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In ““I the QS Best Student Cities 2015” study  Montreal has been named as  the best city in Canada for student,  and the eighth on an international list. The study cites the city’s high ranking educational institutions, like McGill University – ranked 21st in the world and 2nd in Canada – as well as Concordia University and Université de Montréal. Laura Bridgestock  wrote in the …

Alzain Tareq, the 10-year-old swimmer was the world championships’ youngest competitor in Kazan swam her personal best to finish third in her 50m freestyle heat. The Bahraini girl had caused a splash at the Kazan pool on Friday morning when she raced in the women’s 50m butterfly heats and finished last of the event’s 64 competitors. She is believed to …

By Max Fisher There’s a certain ritual that each and every one of the world’s billion-plus Muslims, especially those living in Western countries, is expected to go through immediately following any incident of violence involving a Muslim perpetrator. It’s a ritual that is continuing now with the Sydney hostage crisis, in which a deranged self-styled sheikh named Man Haron Monis …

The Australian government has drawn flak from various quarters over its current media campaign against undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers, seemingly sending the message that they are not welcome. The government hopes that the rhetoric will discourage immigrants from settling in the country. The latest government-approved poster in the hard hitting campaign, already printed in 17 languages, says “No way. …

The Australian Parliament on Monday abandoned a potentially controversial plan which would force women wearing the niqab or the burqa to sit in separated glassed enclosures in public. They rejected the plan after a decision on October 2nd by Senate President Stephen Parry and Speaker Bronwyn Bishop to make people wearing face covering sit in areas usually reserved for noisy …

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Friday announced that Canadian fighter jets will participate in the battle against Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq for six months. Harper told the Canadian parliament to send air-to-air refueling airplanes as well as two surveillance airplanes to the region. Harper, however, did not mention how many jets will take part in the campaign, …

On Tuesday, US Secretary of State urged Iraq’s newly appointed prime minister-designate Haidar al-Abadi to quickly form an all-inclusive government. “We are urging him to form a new cabinet as swiftly as possible and the U.S. stands ready to support a new and inclusive Iraqi government and particularly its fight against ISIL. Let me be very clear, we have always …

Security forces battled against militants for control over a strategic location in northern Iraq on Monday, thereby forcing half the region’s population to abandon their homes. Meanwhile, the United States of America have mulled over the thought of using drone strikes against the militant forces leading the charge. John Kerry, US Secretary of State, said that he was also willing …

On Friday, Australian authorities said that they would increase the area of their underwater search for the missing flight MH370, as the deep-sea search for the missing place at the suspected crash site comes to a close, with no significant results to speak of. The mini-submarine Bluefin-21 has so far scanned 95% of the initial search area, far off Western …