First Sikh officer joins Indianapolis police
New York: A 26-year-old Sikh-American has made history by becoming the first police officer from the community to join the police department in Indianapolis, the capital of the US state of Indiana, a media report has said.
IRAN:Quake kills two, injures hundreds
Tehran: A 5.7 magnitude earthquake near Iran's border with Turkmenistan killed two people, injured hundreds and caused widespread damage, state media reported on Sunday. The quake, which struck at 1800 GMT Saturday in and around the city of Bojnurd, North Khorasan province, killed a 54-year-old woman and a teenage girl, ISNA news agency reported.
Italy rescues 480 migrants
Rome: Over 480 asylum seekers and refugees were rescued in the Mediterranean on Saturday as they attempted the perilous crossing from north Africa, with seven bodies also recovered, Italy's coastguard said on Sunday.
Muslim men hauled off UK-bound flight
london: Two Muslim men were forced to get off a plane in Turkey and made to go through security checks again after passengers on a flight operated by a British airline complained that they were "making gestures" to each other and "going to the toilet to use their phones".
Woman kicked out of bank for wearing hijab
New York: A Muslim-American woman was allegedly kicked out of a bank in the US for ‘wearing a hijab' - with staff threatening to call police if she did not ‘remove her hood'.
Thousands march to end bullfighting
Madrid: Tens of thousands of people from all parts of Spain matched through the centre of the Spanish capital of Madrid on Saturday to demand an end to the tradition of bullfighting, local media reported.
Over 145 civilians executed in Mosul
Baghdad: The ISIS has executed more than 145 civilians for trying to flee the western part of the Iraqi city of Mosul, according to a top security official.
Palestinian shot dead by Israeli police
Jerusalem: Israeli police said that a Palestinian man was shot dead after he stabbed and moderately injured a police officer in East Jerusalem's Old City on Saturday.