Tasneem Nashrulla
Indians On Twitter Respond Brilliantly To Claim That Men Are Under Siege Because Of New Rape Laws
The #MenUnderSiege hashtag is a biting response to a columnist who wrote that the country's new rape laws have made Indian men feel like they are "under a state of siege."
Tasneem Nashrulla
Massive Fire Started By Angry Workers Destroys Factory That Supplied To Gap, Wal-Mart In Bangladesh
Additional garments destroyed in the fire were from other Western brands, including Wal-Mart, American Eagle, Uniqlo, and Zara.
Tasneem Nashrulla
Police In Iceland Shoot And Kill Someone For The First Time In The Nation's History
The police "regret" the incident.
Tasneem Nashrulla
There Are More International Students In The U.S. This Academic Year Than Ever Before
Students from China and Saudi Arabia led to the record number of foreign students studying in the U.S., according to the 2013 Open Doors Report.
Tasneem Nashrulla
An American Website Wrote A Satirical Article About An Indian Rape Festival And Many People Thought It Was Real
A National Report article called "The Assam Rape Festival In India Begins This Week" went viral, appalling many readers who believed the story.
Tasneem Nashrulla
Thousands Feared Dead After Super Typhoon Haiyan Slams Philippines
Updated: Some reports put the death toll as high as 10,000.
Jon Passantino
A High School In California Has An "Angry Arab" As Its Mascot And Belly Dancing Cheerleaders
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee has denounced the mascot as "orientalist stereotyping" and asked the school to change it, the Desert Sun reports.
Tasneem Nashrulla
25 Incredible Images Of A Family Living With "Werewolf Syndrome"
A mother and her three children from Nepal suffer from a very rare disease that causes excessive hair growth. They are undergoing laser hair removal to help with their condition.
Tasneem Nashrulla
Teen Poet In Denmark Receives Death Threats For Poems Criticizing Islam
The 18-year-old's book of poems is creating biggest religious controversy in Denmark since the publication of a cartoon featuring Prophet Muhammad, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Tasneem Nashrulla
8 Facts You Should Know About India's First Mission To Mars
If the mission is successful in 2014, India will be the fourth nation in the world to visit the red planet.
Tasneem Nashrulla
Richard Dawkins Tweeted "Bin Laden Has Won" Because Airport Security Took Away His Little Jar Of Honey
The controversial English atheist's twitter rant led to others tweeting about their own encounters with airport security.
Tasneem Nashrulla
Florida City Where Trayvon Martin Was Killed Bans Guns For Neighborhood Watch Volunteers
Sanford, Fla., where neighborhood watch leader George Zimmerman shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, is changing its rules to state that volunteers may not carry firearms or pursue someone they think is suspicious.
Tasneem Nashrulla
Drug "Supertunnel" With 8 Tons Of Weed And 325 Pounds Of Coke Discovered Under U.S.-Mexico Border
Federal agents discovered what might be the world's most sophisticated series of drug smuggling tunnels, equipped with electricity, ventilation and an electronic rail system.
Tasneem Nashrulla
13-Year-Old Boy Sentenced To At Least 7 Years For Killing His Neo-Nazi Father
Joseph Hall, who was 10 when he shot his neo-Nazi dad, will be committed to a juvenile correctional facility in California.
Tasneem Nashrulla
31 Things That Could Happen Only In India
"Love for all, heatred for none."
Tasneem Nashrulla
Thousands Of Starving Syrians Flee A Damascus Town That Was Cut Off From Food Supplies For Months
After months of near starvation, Syrians surviving on leaves and rotten animal carcasses were allowed to leave the rebel-held town of Moadamiyeh. WARNING: graphic images.
Tasneem Nashrulla
Bollywood Actress Priyanka Chopra Becomes The First South Asian Model For Guess
"I'm their first brown model," says Chopra.
Tasneem Nashrulla
13-Year-Old Girl Survives After Being Raped, Buried Alive In Pakistan
The girl reportedly dug her way out of a grave after her alleged rapists buried her near a deserted road.
Tasneem Nashrulla
Horrific Video Of A Saudi Man Beating An Asian Man For Talking To His Wife Prompts Public Outrage
Saudi Arabia’s Human Rights Commission said the beating flouted Islamic Sharia laws, Al Arabiya reported. WARNING: Disturbing content.
Tasneem Nashrulla
The Best And Worst Places To Be A Woman
According to The Global Gender Gap Report 2013, Iceland has the narrowest gender gap among 136 countries. The U.S. ranks 23rd on the list.
Tasneem Nashrulla
