Turkish coast guards rescued 28 Afghan migrants whose boat was sinking in the Aegean Sea Sunday. The migrants, who sailed from Turkey’s Ayvacik district, were headed for the Greek island Lesbos when their boat began to fill with water after sailing just over a kilometre from the shore, said a report by the Anatolia news […]
The US supports Nigerian authorities to investigate “cowardly” acts of terror and bring the perpetrators to justice, State Secretary John Kerry said Sunday. “Unspeakable violence and acts of terror like the ones committed by Boko Haram last week in northern Nigeria are horrific, wrong, and have no place in our world,” Xinhua quoted Kerry as […]
Lebanese President Michel Suleiman said Sunday that he believes the Lebanese army is being targeted through “terrorist attacks.” The military and security forces “protect the nation, its peace, people, and stability”, Suleiman said. “The martyrdom of its members is the price they have to pay for maintaining the peace in Lebanon.” He also offered condolences […]
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Sunday accused the BJP of practising “politics of blood” by dividing people along religious and caste lines, and said his party will bring a legislation granting the poor the right to health services. Addressing a rally here, Gandhi sought to woo women, youth and poor as he criticised the Bharatiya […]
A Sikh American in Minnesota drove away with a victory when he won the right for the community in the US state to wear their turbans in driver’s licence photos. Last month when Blaine resident Jatinder Singh went to the local Driver and Vehicle Services (DVS) office to get his licence renewed, he was told […]
Noting that Diwali has been gaining increasing recognition in the US, six US lawmakers have urged New York City’s education department to include the Indian festival of lights among new public school holidays. The plea was made in a letter Thursday by Joe Crowley, Democratic co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans, […]
US President Barack Obama played dumb during his meeting with the Dalai Lama at the White House Friday, a leading Chinese daily said Saturday. “National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden reiterated that the US recognises Tibet to be part of China, but at the same time she emphasized US support for human rights and religious […]
At least two soldiers were killed in a suicide bombing Saturday at an army checkpoint in Lebanon’s Hermel town, Xinhua reported. According to LBCI TV, a suicide bomber tried to cross the checkpoint towards Hermel when the soldiers became suspicious and asked for his identification paper. The bomber then blew himself up.
An Egyptian court Saturday postponed till Feb 24 the trial of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi and 130 others for storming the Wady al-Natroun prison and killing police officers during the 2011 uprising that toppled president Hosni Mubarak. Morsi and 21 other defendants were detained in the case, while the rest of the defendants were […]
Senior UN officials Saturday welcomed a resolution on Syria’s humanitarian crisis, calling for boosting aid access across the war-torn country and easing the suffering of millions of people in desperate need. The UN Security Council, in a meeting Saturday, unanimously adopted the resolution to urge an immediate and unhindered access of humanitarian aid in Syria, […]