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During the racial upheaval of the late 1960s and early 1970s, the civil rights activist decried heavy-handed policing in ...

Urges protection of Kashmiri students across country Srinagar: The Grand Mufti of Jammu and Kashmir, Mufti Nisar-ul-Islam, on Monday strongly denounced the recent explosions in Delhi and Nowgam, ...

A Block Level Officer in Sandeshkhali faced threats and abuse related to SIR form submission, sparking political tensions.

Jamirul Islam Molla, a TMC worker, was arrested in West Bengal for allegedly threatening a booth-level officer (BLO) over a ...

Trump ends protection for Somalis in Minnesota claiming 'gangs terrorizing people' ...

The CAIR Legal Defense Fund and another group claim the governor's proclamation identifying them as terrorists “is defamatory and finds no basis in law or fact." ...

Makhachev joins nine other male fighters who have won championships in two weight classes. Valentina Shevchenko successfully ...

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) is set to pronounce its judgment tomorrow in a crimes against humanity case against three, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, over their ...

The University of Northern Colorado football team lost a lopsided Big Sky Conference game for the second time in two weeks ...

Visitors at the 44th Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) are getting a rare chance to see a piece of Islamic art history — a facsimile edition of a Quran manuscript written more than a thousand ...

Have you ever seen a centuries-old book — eaten by insects, torn, full of holes, and with brittle pages — brought back to life? Now, visitors to the Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) have the ...