An Indian-American congressional candidate in New Jersey stirred a row after a leaked audio clip showed her describing herself as the only Democrat in her race fully backing Israel.The club reignited a debate inside the progressive party over the Gaza war and ongoing Middle East tensions including the conflict with Iran.Tina Shah is a physician…
A 27-year-old man of Punjabi origin was arrested and charged in Surrey, Canada after a shooting incident that police say is linked to ongoing extortion-related violence in the region.The accused was identified as Jaskaran Saroye and was taken into custody by the Surrey Police Service Extortion Response Team following the execution of a search warrant…
Arnold car crash: Police arrest suspect for attempted murder after car hits five men A car hit five men in Arnold, a town in Nottinghamshire, at around 1.10 am on Saturday, leading to the arrest of a 40-year-old man suspected of attempting murder. According to the police statement, one of the victims is in critical…
Passengers are disembarked from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius (AP photo) As the outbreak of hantavirus aboard a cruise ship triggered international concern, passengers on the quarantined vessel began disembarking on Sunday after it arrived off Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands.The MV Hondius reached Tenerife early Sunday after sailing from Cape Verde on May…
Harry Potter author JK Rowling Harry Potter author JK Rowling has criticised UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer after he appointed veteran Labour leader Harriet Harman as Downing Street’s adviser on women and girls, citing Harman’s past statements on trans women as part of a broader clash over gender identity politics in Britain.The appointment has reopened…
London-based restaurateur Harman Singh Kapoor has announced plans to take legal action against the Metropolitan Police and London Mayor Sadiq Khan after being released from custody following his arrest linked to ongoing tensions surrounding his non-halal restaurant.Kapoor, a Sikh businessman who runs Rangrez, a restaurant in London’s Hammersmith area, wrote in a post on X…
North Korea has revised its constitution to require the military to launch a retaliatory nuclear strike if leader Kim Jong-un is assassinated or incapacitated by a foreign adversary.The constitutional change comes after Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei and several of his close advisers were reportedly killed in strikes during the opening phase of the joint…
A German security researcher has exposed a serious set of vulnerabilities in Yarbo’s internet-connected robot lawnmowers, showing that the machines could be remotely accessed and controlled from anywhere in the world. In a live demonstration reported by The Verge, Andreas Makris was able to steer a Yarbo unit from nearly 6,000 miles away, with the…
Indian-origin philanthropist Anil Kochhar announced he would pay the education loan of 176 graduate students of NC State’s Wilson College of Textiles where his father studied. Indian-American philanthropist Anil Kochhar who was the speaker at the graduation ceremony of North Carolina State University Wilson College of Textiles on May 8, surprised the 176 graduates by…
Safety for women is often perceived as deeply divided, almost as if it exists in two different worlds at the same time. On the one hand, there are places where everyday life moves relatively peacefully. On the other hand, there are regions shaped by war, instability, and deep-rooted social challenges. Countries ranked among the most…