Abandoned in an Indian orphanage and unable to walk, Gautam Lewis was dealt a difficult hand early on. But after Mother Teresa’s care, the young boy quite literally spread his wings, achieving his dream of being a pilot despite using crutches. Now – after a career managing the likes ofContinue Reading
Asian population in the United States grew at 3.4% between July 2014 and 2015, with migration responsible for the majority of the growth, government officials have saidContinue Reading
About 100 clerics in Pakistan have issued a decree seeking a government ban on Ramadan programs of various TV channels, terming them against Shariah. Signed by clerics from Barelvi school of thought and Jamaat Ahle Sunnat, the decreesays as most part of the Ramazan transmission is against Shariah (Islamic law),Continue Reading
By firing at least three shots into a beloved musician’s car in Pakistan’s largest city, two gunmen ushered in one of the darker days in that country’s quest for tolerance, art and peace. The man shot dead was Amjad Sabri, 45, part of a duo with his brother, and aContinue Reading
Even Pope Francis has had doubts about the Christian faith, he admitted to a group of young people in Rome on Saturday. The Pope was responding to a question about whether the suffering of people around the world, including Christians, had ever caused him to have a “crisis of faith”.Continue Reading
The archivist stumbled across the file in a stack of boxes on the second floor of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem. The yellowing letters inside dated back more than half a century, chronicling the dreams and struggles of a young man in Kenya. He wasContinue Reading
New York : The number of refugees worldwide has reached the figure of 65.3 million people, including those seeking asylum and internally displaced persons. This is what emerges from the annual report of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), published on the occasion of World Refugee Day, which isContinue Reading
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Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has released a video, purporting to show that a Swiss nun kidnapped in Mali in January is alive and in good health. The three-minute video, posted on social media on 16th June, shows a veiled Beatrice Stockly speaking in French, saying that she has beenContinue Reading
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