An intruder stabbed and wounded five people at a rabbi’s house in New York during a party to celebrate the Jewish festival of Hanukkah late Saturday, officials said. Rabbi’s house is a synagogue located in the Forshay neighbourhood in Monsey, Rockland County, New York, United States. The victims, all Hasidic members of the Jewish faith, […]

Iran accused France on Sunday of “interference” in the case of an Iranian-French academic held in the Islamic republic, saying she is considered an Iranian national and faces security charges. France said Friday it summoned Iran’s ambassador to protest the imprisonment of Fariba Adelkhah and another academic, Roland Marchal of France, saying their detention was “intolerable”. […]

India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was trying to ignore popular concerns over a new citizenship law, an opposition leader said on Saturday. The comment is coming just as thousands joined rallies in protest against the legislation. The Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019, allows Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Christian and Parsi immigrants from three neighbouring Muslim-majority […]

At least 61 people were killed and dozens were wounded in an explosion at a bustling checkpoint in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Saturday, an ambulance service official said, the latest in a string of deadly attacks. Rescuers carried dead bodies past the twisted wreckage of a vehicle and a minibus taxi smeared with blood. “So […]

Shannon Lee, the daughter of kung fu icon Bruce Lee has sued a Chinese fast-food chain that allegedly uses her father’s image as its logo. This could turn out to be a bellwether case for Beijing’s promises to enhance intellectual property protection. Shannon Lee is seeking 210 million yuan (30 million dollars) in compensation from […]