Pakistan Supreme Court accepts Nawaz Sharif family’s plea against disqualification
Islamabad [Pakistan], Sept 12 (ANI): A three member bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan has recommended formation of a five-member bench to hear review petitions filed by family of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif against the apex court’s July 28 verdict over Panama Leaks decision. Sharif’s lawyer Salman Akram Raja during the case which […]
How has North Korea’s nuclear programme advanced in 2017?
Monday 11 September Dramatic missile progress in 2017 North Korea’s efforts to develop a nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missile capable of hitting the US mainland have accelerated during the first year of Donald Trump’s presidency. The country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, has presided over a series of successful missile tests, including North Korea’s first launch of an ICBM on […]
BRICS declaration: China’s Pakistan policy intact, says Islamabad
Islamabad, Sep 11 (IANS) Referring to the recently-adopted BRICS declaration against terrorist groups, Pakistan’s Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Monday said the declaration contained “nothing new”. China’s policy towards Pakistan has not changed, the minister said as he addressed a press conference after visiting Quaid-i-Azam’s mausoleum in Karachi to pay respect to the country’s founder […]
Rohingya violence in Myanmar: Religious tensions rise after mob stones Muslim butcher’s home
AFP September 2017 Yangon: Police fired rubber bullets to break up a mob which stoned the home of a Muslim butcher in central Myanmar, authorities said on Monday, as religious tensions rise amid a surge of violence in the west. The mob attack on Sunday night in the Magway region of the mainly Buddhist nation […]
Lebanon to complain to UN over Israeli jets, spy device
Mon Sep 11, 2017 Lebanon plans to file a complaint with the United Nations against Israel for planting spy devices and violating the country’s airspace. The Israeli warplanes violated Lebanon’s airspace on Sunday, flying at a low altitude and breaking the sonic barrier above the country’s third city of Sidon and Palestinian refugee camps in the […]
China downplays Indian Army Chief’s war remarks
Beijing, Sep 7 (IANS) China on Thursday played down the Indian Army Chief’s war remarks and wondered whether his comments represented the view of the Indian government. Reacting to Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat’s remarks that India should be prepared for a two-front war, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said: “We don’t know […]
New Myanmar fires in empty Rohingya village raise questions
AP 7 September 2017 BANGKOK (AP) — Journalists saw new fires burning Thursday in a Myanmar village that had been abandoned by Rohingya Muslims, and pages ripped from Islamic texts that were left on the ground. That intensifies doubts about government claims that members of the persecuted minority have been destroying their own homes. About two […]
‘Israeli jets hit Syria’s Masyaf chemical site’ – reports
7 September 2017 The Syrian army says Israeli jets have attacked a military base in the west of the country, amid reports of a strike on a suspected chemical weapons site. A statement said rockets fired from Lebanese airspace hit the site near Masyaf, killing two soldiers. Arab media and a monitoring group reported that […]
Petition urges stripping Suu Kyi’s of Nobel prize over crimes against Rohingyas
Thu Sep 7, 2017 Peace activists have launched an international campaign calling on Nobel Peace Prize Committee to take back its 1991 prize to Myanmar’s de facto ruler Aung San Suu Kyi over her complicity in what is viewed as the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims in the country. The petition launched at change.org has already been […]
Myanmar laying landmines on Bangladesh border: reports
Myanmar has been laying landmines across a section of its border with Bangladesh for the past three days, according to reports citing two government sources in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka. The sources say the purpose may be to prevent the return of Rohingya Muslimsfleeing the violence. Bangladesh will on Wednesday formally lodge a protest against the laying of […]
