Israel strikes ‘Hamas position’ in north Gaza
Israel says its warplanes have hit a target belonging to the Palestinian resistance movement of Hamas in the northern Gaza Strip. The attack took place on Friday against “a Hamas observation post,” AFP reported, citing an Israeli military statement. The spot hit was situated near the city of Beit Hanoun in the coastal enclave’s extreme […]
90 refugees, mostly Pakistanis, feared dead in shipwreck off Libya
An estimated 90 refugees are feared to have drowned off the coast of Libya after a smuggler’s boat capsized early on Friday, leaving three known survivors and 10 bodies washed up on shore, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said. Survivors told aid workers that most of the refugees on board were Pakistanis, who form […]
Kuwait assumes UNSC presidency, invites Palestine’s Abbas to address it
Kuwait, which assumed the presidency of the Security Council on Thursday, is inviting Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas to address the top decision-making body of the UN.Abbas is scheduled to address the Council on February 20, at a Council session on the Middle East, Kuwait’s Permanent Representative Mansour Ayyad Al-Otaibi told the media here on Thursday […]
US not contemplating military action inside Pakistan: Pentagon
The United States is not contemplating military action inside Pakistan, the Pentagon has said, refuting such reports appearing in Pakistani newspapers. Instead, the US seeks Pakistan’s cooperation and assistance in various operations under its new South Asia strategy, Lt Gen Kenneth F McKenzie told reporters at a news conference yesterday. “We actually don’t contemplate military […]
Mass Graves Suggest Systematic Killing Of Rohingya In Myanmar
February 2, 2018 A new report discloses at least five previously unreported mass graves in Myanmar, adding further evidence of the systematic killing of Rohingya Muslim civilians by the country’s military. More than two dozen Rohingya refugees living in temporary shelters in neighboring Bangladesh confirmed the existence of the mass graves in interviews with The Associated Press, […]
Pakistani politician, wife found dead at home in Karachi
Pakistani police say they have found the bullet-riddled bodies of a veteran politician and his wife at their home in Karachi. Authorities say it is unclear whether Mir Hazar Khan Bijrani, a provincial minister, and his wife died from murder or suicide. Senior police officer Tauqeer Naeem says servants found the bodies of the couple in their […]
Petrol bomb thrown at Suu Kyi’s lakeside villa: Myanmar govt
Yangon – A man threw a petrol bomb at the lakeside Yangon compound of Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday, officials said, a rare attack on a national figurehead who enjoys strong domestic support but has drawn global outcry over her reticence to speak up for the Rohingya. There was little damage caused […]
26 militants killed in Afghanistan
Kabul Feb 1: At least twenty six militants have been killed in an airstrike on an assembly of the Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan’s southeastern Ghazni province. Provincial Governor’s spokesman Mohammad Arif Noori confirmed the figures, adding that more than 20 others have been wounded in the airstrike, reported Khaama Press. No comments have been received […]
France’s Macron warns Turkey over Syrian operation
PARIS:- French President Emmanuel Macron warned Turkey that its operation against Kurdish militias in northern Syria should not become an excuse to invade the country and said he wanted Ankara to coordinate its action with its allies. Turkey last week launched an air and ground offensive in northwest Syria, targeting the Kurdish YPG militia in […]
Afghan President speaks to Modi, not to Pakistan PM
Kabul, Jan 31 : Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday refused to take a call from Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi but discussed the “need for an end to terrorist sanctuaries” with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “Prime Minsiter Modi called me to offer condolences on the recent senseless killings of civilians by the […]
