AFP | APAugust 26, 2017 Dawn.com A man wielding a knife was shot dead on Friday after wounding a soldier in Brussels in an “attempted terrorist murder”; in London, counter-terror experts were investigating a similar attack on police near Buckingham Palace. The two incidents come as much of Europe is on high […]
Source: ETonline By Liz Calvario We finally know why JAY-Z and Beyonce named their twins Rumi and Sir. The 47-year-old rapper explained the origin of their little ones’ names in […]
Source: TOI Mohammad Ismail Kawasi, a spokesman for Afghanistan’s health ministry, said authorities believe that along with the 20 dead so far, 35 people were also wounded in the attack. More explosions and gunfire echoed from inside the mosque well into the afternoon. The mosque had been packed with worshippers […]
Source: TOI White Housenational security aide Sebastian Gorka tells The Associated Press he has resigned from his position.A White House official, however, says Gorka did not resign but “no longer works at the White House.”That official was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. Gorka […]
Source :ABNA The crown prince’s likely plan to appoint Khalid bin Salman, who currently serves as the Saudi ambassador to the US, is considered partly due to Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir’s “hardline” stance against Iran, reported Stratfor, an American geopolitical intelligence platform and publisher. The decision would also enable the […]
Source: ABNA (AhlulBayt News Agency) – Saudi Monarchy destroyed the most sacred stone in Islam, a rare book by an Austrian academic has revealed. The shocking discovery of a key event in Muslim history hidden for two centuries was reported by Alois Musil, a 19th century Czech-Austrian academic, explorer and […]
Source: ABNA (AhlulBayt News Agency) – “We hope that all divine religions join their efforts to spread peace worldwide, to help eradicate poverty, hunger, oppression and discrimination all around the […]
Source: Arab News ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s population has surged by more than half to 207 million, according to provisional results of the country’s first census in almost two decades released by […]
Source: BBC North Korea has fired three short-range ballistic missiles, the US military says.They were launched from a site in the North Korean province of Gangwon and flew for about 250km (150 miles), officials in South Korea said.Since firing an intercontinental ballistic weapon last month, Pyongyang has threatened to aim […]
SAUDI ARABIA Arab News | Published — Saturday 26 August 2017 Hundreds of thousands of Hajj pilgrims listen to a first Friday sermon of Dul Hajjah at the Grand Mosque in Makkah. (SPA) MAKKAH: Continuous expansion of the Two Holy Mosques and the holy sites, as well as the upgrading […]
Source: BBC Known as “Rockstar Baba”, Singh is often spotted in shiny, colourful clothes and has performed in half a dozen music videos. He has also earned the nickname “Guru of Bling” because of his preference for ornate jewellery. On Friday, ahead of the court verdict, his supporters gathered across Punjab […]
By Reuters – Aug 24,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Syrian pro-government forces fire towards extremist positions, in the western Qalamoun, on Wednesday, during an offensive against Daesh extremists (AFP photo) BEIRUT — The Daesh terror group has asked the Syrian Army and its ally Hizbollah to let it withdraw from […]
It may be a jolly idea that the cultist murderers of Isis – however unwittingly – could create Spanish unity on the eve of Catalonia’s independence vote, but the idea that this potentially catastrophic moment in Spanish history played no part in the aftermath of the massacre is ridiculous Robert […]
A look into the life of Rafiq A. Tschannen, your Associate Chief Editor of The Muslim Times. (Benghazi and back to Amman, and on to Switzerland and Indonesia) Libya At […]
Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad addresses volunteers of Jalsa Salan The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad conducted an inspection for the arrangements of the 42nd Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Germany on 24 August […]
Palestinians should not waste their time by expecting concrete results from Jared Kushner’s mediation efforts. Jared Kushner’s pro-Israel bias is not a secret to anyone, writes Fraihat [AP] by Ibrahim Fraihat @i_fraihat Ibrahim Fraihat is Associate Professor of International Conflict Resolution at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies. White […]
Attackers strike mosque packed with people attending Friday prayers in Afghan capital killing at least 20 worshippers. Police try to rescue a child at the site of the suicide attack claimed by ISIL [Omar Sobhani/Reuters] A suicide bombing followed by gunfire as Shia Muslims gathered for Friday prayers at a […]
17 SHARES FacebookTwitterGoogle+EmailPrint Ravin Gandhi. New York, August 23 http://tribuneindia.com/news/diaspora/indian-origin-ceo-racially-abused-by-trump-supporters-in-us/456259.html An Indian-origin CEO was racially abused and told to “go back to India” and also take along Nikki Haley after he said that he will not support President Donald Trump’s economic agenda after the US leader appeared to defend white […]
Tribune News Service, Panchkula, August 25, http://tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/12-dead-panchkula-bears-the-brunt-as-violence-breaks-out-in-punjab-haryana/457311.htmlVehicles torched by Dera followers in Sector 5, Panchkula, on Friday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari Curfew in Panchkula, Ferozepur, Bathinda, Mansa; clashes with police, banks, govt offices attacked A trail of death and destruction descended on Panchkula as soon as Sirsa Dera head Gurmeet […]
Zia H Shah MD, the Chief Editor of the Muslim Times, has addressed this issue in some detail in an article published in the Muslim Sunrise: Rising of the Sun from […]