London Police investigating Parsons Green Station explosion as ‘terrorist incident’
London [U.K.], September 15 (ANI): The Metropolitan Police’s Counter Terrorism Command of London are investigating the explosion at the Parsons Green Station as a ‘terrorist incident.’ “The Met’s Counter Terrorism Command are investigating after the incident at #ParsonsGreen tube station is declared a terrorist incident,” the Metropolitan Police tweeted. On Friday morning, several people were […]
Panama verdict: Pakistan SC dismisses Sharifs’ review petitions
Islamabad, Sep 15 (IANS) In a massive setback to Nawaz Sharif, the Pakistan Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the review petitions filed by the deposed Prime Minister and his children against the July 28 Panama Papers judgment. A five-judge SC bench headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa had taken up the petitions seeking review of the […]
Pakistan summons Indian envoy over ceasefire violations
Islamabad, Sep 14 (IANS) Pakistan on Thursday summoned India’s Deputy High Commissioner in Islamabad J.P. Singh, a day after two civilians were killed in a ceasefire violation allegedly by Indian forces on the Line of Control. Pakistan’s Foreign Office said in a statement that it condemned the “unprovoked ceasefire violations” by the Indian Army in […]
Canada urged to help Muslims in Myanmar
Ottawa, Sep 14 (IANS) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed his deep concern about the situation in Myanmar’s Rakhine State on Rohingya Muslims and other ethnic minorities in a phone call with Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi. Trudeau stressed the state counsellor’s particular importance as a moral and political leader, the Canadian Prime […]
Pak’s election commission issues warrant against Imran Khan
Islamabad, Sep 14 (PTI) Pakistan’s election commission has issued a bailable arrest warrant against cricketer- turned-politician Imran Khan for repeatedly failing to appear before it in a contempt case. The Election Commission of Pakistan was hearing a case against 64-year-old Khan filed by a dissident from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and one of the founding members Akbar S […]
ICJ to resume hearing in Kulbhushan Jadhav case
Islamabad, Sep 13 (IANS) The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is set to resume on Wednesday hearing in the case of alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav sentenced to death by Pakistan. The judicial body of the United Nations had earlier fixed time limits for the filing of the initial pleadings in the case. The court […]
OIC urges Myanmar to allow in UN investigators
Wed Sep 13, 2017 The world’s largest Muslim organization has called on Myanmar to allow United Nations investigators into a violence-stricken state in the country where the military and Buddhist mobs are conducting “systematic brutality” against minority Muslims. The 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) made the call after an emergency meeting on the sidelines […]
Rohingya Issue: Illegal Migrants Could Pose Threat To Security …
12 September 2017 A day after the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights castigated the Indian government’s plan to deport Rohingya refugees, Syed Akbaruddin, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, on Tuesday stated that “enforcing laws should not be mistaken for lack of compassion” and expressed regret that the UN body had overlooked the […]
Bangladesh leader visits Rohingya refugees, assures help
September 12, 2017 The Bangladeshi prime minister on Tuesday visited a struggling refugee camp that has absorbed some of the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya who fled recent violence in Myanmar _ a crisis she said left her speechless. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina demanded that Myanmar “take steps to take their nationals back,” and […]
Clinton says Putin has ‘personal vendetta’ against her
Tue Sep 12, 2017 Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has once again blamed Russia for losing the 2016 US presidential vote to her Republican rival Donald Trump, saying Russian President Vladimir Putin helped Trump’s team win because of a “personal vendetta” against her. “There certainly was communication and there certainly was an understanding of […]
