Asian Lite News Archive

Category: World News

  • US Senate approves ‘fast-track’ trade bill

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    The US Senate  approved a so-called fast-track trade bill that empowers the president to negotiate trade deals, media reported . The bill will now be sent to President Barack Obama for signing. The 60 to 38 Senate vote capped weeks of fighting over the trade bill and gave a big push for the Obama administration’s…

  • Colombia confers Sri Sri with its highest award

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    With the consent of head of Parliament, Colombia bestowed its highest declaration award ‘Orden de la Democracia Simon Boliviar en el grado de cruz Caballero’ on Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Spiritual leader, humanitarian & Founder, Art of Living….reports Asian Lite News.   The President of the Honourable Congress of the Republic of Colombia, Fabio Raul…

  • WORLD NEWS N PICS – Dinosaurs in Canada

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    Asian Lite News compiles a selection of news pictures from around the world. British Queen Elizabeth II’s visit to Germany tops the news agenda in today’s British papers. Greece Euro crisis is still lingers

  • NEWS N PICS – Summer Fest and MERS Scare in Korea

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    Asian Lite News compiles a series of news pictures from around the world. Asian Lite News regularly features pictures from Asian events

  • Britain to train Ukrainian forces

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    Britain will step up its program of training for the Ukrainian armed forces, the British ministry of defence (MoD) has said. The move is to build on an existing program of medical, infantry, logistics and tactical intelligence training which has been offered to 650 Ukrainians since March and around 250 personnel will be trained in…

  • Boston bomber sentenced to death

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    The US federal judge in Boston formally sentenced 21-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death for his role in the 2013 Boston marathon bombing attacks and the killing of a police officer when on the run, media reported . Before the court judge read out the ruling, Tsarnaev broke a two-year silence apologising to victims for the…

  • Gurudwara holds Iftar for Muslims in UAE

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    A gurudwara in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) held an Iftar party for Muslims fasting in the holy month of Ramadan, a media report said . The gurudwara in Jebel Ali organised the iftar for the second consecutive year. The guests of honour were people from Al Manar – a Quran study Centre, the Khaleej…

  • Baby boy abandoned in India by Australian parents

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    A western Sydney-based couple involved in a twins commercial surrogacy contract in India where they left behind a perfectly healthy boy while returning to Australia with his sister, could now face investigation by authorities. The twins were born on November 22, 2012, in a reputable women’s hospital in New Delhi. However, after the birth the…

  • Lord Richards warns Muslim extremism threat like Nazis

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    Lord Richards of Herstmonceux a former Chief of the Defence Staffsaid extremism is a “real threat” to the world. Lord Richards  condemned politicians and said Britain must stop “sleepwalking” and prepare to tackle Muslim extremism seriously. The situation was is similar to the Nazi threat during the Second World War, Lord Richards warned while speaking…

  • UK students groomed to smuggle illegal immigrants

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    French officials reveal that 100 Britons were jailed in last year, as students were targeted by gangs to smuggle people into UK. People traffickers are grooming debt-ridden Britons to smuggle illegal migrants from Calais in a growing new tactic. Students, bar owners and shopkeepers who face financial problems are being targeted by gang masters to…

  • French presidents ‘surveilled’ by NSA

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    French President Francois Hollande, ex-presidents Nicolas Sarkozy and Jacques Chirac, and French cabinet ministers were surveilled by the National Security Agency (NSA) of the US, WikiLeaks said  in a press release….reports Asian Lite News. WikiLeaks  began publishing “Espionnage Elysee”, a collection of top secret intelligence reports and technical documents from NSA concerning targeting and signals…

  • Israel retaliate Gaza rocket attack

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    Israelis forces struck a target in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip in retaliation to a rocket attack from Gaza on southern Israel, authorities said. A rocket was fired from the coastal territory of Gaza on Tuesday to an open area near southern Israel’s Ashkelon city. No injuries have been reported. “In response to this attack, the…

  • Britain develop breath test to detect stomach cancer

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    British researchers have developed a breath test that can detect oesophageal and gastric (stomach) cancer in minutes with 90 percent accuracy….reports Asian Lite News. The test has produced encouraging results in a clinical study of 210 patients, and will now be tested in a larger trial involving three hospitals in London. Oesophageal and gastric malignancies…

  • Chaos at Calais

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    Border security is being strengthened  in northern France and Dover after migrants desperate to reach the UK tried to exploit ferry strike action. Hundreds of migrants at the French port of Calais tried to board delayed vehicles heading to the UK. Speaking to BBC,Immigration minister James Brokenshire said the situation was “hugely regrettable”. The government is to…

  • Facebook worth more than Walmart!

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    Believe it or not, Facebook is now worth more than the world’s largest retailer, Walmart. In just three years as a public company, Facebook has pipped Walmart in terms of net worth. Over the last year, Facebook’s stock has jumped roughly 30 percent and the climb has added more than $65 billion to its market…

  • Twitter looking for a ‘full-time’ CEO

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    In what could be read as a subtle message to co-founder Jack Dorsey, Twitter said it is looking for a CEO with a “full-time commitment” to run the service. The board has formed a search committee and hired executive search firm Spencer Stuart to find outgoing CEO Dick Costolo’s replacement. The board said it will…

  • Britons jailed in France for smuggling migrants

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    At least 100 Britons have been jailed in France in the last year for trying to smuggle migrants through the port town of Calais to Britain, media reported. According to prosecutors, most of them had hidden the migrants in their own cars, BBC reported. The deputy prosecutor for the Calais region’s main court, Julie Colaert…

  • Mother Teresa’s successor Sister Nirmala is dead

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    Sister Nirmala, who succeeded Mother Teresa as superior general of the Missionaries of Charity, died here, sources at the catholic religious order’s global headquarters Mother House said. She was 81….reports Asian Lite News. Nirmala became the second head of the Missionaries of Charity after its head Mother Teresa stepped down from the post in March,…

  • US not yet cured of racism: Obama

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    By Arun Kumar   President Barack Obama used the politically incorrect n-word during an interview to assert that racism persists in the US, including many forms that are not overt, and the nation was not “cured of it”. “Racism, we are not cured of it. And It’s not just a matter of it not being polite…

  • Cameron reassures better opportunities

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    Prime Minister David Cameron renewed his pledge to provide better opportunities for working people….reports Asian Lite News “Whoever you are, wherever you live, whatever your background, whatever stage of life you are at, I believe this government can help you fulfil your aspirations.  And let me be clear, when I say whoever you are, I…

  • Pope begs forgiveness for medieval persecution

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    Pope Francis  asked forgiveness for the Catholic Church’s “un-Christian and even inhuman attitudes and behaviour” towards the evangelical Waldensian church in Italy during the Middle Ages. “On behalf of the Catholic Church I ask forgiveness for the un-Christian, and even inhuman, attitudes and behaviour we have had against you,” he said during the first-ever papal…

  • Greek debt deal possible this week

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    Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem has said the new proposals from the Greek government which came in early on Monday were “a positive step” in the process and that it was possible to reach a deal within the week. “New proposal from the Greek government came in this morning which we welcomed today, which was seen…

  • Maradona in fray for FIFA presidency

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    Argentine football legend Diego Maradona has confirmed that he intends to run for the FIFA presidency to succeed Sepp Blatter, according to Uruguayan broadcaster Victor Hugo Morales. Maradona, 54, has been a fierce critic of Blatter, and the former Argentina captain and manager has now decided to stand for the position to be the most…

  • Angela looks forward to meet Queen

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    The world will soon witness the meeting of two of Europe’s most powerful woman who will hold a private meeting in Berlin, as Germany’s Angela Merkel will meet Her Majesty – Queen of Great Britain…reports Asian Lite News. Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she is looking forward to Queen Elizabeth’s state visit to Germany. It is…

  • Al-Jazeera journalist accuses Germany of Sisi link

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    Egyptian-British Ahmed Mansour, from the Al-Jazeera channel’s Arabic service, says Germany has joined hands with Cairo’s SiSi regime …reports Asian Lite. Egyptian-British journalist Ahmed Mansour on Al-Jazeera’s broadcast service detained in Berlin on an Egyptian arrest warrant has accused Germany of acting as a tool of Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s regime. Mansour is being…

  • The day world came together at India’s call

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    By Arul Lewis The International Day of Yoga (IDY) celebrations here sought to symbolize the unity of humanity as people from around the world gathered Sunday in unique observance of an Indian proposal sponsored by 177 nations and endorsed by all 193 UN members. People of all races and religions, nationalities and political persuasions joined…

  • Islamic nations join International Yoga Day

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    By Chaitanya Mallapur There are 47 Islamic nations among the 177 countries of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) that officially co-sponsored with India a resolution to establish June 21 as “International Day of Yoga”. Yoga is a 5,000-year-old physical, mental and spiritual practice rooted in Hindu tradition, a religious origin that has caused disquiet…

  • Taliban attack on Afghan parliament

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    At least 21 people were injured when a string of explosions rocked the Afghan parliament complex and a gun battle ensued between Taliban militants and security forces, officials said. According to eyewitnesses, a car bomb exploded at the gate of the parliament premises, leaving dozens of people, including five women, injured, According to interior ministry…

  • Bradford family to meet Vaz

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    Home Affairs Committee chairman Keith Vaz is due to meet the husbands of two of three Bradford women thought to be in Syria with their nine children. It is claimed they were encouraged to contact their brother – thought to be fighting with extremists in Syria. West Yorkshire Police said it rejected the suggestion officers…

  • Britain to scale down migrant rescue

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     Britain is to send in elite forces to smash the trafficking gangs and  significantly scale back its efforts to rescue desperate migrants taking boats from Libya to Europe . EU ministers are expected to launch the next phase of the mission to stop the migrant crisis following high-level talks on Monday in Luxembourg, it has…

  • Salary rule to hit migrant nurses

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    The new Home Office rule to put salary criteria for overseas nurses to remain in the country will hit thousand nurses working in the NHS….reports Asian Lite News Overseas nurses working in junior posts could be forced to return home under new immigration rules, nursing union leaders have warned. The new pay threshold for migrants…

  • India Celebrates Yoga Day

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    Millions in India, thousands abroad mark International Yoga Day….reports Asian Lite News. It was an unprecedented demonstration of India’s soft power as tens of thousands across the world, besides millions in India, performed yoga on Sunday to mark the inaugural International Day of Yoga (IDY). A record-breaking nearly 36,000 people, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi,…

  • Honey How the Kids Have Grown

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    Bikram Vohra provides some parenting tips on World Father’s Day You know your kids have grown up when: @Their music and yours has nothing in common. @ You find yourself telling your daughter she can’t possibly be serious about going out dressed like that!! You say, ‘No, sorry, you can’t, you are too young’ and that…

  • Iraqi forces kill 182 IS terrorists

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    Iraqi government forces backed by air power have engaged militants from the Islamic State terrorist group during various clean-up operations across the crisis-hit country and killed at least 182 extremists. According to a statement released by the Iraqi defence ministry on Friday, a total of 124 IS militants died when Iraqi security forces, supported by…

  • ‘Iran n-talks may go on beyond deadline’

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    Iran’s foreign minister says Tehran is not pressed for time in reaching a nuclear agreement with the P5+1 group, adding that the talks are very likely to continue beyond the self-imposed June 30 deadline. “We believe that a good agreement should be reached so it means that we do not feel pressed for time,” Mohammad…

  • Zohra Dawood said she ‘didn’t like UK’

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    The missing Bradford sister believed to be in an ISIS-controlled part of Syria told a friend she ‘did not want her daughters to grow up in England’. The woman, who wished to remain anonymous, said Zohra Dawood ‘didn’t like the UK’ as it was becoming ‘more like America’. Ms Dawood along with her sisters Khadija…

  • Laureates unite behind Sir Tim Hunt

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    Many Nobel Prize winners have leapt to the defence of under-fire scientist Sir Tim Hunt, insisting that academics’ must retain their right to absolute freedom of expression. The eight top thinkers voiced concerns that their liberty is under threat following Sir Tim’s social media lynching for comments made about females working in laboratories reports Daily Mail.…

  • Cameron draws flak from MP, MCB

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    The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), Britain’ largest Islamic forum, Yasmin Qureshi, Labour MP from Bolton, slammed Prime Minister David Cameron for  claiming Muslims ‘quietly condone’ terrorism’….reports Asian Lite News Mrs Qureshi said ‘white population’ is never asked to apologise for atrocities carried out by racists, the Daily Mail reported. The Labour leader said she…

  • Church shooter charged with murder

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    The man arrested after fatally shooting nine people at an African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina, was charged with nine counts of murder, police said. Dylann Roof, 21, also faces a weapons possession charge and is expected to appear in court later on Friday for a bail hearing. Apprehended on Thursday in the neighbouring state…

  • Sixth mass extinction has begun: Study

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    The world is witnessing the sixth mass extinction that threatens even our very own existence, warns a new study. The new study, published in the journal Science Advances, shows that even with extremely conservative estimates, species are disappearing up to about 100 times faster than the normal rate. The world has seen five recognisable mass…

  • Haley seeks death penalty for church shooter

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    By Arun Kumar   As the white young man who killed nine people at a historic US black church faced a court, many victims’ families forgave him, but South Carolina’s Indian American governor Nikki Haley sought the death penalty for him….Asian Lite, the best newspaper for British Asians.  Dylann Storm Roof, 21, who is reported to have…

  • Obama renews plea for gun control

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    By Arun Kumar  In the wake of the horrific mass shooting at a historic American church, President Barack Obama has made another call for gun control and a national conversation on the scourge of mass shootings in America. “We need a change in attitude,” Obama told the annual meeting of the US Conference of Mayors…

  • BRICS bank not to replace global institutions: Putin

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    By Hardev Sanotra  Russian President Vladimir Putin says that the BRICS Bank set up by five countries with a capital of $100 billion will not challenge the existing multilateral institutions…..reports Asian Lite News. Putin, who was interacting with a dozen visiting wire service reporters said, the intention behind the bank and the reserve currency pool…

  • Nav Pe Yoga in Paris

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    After Nav Pe Charcha, it is Nav Pe Yoga in Paris….reports Ranvir Nayar  Tourists visiting the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Friday were in a for a surprise view, not mentioned anywhere in the tourist guides on the sights visible from the most famous observatory in the world. Over 300 metres below in the Seine river, bathed…

  • Stowaway body found on London rooftop

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    British authorities have been investigating the case of a man found dead on the roof of a shop in Richmond, west London, after he supposedly fell from a plane from South Africa, according to police. The British Airways flight from Johannesburg was preparing to land at London’s Heathrow Airport after a 13,000-km flight, police said.…

  • WHO to link global health with Yoga

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    The World Health Organisation is researching how to integrate yoga with universal health care needs, according to Nata Menabde, the agency’s executive director at the UN office….reports Asian Lite News It was a struggle to standardise yoga for use around the world as part of health care systems because of its many different schools of…

  • Dark Days of Indian Democracy

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    Saeed Naqvi looks in to Indira Gandhi’s Emergency regime which has changed the landscape of Indian politics. Visit asianlite.com for latest news and comments  Of course there was an Indian, regional and global context in which Indira Gandhi declared a state of Emergency on June 25, 1975? The 70s were a decade of fierce contest between…

  • Warsi raps Cameron, MCB

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    Baroness Sayeeda Warsi said Cameron is undermining the efforts to stem extremism and the MCB is not reflecting the views of the Brtiish Muslims…reports Asian Lite News Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, the former chairperson of the Conservative party, said Prime Minister David Cameron wrong to target British Muslims over radicalisation, the Guardian reported. She also criticised the…

  • Goodbye ‘Birmingham’, Hello ‘WMCA’

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    Finally the name is out! The Midland’s new combined authority have ended with the adoption of ‘West Midlands Combined Authority’….reports Asian Lite News   Other local authorities who will be joining the proposed new body include the Black Country, Solihull and Coventry. It is believed the WMCA name was favoured by some of the authorities…

  • ‘Missing’ British women and children in Syria

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    Three sisters from Britain’s Bradford city, who along with their nine minor children were reported missing after a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia, have entered Syria, a media report said , citing an Islamic State (IS) smuggler. Khadija, Sugra and Zohra Dawood — all in their 30s — and their nine children were split into two…