Washington,  US President Barack Obama issued a disaster declaration for flood-devastated Louisiana, where emergency workers have rescued more than 7,000 residents stranded in homes and cars, said the White House. The action makes emergency federal funding available to support rescue crews working nonstop as deadly flooding ravages the state, disastrousRead More

Islamabad, August 14 Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is poised to pick a “safe” successor to Pakistan’s powerful army chief General Raheel Sharif from among four generals and key considerations will include the candidate’s views on foreign policy issues, especially ties with India, a leading newspaper reported on Sunday. The fourRead More

New York, August 14 A 55-year-old Bangladeshi-American Imam at a mosque here and his assistant have been shot dead from point blank range by a lone gunman in broad daylight amid growing concerns across the US over the rising Islamophobic rhetoric. The police said Imam Maulama Akonjee and Thara Uddin,Read More

New York, August 14 A 55-year old Bangladeshi-American Imam at a mosque here and his associate have been shot and killed from a point-blank range by an unidentified gunman in broad daylight amid growing concerns across the country over rising Islamophobic rhetoric. The police said Imam Maulama Akonjee and TharaRead More

Stockholm: Sweden’s youngest-ever Cabinet minister, who came to the country as a refugee from Bosnia, announced her resignation today after being caught driving under the influence of alcohol. Aida Hadzialic (29), minister for secondary and adult education, said she was stopped by the police in the southern city of MalmoRead More

Nice,  A second resort on France’s Riviera coast, Villeneuve-Loubet, announced today a ban against burkinis after Cannes banished the full-body swimsuit from its beaches. The town’s mayor told AFP that he made the decision to bar the burkini worn by some Muslim women because of sanitary reasons. “I was informedRead More

Bangkok, August 12 A series of blasts rocked Thailand on Friday, including two famous tourist spots popular with foreigners, within hours, killing four persons and injuring several others. Two bombs went off in the resort of Hua Hin this morning near the clock tower, a city landmark, killing one andRead More

Lahore, August 12 Pakistan’s top counter-terrorism agency has issued two alerts, warning about possible terror attacks by two Taliban suicide bombers at the Wagah and Ganda Singh borders with India around Independence Day. The National Counter-Terrorism Authority (NACTA) has asked the Punjab Director General of Pakistan Rangers, the Home DepartmentRead More

Chicago, August 12 A Muslim woman is suing the city of Chicago and six officers, who falsely singled her out as a potential terrorist on July 4, 2015, as she left a subway station wearing a headscarf, face veil and carrying a backpack. Itemid Al-Matar’s federal lawsuit filed on FridayRead More

Canberra, August 12 An Australian government agency in charge of the ongoing search for the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 has reportedly retracted a published theory that the aircraft crashed into the sea after a “death dive”. Earlier this week, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) said it was unlikelyRead More