking about people at all levels."

Anyone born in US is considered a citizen at birth, which derives from Citizenship Clause of 14th Amendment added to Constitution in 1868. If courts decided US Constitution protected birthright citizenship, then only an amendment could change that. An amendment would require two-thirds of both houses and approval by three-quarters of state legislatures, a process that'd likely take years.

Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi, the chief of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), announced on Tuesday that he would resign from the top post on March 6. Halevi said he was leaving the IDF after recognising his responsibility for the failure to avert Hamas' attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. He also said he would complete the investigations into attack.

US President Donald Trump's official residence, The White House, has 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, 6 levels, 412 doors, 147 windows, 28 fireplaces, 8 staircases, and 3 elevators. Its kitchen can serve dinner to 140 guests and appetizers to over 1,000 at once. It has the President's Oval Office, a tennis court, jogging track, swimming pool, movie theatre & barbershop.

US' new Secretary of State Marco Rubio will hold his first bilateral meeting with External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar in Washington DC. Both ministers will also attend the QUAD foreign ministers' meeting, the first under President Donald Trump's new administration, reports claimed. EAM Jaishankar attended President Trump's inauguration on behalf of PM Narendra Modi on January 20.

During his victory rally, US President Donald Trump accused the previous Joe Biden-led administration for the rise in illegal immigration. He also compared the issue to world's richest man Elon Musk's rockets, saying, "They took over and look what happened. It's like an Elon Musk rocket ship going up." An X user reacted to Trump's comparison, saying, "Pretty good analogy."

A fire engulfed a hotel at a ski resort in northwestern Turkey on Tuesday, killing at least 66 people and injuring over 50 others. Witnesses said guests had tried to escape using ropes, while footage purportedly showed bedsheets hanging from the windows. At least 230 people were staying at the hotel at the time of the mishap, local media reported.

Spain's Deputy PM Yolanda Diaz announced that she'd leave billionaire Elon Musk's social media platform X. Diaz said she'd made the decision following Musk's behaviour at US President Donald Trump's inauguration, wherein Musk made a hand gesture that was compared to 'Nazi salute'. "I won't...be part of a social network based on...use of algorithms that encourage xenophobic ideas," she said.

A video showing Khalistani separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun at one of US President Donald Trump's inaugural events has surfaced online. In the video, Pannun can be heard raising pro-Khalistan slogans while Trump and his wife Melania stood on the stage. According to reports, Pannun wasn't invited to the event but attended it after purchasing a ticket.

A video showing former US President Joe Biden offering a quick prayer moments before Donald Trump took oath as the 47th President of US and JD Vance as Vice-President at the inauguration ceremony has surfaced online. Senator Amy Klobuchar can be heard announcing Trump and Vance's arrival for peaceful transfer of power as Biden makes the gesture in the video.

Elon Musk attended a pre-inauguration dinner for US President Donald Trump with Shivon Zilis, the mother of three of Musk's 12 children. A technology executive herself, Zilis worked at various Musk-owned companies, including Tesla and Neuralink. In the biography 'Elon Musk', Zilis said, "He really wants smart people to have kids, so he encouraged me to do this (have kids)."

Kaikyokan Aquarium in Japan put up cutouts of people's faces and staff uniforms on the tank of a sunfish after the fish became unwell while it was closed for renovation. Sharing pictures of the same, the aquarium said that one of the staffers suggested the sunfish might be "lonely" and once they put up the items, the fish became better.

US President Donald Trump said he wasn't confident that the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas would last despite claiming credit for brokering the agreement. "It's not our war, it's their war," he said from the Oval Office. The ceasefire came into effect on January 19 and would oversee the release of 33 Israeli hostages in exchange for 1,900 Palestinian inmates.

US President Donald Trump has revoked a 2023 executive order that aimed to reduce the risks AI poses to consumers, workers and national security. Signed by ex-President Joe Biden, the order required AI companies to share safety test results for powerful AI systems with the government. Trump's Republican Party had opposed the order saying it hindered AI innovation.

A picture of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is circulating on social media with a false claim that he attended Mahakumbh Mela in UP's Prayagraj. The picture is from when Orbán visited Kochi earlier this month. It was clicked when Orbán was interacting with the auto-rickshaw drivers in the city, The Quint reported.

China has reaffirmed its support for World Health Organization (WHO) following US President Donald Trump's announcement that US would withdraw from the body. "[Will] contribute to building a shared community of health for humanity," China said. Trump, who signed an executive order on the issue, had accused WHO of being influenced by China and criticised its response to COVID-19 pandemic.

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a video call with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday in which he proposed further developing their strategic partnership just hours after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th US President. "We build our ties on the basis of friendship, mutual trust and...benefit," Putin said. Notably, Putin had congratulated Trump before his inauguration.

A US Border Patrol Agent was shot and killed in line of duty in Vermont, near US-Canada border on Monday. The attacker is suspected to be an illegal immigrant who had overstayed their visa, as per reports. Notably, the attack occurred on the day US President Donald Trump, who has vowed to curb illegal immigration into US, was sworn in.

Florida has become the first state in the US to refer to Gulf of Mexico as 'The Gulf of America' in an official weather advisory. The move came after US President Donald Trump signed an executive order over the name change. Trump had earlier said he'd rename the gulf, as the 'Gulf of America' had a "beautiful ring" to it.

US President Donald Trump, in a memorandum, said the global corporate minimum tax deal "has no force or effect" in the US. "Because of the...deal...American companies may face retaliatory international tax regimes if the US doesn't comply with foreign tax policy objectives," he stated. The deal between around 140 nations imposes a minimum tax rate of 15% on corporate profits.

French President Emmanuel Macron has urged Europe to "wake up" and spend more on defence in order to reduce its reliance on the US for its security as President Donald Trump assumed power. “What will we do in Europe tomorrow if [US]...withdraws its warships from...Mediterranean? If they send their fighter jets from the Atlantic to the Pacific?" he asked.

Kash Patel, US President Donald Trump's nominee for FBI chief, claimed that US' immigration policy will be the world's greatest. He also praised the administration's efforts to enforce constitutional law and order, highlighting statistics of drug overdoses, rapes, and homicides in the past year. Trump declared a national emergency at US-Mexico border and has vowed to implement mass deportations.

The Taliban administration reportedly rejected US President Donald Trump's demand to return US-made weapons worth $7 billion. The ammunition was left by the US military while exiting Afghanistan in 2021, when Taliban assumed control. Taliban insisted that they will require ammunition and advance weapons to fight ISIS-K and Islamic State Khorasan, an official said.