Syria

VIENNA—The gunman suspected of killing four people in a terrorist attack in Vienna was convicted on terrorism charges last year after trying to join Islamic State in Syria but was released from prison after serving part of his term, authorities said Tuesday. In a statement, the terrrorist group Islamic State…

Show-business pays tribute to Sir Sean Connery Tributes have been paid to Sir Sean Connery, who has died at the age of 90. Daniel Craig, the current James Bond, said Sir Sean was “one of the true greats of cinema”. Dame Shirley Bassey, who sang the themes to three Bond…

Author of the article:Blair CrawfordPublishing date:Oct 31, 2020  •   •  3 minute readOttawa immigration lawyer Arghavan Gerami says many refugees' lives are in limbo because the government halted eligibility interviews in March because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo by Jean Levac /Postmedia NewsArticle contentGhadeer Albattarni, a 32-year-old Syrian refugee, mother…

Reuters Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is likely to receive more of the Arab American vote than President Donald J. Trump, according to the Arab American Institute. Biden's leading margin with Arab Americans may be smaller than Hillary Clinton's in 2016, and Arab American turnout is expected to be high.…

There is no government presence in the federal capital territory (FCT). Yes. In fact, there is no such thing as leadership in the FCT. If there was, I would certainly know being a habitué of the city. There are only vulgar structures which are purely administrative habitations of the federal…

Former Italy, Juventus and World Cup-winning boss Marcello Lippi said he is “definitely done” with coaching. Lippi has been without a job since resigning as China head coach in November last year following a 2022 World Cup qualifying defeat to Syria – his second stint in charge of the Asian…

A Syrian man has been arrested after a tourist was killed in early October.The 20-year-old man allegedly attacked two tourists on 4 October.One of them, a 55-year-old man later died in hospital.A knife attack that killed one tourist and seriously injured another in the German city of Dresden in early…

As social movements around the world are calling for the removal of controversial statues, the Canadian military is planning a monument to a warplane at its new headquarters on Carling Avenue in Ottawa (unceded Algonquin territory). The CF-18 fighter jet will reportedly be mounted on a concrete pedestal as part…

9,352 more Filipinos repatriated by DFA last week The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) repatriated 9,352 overseas Filipinos last week, bringing the total number of repatriated nationals abroad since the start of the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic in February this year to 223,294. Of the total number of OFWs…

The series, which centers on an ER doctor who fled his native Syria for Canada, is currently the most-watched scripted series on broadcast television, averaging 5.2 million total viewers per episode. (CBS’ “NCIS” will definitely have something to say about that when it returns next month as more established series…