Montreal : Former President of the United States Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met in Montreal on Tuesday night and dined together. Reportedly, the world leaders discussed how to get young people active in their communities. Earlier in the day, Obama had delivered a speech at an event in Montreal. Since leaving office, […]
New York : A Sikh-American scholar at the New York University was allegedly called “Osama” by a teenager, in a fresh incident of apparent racial discrimination against members of the community. Simran Jeet Singh, a post-doctoral fellow at NYU’s Center for Religion and Media and a senior religion fellow for advocacy group Sikh Coalition, recalled the […]
UK General Elections Results 2017 London : Indian-origin Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi has become the first Turban wearing Sikh, and Preet Gill, the first Sikh woman, to be elected to the British Parliament’s House of Commons in the UK General Election Results 2017. Both the Sikh candidates, Gill and Dhesi – are from Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party. […]
London : Had the Pakistani-origin London Bridge attacker succeeded in hiring a 7.5 tonne truck, the number of casualties in the carnage would have been much higher, the British media reported on Saturday. Ringleader Khuram Shazad Butt’s efforts to hire the bigger truck failed when his payment was declined, the BBC reported. 27-year-old Butt had ganged […]
Arbil (Iraq) : The Ashti camp in Iraq’s northern city of Arbil celebrated the return of a girl whose abduction by jihadists three years ago sent shockwaves through her Christian community. Joy filled the prefab unit that is now the home of six-year-old Christina Ezzo Obada’s family, who were forced to flee the town of Qaraqosh, […]