Palestinians warn Trump against Jerusalem embassy move
The Palestinian president’s office and senior officials have warned of the potentially destructive effects of any move denying their claim to occupied East Jerusalem as the capital of their future state. The warnings come as US President Donald Trump is due to decide as early as the next week whether to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to […]
US Defence Secretary to visit Pakistan next week
New York, Dec 2 : US Defence Secretary James Mattis, who has said that Washington needs “to try one more time” to get Islamabad to act against terrorists, is visiting Pakistan on Monday, the Pentagon has announced. He is planning to meet Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed […]
Trump’s hostility toward Muslims has no limits: UK scholar
US President Donald Trump’s hostility towards Muslims knows no boundaries, says a London-based scholar, pointing to the American president’s Islamophobic rhetoric and his government’s close ties with regimes that spread terrorism. Dr. Rodney Shakespeare made the remarks in an interview with Press TV about Trump’s latest anti-Muslim tweets, which have drawn condemnation both in the […]
Pak poll body adjourns petitions challenging Sharif’s PML-N presidency
30 November 2017 Islamabad , Nov 30 (ANI): The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday adjourned the petitions challenging the re-election of ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif as the president of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) for an indefinite period as the same matter is being heard by the country’s Supreme Court. Chief […]
EU calls for ‘equal rights’ for all in Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine
30 November 2017 YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar must guarantee “equal rights” for everyone in troubled Rakhine state as talks on repatriation of more than 620,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled to Bangladesh gather steam, the new EU ambassador to the country said on Thursday. Kristian Schmidt, who took over the European Union mission in Yangon […]
Indian-origin man loses eye during knifepoint robbery in New Zealand
November 29, 2017 A 58-year-old Indian-origin man has lost an eye after he was allegedly attacked with a knife by four masked assailants at his family owned dairy in New Zealand, according to a media report. Ajit Singh Farrar suffered serious facial and hand injuries when one of the four masked assailants went at him […]
Iran to launch new flight route to Pakistan’s Lahore
Nov 29, 2017 Iran’s media say the country’s private carrier Mahan Air plans to establish a direct flight route between Tehran and Pakistan’s northern city of Lahore. The two-way route that would be launched on 18 December 2017 could help further promote economic ties between Iran and Pakistan, according to a report by IRNA news […]
North Korea confirms nuclear statehood, says can now target anywhere in US
Nov 29, 2017 North Korea has confirmed that it has now achieved full nuclear statehood after successfully launching a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which it said is capable of reaching anywhere in the United States. Pyongyang launched a new type of ICBM, called the “Hwasong-15,” which flew high into space for 53 minutes before […]
I am lashkar, saeed’s biggest supporter : Musharraf
November 29, 2017 Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf has admitted he is the biggest supporter of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and that he is also “liked” by the militant group and the Jamaat-ud-dawa (JuD). “I am the biggest supporter of LeT and I know they like me and JuD also likes me,” ANI quoted Musharraf telling […]
Car bomb kills 5 in southern Yemen; Islamic State claims responsibility
Sanaa: Yemeni witnesses and officials say a powerful car bomb struck a government building in the southern port city of Aden, killing five people and wounding 12. The attack was claimed by the Islamic State group. The witnesses and security officials say the early Wednesday blast completely destroyed the finance ministry building, damaged nearby houses and triggered fires in shops in the area. […]
