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A suicide bombing in Pakistan killed at least 52 people and injured more than 50 on Friday at a religious gathering to mark the birthday of Prophet Muhammad in a restive province bordering Afghanistan, health officials and police said.  At least 52 killed in Baluchistan blast, while worshippers trapped under …

While the dream of an independent Sikh homeland in northern India enjoys some support in the Sikh diaspora, that’s not the case in the Indian state of Punjab, where much of the Sikh population feels as though the push for independence is far from their reality. Not so in Punjab, …

Donald Trump’s rivals were quick to lay into him during the second presidential debate on Wednesday, ripping the former president for skipping the event as they sought to blunt the momentum that has seen him build a commanding early lead in the Republican primary.  Donald Trump skipped the debate again, …

For three straight days now, people have streamed out of the besieged enclave, fleeing from Azerbaijan’s newly imposed control. The border village of Kornidzor, the last Armenian settlement along the road, is a jumble of humanitarian aid points delivering food, water and other essentials to the refugees.  Almost all of …

A judge has ruled that Donald Trump committed fraud for years while building the real estate empire that catapulted him to fame and the White House.  Ruling in civil lawsuit comes days before start of fraud trial Trump sought to delay. A judge has ruled that Donald Trump committed fraud …

A judge on Wednesday denied Donald Trump’s request that she step aside from the federal case accusing him of illegally attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, rejecting arguments that she has shown bias against him.  U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan rejects arguments she has shown …

The idea that fossil fuels are largely responsible for climate change made its way through New York City last week, as the United Nations General Assembly, the UN Climate Ambition Summit and NYC Climate Week collectively drew in thousands of participants. But it wasn’t only written on protest placards.  Fossil …

The federal NDP and the Bloc Québécois are calling on the Trudeau government to impose sanctions on Azerbaijan in response to its military incursion into Nagorno Karabakh last week — an event that has driven close to 30,000 of the disputed enclave’s ethnic Armenians to neighbouring Armenia.  ‘Everything is on …

Separatist authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh said Tuesday that at least 20 people were killed and nearly 300 others injured by an explosion at a gas station.  Breakaway region says 290 hospitalized as explosion adds to misery for Armenians fleeing region. At least 20 people were killed and nearly 300 others injured …

NEW DELHI,  India – Army chiefs and senior officers from 30 countries including the United States met in India Tuesday to discuss threats facing the Asia-Pacific region, in the face of concern at an increasingly assertive China. US Army chief Randy George US Army chief Randy George said the region …