International
Quds Force Commander Qasem Solemani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandi...
( Iran )
Tehran:Major General Haaj Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the second-in-command of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), have been martyred in US airstrikes in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. The IRGC announced in a statement on Friday morning that Major General Soleimani and al-Muhandis were martyred in the attack carried out by US helicopters. The Iraqi pro-government group also confirmed the incident. “The...
Celebrate Birthday of Lady Zainab as International Chastity ...
( Iraq )
Baghdad: One of the prominent religious figure of Iraq Ayatollah Sheikh Mohammad Yaqoobi calls for International Chastity Day on the birthday of Lady Zainab (A.S). Wilayat Times says that Rasa News writes, in a speech in al-Rahman mosque in Iraq, Sheikh Heidar al-Azirjavi, one of Ayatollah Sheikh Mohammad Yaqoobi’s representatives said, “As you know, His Eminance has called for considering a day as the International Chastity Day and best time for this event is the birthday of Lady Zainab (A.S).” “In...
Taliban kill 17 Afghan soldiers in attack on Military base...
( Afghanistan )
Helmand: Seventeen Afghan soldiers were killed in a Taliban attack on a military base in the southern province of Helmand on Saturday, officials said. The Taliban dug a tunnel into the base in volatile Sangin district and then blew it up before their fighters could attack the compound, Nawab Zadran a spokesman for 215 Maiwand Army Corps in southern Afghanistan told here “There were 18 soldiers in the base at the time of the attack providing security for the people of Sangin. Four soldiers were...
Netanyahu welcomes UAE FM support for Israel-Arab alliance...
( UAE )
Abu Dhabi:Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has immediately welcomed a tweet by the UAE minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation supporting an alliance between the Arab states and Tel Aviv regime. In a post on his official Twitter account on Saturday, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan tweeted a link to a story in The Spectator, a weekly British magazine, titled, “Islam’s reformation: an Arab-Israeli alliance is taking shape in the Middle East.” The article...
OIC concerned over issues of Indian Muslims...
( Turkey )
Ankara:The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Sunday expressed concerns on the controversial citizenship law affecting the Muslim minority in India. “It expresses its concern over the recent developments pertaining to both the issue of citizenship rights and the Babri Masjid [Mosque] case. It reiterates its call to ensure the safety of the Muslim minority and the protection of Islamic holy places in India,” the OIC said in a written statement. India’s Supreme Court in...
Iran’s ties with India “ancient, historic, unbre...
( Iran )
Tehran:Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called Iran’s ties with India as ancient, historic and unbreakable. Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in his latest tweet on Sunday wrote that it was a pleasure to co-chair the 19th Joint Commission Meeting with his Indian counterpart. Elsewhere he called Iran’s ties with India” as ancient, historic and unbreakable. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held a meeting with his Indian...
Pakistan`s letter to UN says India placing missiles in Kashm...
( Pakistan )
Islamabad:Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has written to the United Nations, warning the world body of what he says are actions by New Delhi to position missile launchers in Kashmir, according to a statement released by Pakistan’s foreign ministry on Thursday. In the statement, Qureshi is said to have told the UN that he fears India is planning to launch an attack on Pakistan to divert international attention from human rights violations in Kashmir. These are...
Human Rights center: 137 Yemeni civilians killed, injured in...
( Yemen )
Sana: Yemen Center for Human Rights stated that US-Saudi aggression killed and injured 137 people, including women, children and African migrants, as a result of raids and bombing in the governorates of Hodeidah and Sa’ada last November. In its monthly report, the center stated that the number of martyrs was 39, including two children and a woman, while the number of injured reached 98, including 13 children and six women. The report stated that during November, US-Saudi aggression launched...
Training suspended for Saudi Air Military students after Sau...
( US )
Washington:The Pentagon has suspended operational training for all Saudi military students in the United States, indefinitely halting flight instruction, firing range training and all other operations outside the classroom in the wake of a shooting last week at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida by a member of the Saudi Royal Air Force. The suspension will affect nearly 900 Saudi students across the country, the Defense Department said on Tuesday. Classroom teaching, including language courses,...
Since 1967 Over 200 Palestinians martyred in Israeli custody...
( Palestine )
Gaza:A total of 222 Palestinians have been martyred in Israeli custody since 1967, a year when first Palestinian was martyred under custody, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS). Ami Abu Dyak, a cancer patient who was in jail for the last 17 years, was the latest victim pronounced dead on Nov. 26. Abu Dyak, 37, from Silat ad-Dhahr in the West Bank’s Jenin province, was arrested in July 2002 and sentenced to three life sentences with an additional 30 years. He was accused of...