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Kabul, Jul 2: Many among Afghanistan`s dwindling Sikh minority are considering leaving for neighbouring India, after a suicide bombing in the eastern city of Jalalabad on Sunday killed at least 13 members of the community. The victims of the attack claimed by militant group Islamic State included Avtar Singh Khalsa, the only Sikh candidate in parliamentary elections this October, and Rawail Singh

Kabul, Jul 2: India on Sunday condemned as “heinous and cowardly” the terrorist attack on a convoy of Sikhs in Afghanistan that left 20 people dead and said the incident underlined the need for united global fight against international terrorism. A suicide bomber targeted the convoy on their way to meet Afghanistan’s president in the eastern city of Jalalabad today. Police chief Ghulam Sanaei

Washington, Jul 1: North Korea intends to maintain some of its nuclear stockpile and production facilities while potentially concealing them from the United States, The Washington Post reported Saturday, citing US officials. The assessment comes on the heels of a landmark meeting between the North’s leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump, who has since the June 12 summit in Singapore

Karachi, Jul 1: For the very first time, a Sikh man has been hired as an anchor by a news channel in Pakistan. Harmeet Singh, a resident of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province's Chakesar city, has joined the Public News channel. The official handle of the media house posted a video of Mr Singh on twitter and captioned, "Pakistan's 1st Sikh News Anchor Harmeet Singh only on #PublicNews." Recently, Manmeet

Portland, Jun 30: Liberal activists, parents and first-time protesters motivated by accounts of children separated from their parents at the US-Mexico border plan to rally in hundreds of cities nationwide today to press President Donald Trump's administration to reunite the families quickly. More than 600 marches could draw hundreds of thousands of people across the country, from immigrant

Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar announced Thursday the “liberation” of Derna, the only city in the eastern region beyond his control, from radical Islamist militias. “We proudly announce the liberation of Derna, a city dear to all Libyans,” the breakaway military leader said in a televised speech. He promised residents a “new era of freedom, security and peace.” A spokesman for Haftar’s self

Washington, Jun 29: Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, the first Indian-American woman to be elected to the US House of Representatives, has been arrested here during a protest against the Trump administration’s “inhumane” “zero-tolerance” border policy. The administration’s controversial “zero tolerance” policy of separating immigrant parents and their children on the US border resulted in the

Annapolis, Jun 29: A US gunman with a long-standing grudge against a Maryland newspaper on Friday blasted his way through its newsroom with a shotgun and smoke grenades, killing at least five people and injuring two others in one of the deadliest attacks on the media in America. The shooter identified as Jarrod Ramos, 38, has been arrested and the police are questioning him. The shooting at the

Zurich, Jun 28: Money parked by Indians in Swiss banks rose over 50% to Swiss Francs (CHF) 1.01 billion (₹7,000 crore) in 2017, reversing a three-year downward trend amid India’s clampdown on suspected black money stashed there. In comparison, the total funds held by all foreign clients of Swiss banks rose about 3% to CHF1.46 trillion or about ₹100 lakh crore in 2017, according to the official

United Nations, Jun 28: More than 10,000 children were killed or maimed amid armed conflicts worldwide last year, while others were raped, forced to serve as armed soldiers or caught in attacks on schools and hospitals, a United Nations report said on Thursday. A total of more than 21,000 violations of children's right were reported in 2017 — a sharp increase from the previous year, according to