Turks in Germany divided as voting begins in Erdogan referendum
Source: The Local Turkish citizens line up to vote in Frankfurt. Photo: DPA. Turkish voters in Germany, as deeply split as those in their ancestral homeland, started casting early ballots on Monday in a referendum that could vastly boost President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s powers. Hundreds of expatriates lined up at […]
Who would mourn for the 200 civilians killed in airstrike in Iraq?
Epigraph: We prescribed for the children of Israel that whosoever killed a person — unless it be for killing a person or for creating disorder in the land — it […]
How gossip changed one Pakistani woman’s life
Source: BBC Image captionWajiha Arooj hoped to continue her education – until gossip changed everything A Pakistani-born woman has won a 17-year legal battle over a university error that triggered damaging gossip that changed the course of her life, reports the BBC’s Umer Nangiana in Lahore. “The university crushed my […]
Raheel Sharif will become controversial if he leads military alliance: Abdul Qadir Baloch
Dawn.com Federal Minister for States and Frontier Regions (Safron) Lt Gen (retd) Abdul Qadir Baloch on Saturday said if former army chief Gen Raheel Sharif accepts the appointment as head of a 39-nation military alliance of Muslim states he will become controversial. “If Raheel Sharif takes up the appointment, he […]
‘We see them as monsters. At least Israel makes normal, typical war’: As Isis caliphate shrinks, Syrian anger grows
Endgames: inside Syria and Iraq The great geopolitical battles in Iraq seem far away until you notice the contrails sweeping the skies far above Jibl Jarrah Robert Fisk Jibl Jarrah, central Syria @indyvoices It must be the most beautiful front line in the world. Turn right at the ancient city […]
Rise of Hindu ‘extremist’ spooks Muslim minority in India’s heartland
Source: The Guardian By Michael Safi in Gorakhpur In Gorakhpur, the power base of a firebrand monk, religious tension grows with Uttar Pradesh’s 40 million Muslims Supporters of the BJP celebrate […]
Russian Opposition Leader Arrested Amid Mass Protest in Moscow
Source: Time BY Howard Amos and Jim Heintz / AP Mar 26, 2017 MOSCOW — Thousands of people crowded into Moscow’s Pushkin Square on Sunday for an unsanctioned protest against the […]
Singapore teen blogger who criticised government wins asylum in US
Source: The Guardian Amos Yee left the city state with the intention of staying in US after being jailed for several weeks in 2015 and 2016 A teenage blogger from […]
Why is Pakistan’s Musharraf on TV?
By M Ilyas KhanBBC News, Islamabad 21 March 2017 Image captionMr Musharraf has his own show – but what do Pakistanis make of it? Pakistan’s controversial former military ruler, Pervez […]
Husain Haqqani given special powers so he could renew visa for 36 known CIA agents, new leaked documents reveal
Pakistan by Hamza Rao | Published on March 25, 2017 🔗 ISLAMABAD – A new letter that harks back to 2010 has revealed that the former Ambassador to US Husain Haqqani was given exclusive powers to renew visas for 36 CIA agents despite instructions from Foreign Ministry to not review the visas […]
Pakistan allows Raheel Sharif to lead Saudi-led military alliance
by Sarfraz Ali | Published on March 25, 2017 🔗 ISLAMABAD – Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said that Pakistan government has formally permitted ex-army chief Gen Raheel Sharif (r) to lead Saudi military alliance to fight militancy. The minster on Saturday revealed this during an interview with Geo TV […]
Tanks, suicide bombs and bayonets: On the front line in the battles around Damascus
Endgames: inside Syria and Iraq In the first in a series of exclusive dispatches from the crucible of war, Robert Fisk reports from Syria’s capital, where regime soldiers are fighting hand to hand with opposition fighters Robert Fisk Damascus @indyvoices Opposition forces members clash with Assad regime forces in Jobar and […]
Jewish Center Bomb Threat Suspect Is Arrested in Israel
By ISABEL KERSHNER, ADAM GOLDMAN, ALAN BLINDER and RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA MARCH 23, 2017 The teenager accused of making bomb threats against Jewish community centers hid his face before the start of a court hearing in Israel. His name has not been released. CreditBaz Ratner/Reuters JERUSALEM — A monthslong wave of […]
Pakistan seeks Facebook meeting, threatens action over blasphemy
Source: Reuters By Saad Sayeed | ISLAMABAD Pakistan will punish social media companies that fail to take action against online blasphemy, the interior minister said on Wednesday, adding that he […]
Indonesia police fire tear gas on Muslims protesting church
Source: Associated Press By ACHMAD IBRAHIM and ALI KOTARUMALOS BEKASI, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police fired tear gas on Friday to disperse hard-line Muslims protesting against the construction of a […]
Kufr fatwa issued against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for speaking at Holi festival
Source: Daily Pakistan By Hamza Rao | Published on March 21, 2017 ISLAMABAD – A religious scholar has issued a fatwa against Prime Minster Nawaz Sharif for ‘blaspheming’ against Islam […]
U.N. launches probe of crimes against Rohingya in Myanmar
Reuters International MAR 24, 2017 – A Rohingya refugee girl peeks through a hole made in a plastic wall dividing the shelters at Balu Kali Refugee Camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, February 28, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer (reuters_tickers) GENEVA (Reuters) – The top United Nations human rights body agreed on Friday to […]
Why India can’t defeat Pakistan or China in a war
By John Cheeran Published: March 23, 2017 Narendra Modi. PHOTO: REUTERS To provoke a somnolent establishment into action, your message has to be blunt. There cannot be a more blunt warning to India’s political leadership and defence establishment than what Pravin Sawhney and Ghazala Wahab have delivered in their admirable […]
‘Mosul parents sedate children, fearing discovery by Daesh’
By Thomson Reuters Foundation – Mar 23,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Iraqi civilians flee the city of Mosul as Iraqi forces advance in their massive operation to retake Iraq’s second city from Daesh extremists on Wednesday (AFP photo) LONDON — Terrified Iraqi families fleeing fierce fighting in Mosul are drugging […]