International
Israel and the UAE reach historical Deal to normalise relati...
( UAE )
Abu Dhabi | WTNS | August 13:Israel and the United Arab Emirates have reached a US-brokered agreement to normalise relations, a joint statement said on Thursday. Under the deal, Israel has agreed to suspend its attempts to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, senior White House officials told Reuters. Mohammed bin Zayed, crown prince of Abu Dhabi, tweeted: “During a call with President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu, an agreement was reached to stop further Israeli annexation of Palestinian...
Saudi Arabia forces Pakistan to repay loans following threat...
(Srinagar)
Riyadh | WTNS | August 13: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ended a cash and oil loan agreement and made Pakistan return $1 billion which was part of the $6.2 billion deal signed in November 2018. Islamabad will send its army chief to Saudi Arabia this weekend to try to resolve a growing diplomatic spat in which Riyadh is demanding Pakistan`s early repayment of $3bn loan. The decade-long friendship of Pakistan and Saudi Arabia has hit a wall. The reason –Islamabad’s threats to split the Riyadh-led...
Myanmar bars Rohingya Muslim from running for election...
( Myanmar )
Naypyidaw | WTNS | August 13:Myanmar has barred a Rohingya Muslim from running in the upcoming election, in an apparent indication of the persecution against the minority. Rohingya Muslims have been described as the world’s most persecuted community by the United Nations. Thousands of Rohingya Muslims were killed, injured, arbitrarily arrested, or raped by Myanmar soldiers and Buddhist mobs mainly between November 2016 and August 2017 in what the UN has said was genocide. Some 800,000 other Rohingya...
Modi made strategic blunder on August 5 last year, Imran Kha...
( Pakistan )
Islamabad | WTNS | August 5:On the eve of the first anniversary of the revocation of the Article 370 and Article 35A of Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan unveiled a new political map which includes the J&K as part of Pakistan.Khan has decided to present the new political map at the United Nations as well. The Imran Khan cabinet approved the new map in which the complete Jammu and Kashmir, is shown integrated with Pakistan. The map shows J&K as “Indian illegally...
Difficulties are a test from Allah:Sheikh Abdullah bin Sulai...
( Saudi Arab )
Riyadh| WTNS |Aug 2:Delivering the Hajj sermon from the rampart of Masjid an Namirah in Arafat Thursday Sheikh Abdullah bin Sulaiman said that in times of adversities, such as the current coronavirus pandemic, are test from Allah, the Almighty and amid such difficulties we must turn to our Lord “with humility, penitence and hope”. “Adversities of this world serve as a test for people, and allow those who persevere to be distinguished from those who are impatient”, he said...
Pakistan passes resolution on teaching Quran with translatio...
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( Pakistan )
Islamabad | WTNS | July 14:Pakistan’s National Assembly (the lower house of the parliament) on Monday unanimously passed a resolution for teaching the Holy Quran with translation in universities across the country. According to details, a meeting of the National Assembly was held under the chairmanship of Speaker Asad Qaiser in which Minister Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan presented a resolution in this regard. According to the text of the resolution, the Quran should be taught...
40 Journalists dismissed over Critic`s to Israeli PM Netanya...
( Israel )
Tel Aviv | WTNS | July 6:A prominent Israeli journalist known for breaking diplomatic scoops and critical coverage of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received notice Sunday he was being dismissed. Barak Ravid, Channel 13 TV’s diplomatic correspondent, was among nearly 40 people who received dismissal letters from the station, Israeli media reported. Anchorwoman Tali Moreno, veteran weatherman Danny Roop and political correspondent Akiva Novick were among other big names being let...
Those responsible for Sopore killings should be held to acco...
( Geneva )
Geneva | WTNS | July 2:Those who were responsible for the killing of a civilian and a CRPF head constable in Kashmir have to be made to account for it, according to the spokesperson for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Asked about the incident at his daily briefing on Wednesday, Stephane Dujarric said, “We will look into it. Obviously people who were responsible need to be brought to account. But let me look further into it.” In answer to another question about the protests following the killings,...
Iran Issues Arrest Warrants for Trump and 35 Others in Sulei...
( Iran )
Tehran | WTNS | June 30:Iran has issued Interpol Red Notices asking for help to arrest the US President Donald Trump and a number of top US officials on charges of planning and launching drone attack near Baghdad International Airport which led to assassination of top IRGC commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani in January. “Thirty-six people who were involved in the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani have been identified, including political and military officials from the United...
Hazrat Zahra (Pbuh) Mosque in Baku destroyed by Azerbaijani ...
( Azerbaijan )
Baku | WTNS | June 28:Twelve years ago, the government of the Republic of Azerbaijan tried to destroy the mosque, but with the formation of a human circle by religious people around the mosque, the government withdrew, and the mosque symbolizes the resistance and victory of the Islamists against the anti-Islamic policies and destruction of the country’s mosques. Hazrat Zahra (SA) mosque in capital Baku destroyed by Government of Azerbaijani. Senior Islamic figures likely Haj Abdul Suleimanov...