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French parliament approves jihadist trav...

French parliament approves jihadist travel ban

PARIS: France’s parliament on Tuesday approved a new anti-terror bill aimed at preventing potential jihadists from travelling to Iraq, Syria or elsewhere by confiscating their passports. The travel ban on French nationals could be imposed “where there are serious reasons to believe... read more »

Harvard receives record $350 million for...

Harvard receives record $350 million for public health

Harvard University has received the largest donation in its history, the school announced on Monday, $350 million from the Morningside Foundation to the School of Public Health. The donation is unrestricted, and will support efforts including increased financial aid for students, loan forgiveness... read more »

Six dead in Paris suburb building explos...

Six dead in Paris suburb building explosion

BOBIGNY(France): Six people were killed when an explosion ripped through an apartment building outside Paris, reducing half a residential block to rubble, emergency services have said. The bodies of a child described as around 10 years old, a boy aged 14-18 and two women were recovered from the... read more »

ISIS recruits planning 26/11-type attack...

ISIS recruits planning 26/11-type attack in UK

An ISIS attack on Europe is not just a wild fantasy of Islamic State militants anymore. Various world leaders and intelligence agencies are acknowledging the threat that the militant group, earlier present only in parts of Syria and Iraq, pose to the continent and the US. British intelligence... read more »

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UN condemns UK immigration bill for creating 'climate of ethnic profiling'

UN condemns UK immigration bill for creating ‘climate of ethnic profiling’

London – The United Nations refugee agency has condemned British Prime Minister David Cameron’s proposed immigration laws. There are fears the laws could stigmatise foreigners,... read more »

AK-47 inventor Mikhail Kalashnikov dies at 94

AK-47 inventor Mikhail Kalashnikov dies at 94

Moscow – Mikhail Kalashnikov, the designer of famed Russian AK-47 assault rifle, passed away Monday in his home city of Izhevsk, an industrial town, Xinhua reported. “We... read more »

Freed Russian tycoon Khodorkovsky will work to release other political prisoners

Freed Russian tycoon Khodorkovsky will work to release other political prisoners

Washington – Former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has said he will spend the rest of his life working towards the release of other political prisoners in the... read more »

Freed Pussy Riot members still gunning for Putin’s head

Pussy Riot member released from prison

A jailed member of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot, who was found guilty of hooliganism after a performance critical of President Vladimir Putin, has been released from prison, her lawyer... read more »

Mikhail Khodorkovsky meets family as free man in Germany

Mikhail Khodorkovsky meets family as free man in Germany

Berlin – Russia’s former richest man Mikhail Khodorkovsky on Saturday was reunited with his oldest son and awaited his parents’ arrival in Berlin, after his stunning release from a... read more »