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Washington D.C, Aug 8: A man, who killed an Indian engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla in Kansas shooting last year, has been sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. Adam Purinton, a US Navy veteran had fatally shot Kuchibhotla, who hailed from Hyderabad and wounded two others in a racially motivated hate crime at a sports bar in Kansas City in the United States on February 22, 2017. Purinton

Ottawa, Aug 8: Canada plans to seek help from the United Arab Emirates and Britain to defuse an escalating dispute with Saudi Arabia, sources said on Tuesday, but close ally the United States made clear it would not get involved. The Saudi government on Sunday recalled its ambassador to Ottawa, barred Canada's envoy from returning and placed a ban on new trade, denouncing Canada for urging the

Washington, Aug 7: The first set of U.S. sanctions against Iran that had been eased under the landmark nuclear accord have gone back into effect. An executive order by President Donald Trump re-imposed the sanctions on financial transactions that involve U.S. dollars, Iran’s automotive sector, the purchase of commercial planes and metals including gold. U.S sanctions targeting Iran’s oil sector

Dubai, Aug 7: Arab countries have lined up in support of Saudi Arabia after it took trade and diplomatic measures against Canada on Monday in response to the latter’s interference in the internal affairs of the Kingdom. The move came in response to statements demanding the immediate release of what Canada called “civil society and women’s rights activists” that were made on the foreign policy

Islamabad, Aug 6: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) parliamentary committee on Monday officially nominated Imran Khan as the party’s prime ministerial candidate, according to a media report. The party of the 65-year-old cricketer-turned-politician emerged as the single largest side in the National Assembly in the July 25 general elections. Mr. Khan was nominated by PTI’s parliamentary committee

New York, Aug 6: A 50-year-old Sikh man was beaten up multiple times by two white men who yelled racial slurs that "You're not welcome here!, Go back to your country!" in the US state of California, prompting police to investigate the "heinous" hate crime, authorities said. The incident happened last week near the intersection of Keyes and Foote roads in California as the man was putting up

Washington, Aug 6: Inspired by the Gandhian principle of ‘Be the change that you wish to see in the world’, Indian-American entrepreneur Suneel Gupta is seeking to enter U.S. Congress to fight against the special interests of the corporate sector, which he believes have peaked under the Donald Trump Administration. “Our family has always been very principled in the ideals that if you don’t like

Lombok, August 6: The death toll in Sunday's earthquake of magnitude 6.9 that jolted two islands of Indonesia, has increased to 82. The powerful earthquake and strong aftershocks rocked Bali and Lombok island of Indonesia, causing thousands of people to rush out of their homes and take outdoor shelters, reported CNN. The quake, which was 31 kilometers (19 miles) deep and near Loloan on the north

Washington D.C, Aug 5: Despite North Korean leader Kim Jong-un vowing to give up developing nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, a confidential report by the United Nations revealed that the country is reportedly continuing to pursue its nuclear weapons programme. CNN quoted a confidential UN report stating that North Korea has flouted all the sanctions put on the country and is pursuing the

Stockholm, Aug 4: A 28-year-old woman wearing a niqab on Friday became the first person in Denmark to be fined for violating a new controversial law banning full-face Islamic veils in public places, media reported. Police were called to a shopping center in Horsholm, in the northeastern region of Nordsjaelland, where the woman had become involved in a scuffle with another woman who had tried to