The US president, who has expressed disappointment over China's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, claimed that it was the "incompetence" of Beijing that led to the mass killing across the globe.
Following their abysmal performance in the Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and former corporate honcho Carly Fiorina have ended their campaigns to seek the Republican US presidential nomination.
Over the last few weeks, bipartisan support for India against China has been increasing.
"We pay for a majority or the biggest portion of their money. They actually criticised and disagreed with my travel ban at the time I did it. They were wrong. They've been wrong about a lot of things. They had a lot of information early and they didn't want to -- they're very -- they seem to be very China centric," the US president charged during his news conference.
The massive square became famous all over the world with an iconic picture of a young man standing before a row of battle tanks in a bid to stop them.
The US, he said, rejects any Chinese claim to waters beyond a 12-nautical mile territorial sea derived from islands it claims in the Spratly Islands (without prejudice to other states' sovereignty claims over such islands).
American Republican candidates -- or most of them -- gathered on-stage in Iowa to tangle, one last time; however, the shadow of the real estate mogul loomed large.
Multiple US and N Korean teams are holding simultaneous meetings ahead of the Singapore Summit.
Asserting that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has become the most well-funded terrorist group in recent memory, two top American senators have urged the Obama Administration to label the outfit as a 'Transnational Criminal Organisation', a designation given to Hezbollah.
Ted Cruz on Sunday won all 14 delegates in the Wyoming State Republican convention.
Here's a glimpse of all that happened around the world last month, in 12 images.
A day after 'Super Tuesday' polls, the Republican party leadership appeared to have ganged up against real estate magnate Donald Trump, who has won 10 of 11 state primaries so far, in a last ditch effort to prevent him from becoming the nominee for the November presidential poll.
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Sunday suffered a double blow as he lost badly to rivals Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio in polls in the US capital and Wyoming, an indication that the fight for securing the party's nomination was hotting up.
Sri Srinivasan could become the first Indian-American to be on the bench of the US Supreme Court after conservative icon Justice Antonin Scalia's sudden death.
The 61-year-old will be the first woman to lead the agency in its 70-year history.
Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump have both won the most states in the biggest day of the race for the US presidential nomination.
A Republican lawmaker asked her questions about her husband former United States president Bill Clinton's alleged sexual impropriety.
By passing this bill, Congress is showing that the US will not turn a blind eye to the suffering of the oppressed, House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy said.
Cruz only went as far as congratulating Trump, who was his bitter rival in the primary contests.
Will the world ever realize what is going on? So sad," Republican presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump tweeted.
Leading Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz supported the FBI on the issue.
Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump and John Kasich scored major victories on Tuesday that significantly reshaped the presidential race while a big loss in Florida prompted Marco Rubio to drop his White House bid.
The Department of Commerce alleged that Huawei was engaged in activities that are contrary to US national security or foreign policy interest.
Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, world's most-wanted drug lord who fled through a tunnel from a maximum security prison in a made-for-Hollywood escape that deeply embarrassed the Mexican government and strained the country's ties with the United States six months ago, has been recaptured.
The announcement came barely a day after the UNHRC condemned the Trump administration for its policy of separating children from the families at the US-Mexico border.
General Soleimani headed the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps's Quds Force and also served as Iran's pointman on Iraq.
Nearly, 40 per cent of Fortune 500 companies have been founded by immigrants or the children of immigrants.
The emergence of real estate tycoon Donald Trump as Republican presidential nominee sounded the death-knell for the party establishment, Indian-American former Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has said.
Trump clarified that not all Muslims fall into this category but said he means "a lot of them".
The National Security Agency lost its authority to collect the phone records of millions of Americans, thanks to a new reform measure Congress passed on Tuesday
If elected, he would be the first successful businessman without any political experience to become the US president.
All companies that have 50% or more employees from outside the US to pay a higher visa fee of $10,000 for each such staffer, against $4,500 at present.
It would increase economic growth for years to come.
Jim Mattis in his resignation letter to the US president wrote that he deserved a defence secretary whose views were better aligned with his on these and other subjects.
The amendment urges the US to enhance India's military capabilities in the context of combined military planning, and promote co-production/co-development opportunities.
IT professionals from India and major Indian IT companies are major beneficiary of H-1B.
The 69-year-old billionaire reality TV star has now won three of the four early nominating states, after convincing wins in South Carolina and New Hampshire.
Former United States President George W Bush campaigned for his younger brother for the first time on Monday night.
Trump's transition team spokesman Sean Spicer listed Haley as one of the candidates.
The US president says 'we're going to keep families together' after facing huge backlash for his 'zero tolerance' stance.
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