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Photo: Courtesy Dr. Adil Haider Facebook Page A Pakistani-American trauma surgeon  has been named a recipient of the prestigious Ellis Island Medal of Honor 2017 – the highest civilian award in the U.S. for immigrants. Adil...

Yogi Adityanath Photo:Screenshot/ABP News Confirming worst fears that a politically strengthened Narendra Modi would dole out top positions to BJP hardliners, the Indian prime minister picked Yogi Adityanath, a known anti-Muslim politician to lead Uttar Pradesh....

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres applauded Pakistan’s valuable contribution to international peace and security at a glittering Pakistan Day reception in New York. “Pakistan plays an important role at the United Nations,” Guterres said. Guterres’ comments came...

Photo courtesy Notre Dame University A Pakistani-American couple has made a $15 million gift to the University of Notre Dame, one of the top Catholic universities in Indiana, to create an institute focused on the study...

Snow covered the metro area on Tuesday morning as the region along with much of the East Coast saw a few inches of accumulation after a mild winter and Spring-like warming in the U.S. Northeast. A...

Republican leaders reacted to Congressman Steve King’s anti-immigrant stance on Monday with condemnations after the Iowan politician insulted immigrants as “somebody else’s babies.” In a tweet, King voiced his backing for a far right Dutch politician...

In a letter addressed to President Donald Trump, more than 130 foreign policy experts have said the revised travel ban, though improved in some areas, would harm United States’ national security interests. The 134 signatories included...

A 2008 image shows US soldiers watching as two Chinook helicopters fly in to take them back to Bagram Air Field, Photo Credit:Spc. Mary L. Gonzalez, via Wikimedia As the Trump Administration seeks answers to Afghanistan...

Georgetown University, Photo by Lucas Cantor, Wikimedia Commons For the United States, the impact of international students and exchanges has only amplified in recent years. Besides infusing new intellectual capital into the U.S. academic environment each...

Newly appointed National Security Adviser H R McMaster believes using the term “radical Islamic terrorism” is counterproductive because terrorists are “un-Islamic.” A report in the The New York Times, citing participants of Lt. Gen. McMaster’s first...