Source: BBC Looking out from Israeli-held territory, the scrubby and rock-strewn ground pitches steeply downwards towards a patrol road and the border fence. The current frontier with Syria – the young lieutenant points out – is about a third of the way up the opposite escarpment. And just a couple […]
Source: Reuters International FEB 7, 2017 – JAKARTA (Reuters) – Police in the Indonesian capital Jakarta have banned a rally organised by Islamist groups ahead of next week’s hotly contested election to lead the city, officials said on Tuesday. The rally on Feb. 11, just four days before voting day, […]
Source: Dawn WASHINGTON: The Trump administration has no plan to ban Pakistani citizens from travelling to the United States because Pakistan is providing the data they need to vet a visitor, US officials say. In recent briefings to various media outlets, White House officials also said the administration had no plan […]
Source: Dawn UPDATING and strengthening laws dealing with religiously motivated crimes, especially sectarianism and violence against non-Muslims, is a sensible and necessary move by the government. The Criminal Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2016, is set to become an Act of Parliament after the National Assembly once again voted to approve the […]
Source: Aljazeera By Asad Hashim A crackdown by Pakistani authorities has seen a rise in both deportations and voluntary repatriations of Afghan nationals [File: Josh Smith/Reuters] Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s government has […]
Source: Reuters By Aukkarapon Niyomyat and Patpicha Tanakasempipat | BANGKOK Thailand’s king has appointed a new Buddhist supreme patriarch, the prime minister said on Tuesday, ending more than a year […]
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Source: http://www.lastnewsbd.com/en/2017/02/43469 Last news bd, 6th February, Dhaka: In the morning of the concluding day of the 3-day Annual Convention of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’t, Bangladesh the Honourable Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Rashed Khan Menon delivered a courtesy speech. The minister said, “The right of peaceful coexistence of people belonging […]
Source: ET Her wish came true by the end of April that year when Romy was able to bring her to Pakistan to meet her children for the first time in 51 years. Kaur is currently in Karachi for her second visit and this time she is accompanied by Khurshid. Her […]
Source: Dawn NEW DELHI: Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday that a referendum must be conducted in Pakistan to check whether its citizens wanted to remain there or wanted to merge with India. According to reports from Haridwar, where he addressed an election rally, Mr Singh also said […]
Source: TOI ASHINGTON: The US should “levy costs” on Pakistan for perpetuating terrorism in India and Afghanistan and must quickly formulate a new approach toward the country to prevent it from using terror for foreign policy ends, top US think-tanks have recommended to the Donald Trump administration. “For too long, […]
Source: TOI KABUL: An explosion occurred near the Supreme Court in the centre of Afghanistan‘s capital,Kabul, on Tuesday, according to witnesses at a nearby government ministry. Kabul police confirmed that ablast had been heard and they were still working to identify the exact location of it. More:
By Reuters – Feb 06,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Displaced Iraqi children who fled the Daesh stronghold of Mosul with their families play at Khazer camp, Iraq, on Monady (Reuters photo) BAGHDAD — The World Bank plans to offer Iraq financial support in parallel with projects to foster reconciliation […]
Reuters International FEB 6, 2017 – WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is “deeply troubled” by the findings of a United Nations report that said soldiers in Myanmar’s Rakhine State had committed atrocities against minority Muslims, the State Department said on Monday. Washington was still studying the report, but […]
Source: Associated Press By HAMZA HENDAWI Today CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s top Islamic authority on Sunday rejected President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s suggestion that legislation be adopted to invalidate the practice of […]
Source: The Times of India By Yudhvir Rana| TNN QADIAN: A Pakistan-born, 35-year-old woman who married a man living in Gurdaspur’s Qadian town in 2003, was able to vote for the time ever in her life when Punjab went to polls to elect its next legislative assembly on Saturday. Though Tahira […]
Source: http://www.abc.net By Tahir Nasser Tahir Nasser is a physician, author and regular contributor to Religion News Service. Before leaving office, U.S. President Barack Obama commuted the jail sentence of […]
Source: The Daily Beast Iran’s military defied new U.S. sanctions by reportedly holding a military exercise on Saturday. President Trump’s administration imposed sanctions on individuals and entities linked to the Revolutionary Guards on Friday, following a recent Iranian ballistic missile test. Trump had warned Tehran of being put “on notice” […]
Source: Asia Times: Although Pakistan has said nothing about the immigration ban, its actions suggest that it got the message from the White House. After years of prevaricating, Pakistani authorities finally arrested the radical Muslim cleric Hafiz Saeed, accused of planning the 2008 Mumbai massacre carried out by Pakistani jihadists. Through […]
Source: The Daily Beast Israel hit back at President Trump on Friday after the White House warned that new settlement construction might threaten the chances of peace in the region. An unexpected statement released by the Trump administration on Thursday said that expanding Jewish settlements in East Jerusalem and the […]