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Kamran Akmal's controversial comment on Sikhs while talking about India pacer Arshdeep Singh on a TV show in Pakistan last month during the T20 World Cup had led to a widspread outrage and also angered former India offspinner Harbhajan Singh. Almost a month since that day, the two came face…

The hope is that the advance could lead to a big leap in download speeds for internet users

Signed into law nearly 60 years ago, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed discrimination in the U.S. based on “race, color, sex, religion, or national origin.”

At last night’s Birmingham show, the Foos brought out local hero and Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler and nailed a heavy metal classic

The Conservatives want us to think child poverty is somehow normal. When you vote next Thursday, remember that chilling fact, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

A colonel and former marine has been appointed veterans’ minister five days after being elected as a Labour MP. Kim Sengupta talks to him about his decision to stand

Exclusive: Col Alistair Carns gave up the chance to become one of Britain’s youngest brigadiers in order to stand for Labour in Birmingham

Independent candidate Akhmed Yakoob pledges to ‘fight misogyny’ after outcry over podcast comments

The Birmingham Yardley MP on Gaza, austerity and restoring optimism to the voting public