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US attorney general declines to comment on FIFA probe, Blatter

US attorney general declines to comment on FIFA probe, Blatter

Rediff.com3 Jun 2015

US Attorney General Loretta Lynch declined to comment at a press conference on Wednesday on whether FIFA President Sepp Blatter is under investigation as part of a probe by US authorities into the soccer organisation.

Qaeda praises Orlando gunman; asks jihadists to target whites

Qaeda praises Orlando gunman; asks jihadists to target whites

Rediff.com28 Jun 2016

The terror group says lone wolf jihadists should attack white Americans and avoid minorities so that no one mistakes their terror assaults for hate crimes.

Indian among 6 charged in $30-million bank fraud

Indian among 6 charged in $30-million bank fraud

Rediff.com7 May 2014

Manjeet Bawa, 46, of New York and other co-defendants contracted to buy homes in Nassau and Suffolk Counties from innocent sellers at market prices.

Did a favour to Trump by not returning his call: Bharara

Did a favour to Trump by not returning his call: Bharara

Rediff.com15 May 2017

Bharara said any interaction between him and Trump could have raised doubts in people's minds over any future investigation his office would have undertaken.

US leaders calls for calm after racial motivated shootings

US leaders calls for calm after racial motivated shootings

Rediff.com9 Jul 2016

Five officers were killed in a shooting in Dallas during a protest in response of the tragic deaths of Alton Sterling in Louisiana and Philando Castile in Minnesota.

E-mail server row: Hillary walks free, Republicans fume

E-mail server row: Hillary walks free, Republicans fume

Rediff.com7 Jul 2016

In a big relief to Hillary Clinton, Attorney General Loretta Lynch has said the Democratic presidential candidate would not face any charges over allegations that she violated rules by using a private email server while she was US Secretary of State.

US tech industry appeals to Obama to keep hands off encryption

US tech industry appeals to Obama to keep hands off encryption

Rediff.com9 Jun 2015

The White House has not spelt out regulatory or legislative steps.

Three men arrested in US on charges of supporting ISIS

Three men arrested in US on charges of supporting ISIS

Rediff.com26 Feb 2015

Three men from Brooklyn have been arrested and charged with conspiring to provide material support to ISIS, with two of them threatening to carry out attacks within the United States and against the American President and FBI agents if ordered by the terror group, authorities said.

Sant Chatwal pleads guilty to violating US electoral laws

Sant Chatwal pleads guilty to violating US electoral laws

Rediff.com18 Apr 2014

Indian-American hotelier Sant Singh Chatwal on Thursday pleaded guilty at a court in New York to violating federal election laws by using straw donors to secretly funnel money to political campaigns and will pay a million dollars to the US as part of his plea agreement.

Days before US polls, FBI releases Bill Clinton closed case files

Days before US polls, FBI releases Bill Clinton closed case files

Rediff.com2 Nov 2016

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has once again courted controversy as it released heavily redacted files from its 2001 investigation of President Bill Clinton's pardon of fugitive financier Marc Rich, just one week from election day.

Trump steps up attack on Clinton over email probe

Trump steps up attack on Clinton over email probe

Rediff.com31 Oct 2016

With Hillary Clinton's email saga getting murkier, Donald Trump has alleged that the former secretary of state set up an illegal server for the purpose of shielding her "criminal conduct" from public and asserted that the action was "willful, deliberate and purposeful".

Magna Carta inspired Gandhi for liberty of land, says UK PM Cameron

Magna Carta inspired Gandhi for liberty of land, says UK PM Cameron

Rediff.com15 Jun 2015

The Magna Carta inspired legends like Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela for liberty to their lands and people, Prime Minister David Cameron said.

Soccer sponsors dismayed by FIFA corruption allegations

Soccer sponsors dismayed by FIFA corruption allegations

Rediff.com28 May 2015

World Cup sponsors are in an awkward position, experts said, because they are under pressure from consumers to distance themselves from any corruption, but such sponsorships are lucrative in the long term.

IS-inspired 'bad bitches' nabbed for planning New York bombing

IS-inspired 'bad bitches' nabbed for planning New York bombing

Rediff.com3 Apr 2015

Raising fears over the growing threat of home-grown extremism, three Americans, including two women, have been charged in separate cases of plotting terror strikes on United States soil using "weapons of mass destruction" and of travelling to Pakistan to fight against American forces.

FIFA scandal: US law may struggle to reach all defendants

FIFA scandal: US law may struggle to reach all defendants

Rediff.com4 Jun 2015

US prosecutors may find it difficult to get a number of the people they have charged in the FIFA bribery scandal to face the music.

South American soccer heads charged in latest FIFA probe

South American soccer heads charged in latest FIFA probe

Rediff.com4 Dec 2015

The United States Soccer Federation said in a statement on the new charges that its hosting of the 2016 Copa America Centenario tournament would go ahead as planned.

The American who rescues Indian treasures!

The American who rescues Indian treasures!

Rediff.com22 Aug 2016

'Cultural property crimes have been linked, by the United Nations and others, to terrorism.' 'These links show the perpetrators to be associated with major criminal and terrorist networks like ISIS.