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Five arrested after Saudi foils terror attack on Makkah Gran...

( Saudi Arabia )

Riyadh:Six foreign pilgrims were hurt on Friday in Saudi Arabia when a suicide bomber targeting the holiest site of Makkah blew himself up, the Interior Ministry said. The incident happened around the Grand Mosque, where hundreds of thousands of worshippers gathered for early afternoon prayers on the last Friday of this year’s Ramadan, the Muslim fasting month. The United Arab Emirates has strongly condemned the terror crime. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs...

25 killed, over 100 injured in twin Parachinar blasts...

( Pakistan )

Parachinar: At least 25 people were killed and over 100 injured when two successive blasts ripped through the Toori Market here on Friday, political authorities say. The killed and the injured are being shifted to local hospitals, where emergency has been declared. Condition of more than 20 injured is stated to be critical.  Contingents of Pak Army and FC have reached the site and started rescue operation. Police and eyewitnesses said that the second blast, which was much stronger and more destructive,...

Iran Avenges ISIS Terror by Missile Attack from Iran Border;...

Tehran:Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps has launched missiles at Daesh Takfiris’ headquarters in Syria’s Dayr al-Zawr. The IRGC announced on Sunday that the medium-range ground-to-ground missiles were launched from Iran’s western provinces of Kermanshah and Kordestan in response to the recent Daesh-claimed terror attacks in Tehran, which killed 18 people and injured 50 more. The IRGC noted that a large number of terrorists have been killed in the attacks, in which a large amount...

Turkish president slams Qatar isolation as ‘death penalty�...

( Turkey )

Ankara:Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has lashed out at the leading Arab countries which severed ties with Doha, slamming the measure as a “death sentence” against the Qatari nation. “A very grave mistake is being made in Qatar. Isolating a nation in all areas is inhumane and against Islamic values. It is as if a death penalty decision has been taken for Qatar,” Erdogan said in a parliamentary speech to members of his ruling AK Party on TuesdErdogan praised Qatar for taking what...

Landslide triggered by rain kills 69 in Bangladesh...

( Bangladesh )

Dhaka:At least 69 people have been killed in landslide in the hilly districts, after yesterday’s daylong rain caused by a depression in the Bay. Twenty-three people were killed in Chittagong while 35 in Rangamati and seven in Bandarban, our local correspondents reported this afternoon. Many among them were women and children. Besides, four members of Bangladesh Army including two of its officers were killed in landslide in Rangamati, said Inter Service Public Relations (ISPR). Ten army men were...

Iran: 12 dead as ISIS claims attacks on parliament and shrin...

( Iran )

Tehran:At least 12 people have been killed and dozens more injured in Tehran after gunmen and suicide bombers attacked the Iranian parliament and the mausoleum of the founder of the Islamic Republic and All 4 Assailants Killed Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks on the highly symbolic sites, publishing a brief video that purported to show the assailants inside the parliament. If an Isis role is confirmed, this would be the first attack conducted by the terror group inside Iran. The...

TTP splinter groups ‘allowed’ opening offices in Khyber ...

( Pakistan )

Islamabad:The government and the security establishment came under fire in a Senate body meeting when a lawmaker said that some splinter groups of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have been “allowed” to open offices in some parts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. Report of “The Nation” says that At a huddle of the Senate Standing Committee on Interior, lawmakers also came down hard on the security establishment for, what they called, glorifying surrendered TTP spokesperson Ehsanullah...

US President Trump Just Signed $110 BILLION Deal With Saudi ...

( Saudi Arab )

Riyadh:The US and Saudi Arabia signed arms deals worth almost $110bn on Saturday, the first day of President Donald Trump’s visit to the traditional US ally.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that the arms agreements will help Saudi Arabia to deal with “malign Iranian influence”.
“The package of defence equipment and services supports the long-term security of Saudi Arabia and the entire Gulf region,” Tillerson told reporters in Riyadh on Saturday.

Dr.Hassan Rouhani win the presidential elections of Iran...

( Iran )

Tehran:The Iranian Interior Ministry has declared the almost final results of the Friday presidential election, putting Hassan Rouhani in the lead with 22,796,468 votes so far. Out of the 40,076,729 votes cast, 38,914,470 ballots were declared valid. The candidate with the second largest number of votes was Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi, who garnered 15,452,194 votes, according to the Interior Ministry. Mostafa Aqa-Mirsalim and Mostafa Hashemi-Taba, the other two candidates, so far received 455,211 and...

Islam far from terrorist attacks:Saudi Cleric...

( Saudi Arabia )

Jeddah:Saudi professor stressed holy religions have never invited anyone to support terrorism stressing that any violence against lives and properties of the people are counted as a crime. A’aref al-Awni, university professor from Saudi Arabia, on the sideline of global peace conference in Al Azhar University, Egypt, slammed terrorist attacks justified under the name of religion and stressed that no religion invites people to support terrorism, reported (TNA).
 
He said,” Criminals...