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LONDON: Around 200 Sikh men and women surrounded a council flat in Hounslow on Sunday night where they said a 34-year-old Afghan man was grooming a 16-year-old Sikh girl.The parents of the schoolgirl had approached a gurdwara in Slough seeking help as they were frantically worried about their daughter, who had left home to live…
The US State Department paused immigrant visa processing for 75 countries to crack down on applicants deemed likely to become a public charge.A State Department memo, seen first by Fox News Digital, directed consular officers to refuse visas under existing law while the department reassessed screening and vetting procedures.The pause began Jan. 21 and continued…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted searches at the residence of Washington Post journalist in a case pertaining to “obtaining and reporting” classified and “illegally leaking information from a Pentagon contractor,” US attorney general Pamela Bondi informed on Wednesday. She added that the leaker was “behind bars”.The crackdown has raised concerns among press freedom advocates….
US President Donald Trump said that he believed the woman who was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent last week was likely a “very, solid, wonderful person,” but said her actions before she was killed were “pretty tough”.Trump spoke with “CBS Evening News”, less than a week after 37-year-old Renee Good was…
The family of Renee Nicole Good, the Minneapolis woman shot dead by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent earlier this month, has issued a public statement after being forced to confront false online claims that she had a criminal history.37-year-old Good was killed on January 7 after an ICE agent opened fire in ‘self-defence’…
Long before Silicon Valley discovered the word “Bengaluru” and well before Indian-origin CEOs became a familiar sight on Fortune 500 earnings calls, American newspapers had already been introduced to a particular kind of Indian engineer. He was impossibly smart, socially earnest, slightly baffled by corporate life, and educated at an institution most Americans could not…
File photo: US President Donald Trump (Picture credit: AP) US President Donald Trump on Wednesday renewed his push for the United States to acquire Greenland, saying the Arctic island is vital for American national security and for the “Golden Dome” defence system he claims Washington is building.In a post on Truth Social, Trump said, “The…
Mark Your Calendars: Dubai’s Beloved Ramadan Souq Reopens This January Dubai Municipality has officially announced the much-anticipated return of the Ramadan Souq, a beloved cultural and shopping experience in the heart of Deira’s historic Grand Souq area. The fourth edition of the souq will open on January 17, 2026, at Old Municipality Street Square and…
File photo: UK PM Keir Starmer (Picture credit: AP) LONDON: The British government has watered down plans for mandatory digital identification cards, a contentious idea it had touted as a way to help control immigration. It’s the latest policy U-turn by Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s embattled center-left government, which is under fire from both opposition…
The morning did not arrive quietly in Oujda. For the first time in nearly 25 years, snowfall was observed in the central area of the city, located in the northeastern region of Morocco, on January 7, 2026. Approximately two centimetres of snow settled across the downtown streets, while the adjacent villages experienced significantly more snowfall….
