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Egypt`s Ex President Mohamed Morsi Dies During trial at Cour...
( Egypt )
Cairo:Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically elected president, died in an Egyptian courtroom on Monday, Egyptian state television reported. Mr. Morsi, 67, won Egypt’s first free presidential election in 2012, but was removed from power a year later in a military takeover. He was on trial on espionage charges when he fainted and died, Egyptian television said. Mr. Morsi, a senior leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, was elected in the aftermath of the Arab Spring uprising. The Brotherhood,...
Netanyahu names illegal settlement in honor of Trump in occu...
(Srinagar)
Tel Aviv:Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has inaugurated a new illegal settlement in the occupied Golan Heights in honor of US President Donald Trump. The Israeli premier unveiled a “Trump Heights” sign on Sunday to show gratitude towards Trump’s recognition of the Syrian territory as belonging to the regime against the international community’s consensus. “The Golan is Israeli and will remain so always,” claimed the hawkish prime minister at the ceremony, describing...
Rights Group:Saudi Arrested, Tortured 150 Palestinians over ...
( Saudi Arabia )
Riyadh:An independent human rights group announced that Saudi authorities have arrested and tortured scores of Palestinian expatriates living in the conservative kingdom over their involvement in charitable activities and sending money back home. Prisoners of Conscience, which is an independent non-governmental organization seeking to promote human rights in Saudi Arabia, announced in a series of posts on its official Twitter page on Tuesday evening that more than 150 Palestinians are currently...
I don’t consider Trump worth sending a message to, Ira...
( Iran )
Tehran:Mr. Shinzō Abe, the Prime Minister of Japan, met with Ayatollah Khamenei– the Leader of the Islamic Revolution– this morning June 13, 2019. In this meeting, Ayatollah Khamenei stressed that Iran will not negotiate with the United States of America and asserted: I do not consider Trump, as a person, deserving to exchange messages with. We will not negotiate with the United States. The Japanese Prime Minister told the Leader of the Revolution In this meeting: “I...
For first time, India votes in favour of Israel at United Na...
( India )
Geneva:On June 6, in a rare move, India voted in support of Israel at the UN’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). New Delhi supported the denial of observer status to Shahed, a Palestinian non-governmental human rights organisation. Countries such as US, Brazil, France, Germany, India, Japan, UK, South Korea and Canada voted in favour of Israel, while China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Venzuela, Yemen, Pakistan and some others voted in favour of the Palestine body. The proposal made by ‘Shahed’...
Afghan’s Grand Ayatollah Mohaqiq Kabuli died at the ag...
( Afghanistan )
Kabul:Grand Ayatollah Qorbanali Mohaqiq Kabuli, an Afghan Islamic source of emulation, died at the age of 91.
Ayatollah Kabuli, who resided in Iran’s holy city of Qom, died on Tuesday morning.
He was born in 1928 into a religious family in Parwan province, near the Afghan capital of Kabul.
At the age of 7, he started learning the Quran and Persian reading and then Islamic teachings and Arabic literature.
Ayatollah Kabuli continued...
Libyan Grand Mufti Urges Muslims To Boycott Hajj Over AlSaud...
( Libya )
Tripoli: The Tripoli-based Grand Mufti has urged Muslims to abstain from making the pilgramage (Hajj) to Mecca because of the crimes committed by the Saudi state. Libya’s Grand Mufti Sadiq al-Ghariani called on Muslims around the world to boycott Hajj because the Saudi government is allegedly using the pilgramage revenues to commit crimes against “fellow Muslims”. In Ghariani’s opinion, making the pilgramage to Mecca is important for all Muslims, but going a second time...
Who is new IRGC commander General Salami?...
( Iran )
Leader of the Muslim Ummah and Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has appointed Hossein Salami, a senior commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), as the new chief commander of the military elite force, promoting him to the rank of major general. In his decree, Ayatollah Khamenei stated that the appointment was made in view of Salami’s commitment and valuable work experience in large-scale management fields and different posts in the IRGC. “In the...
Egypt’s parliament approves law keeping Al Sisi in power u...
( Egypt )
Cairo:Egypt’s parliament has voted in favor of a number of constitutional amendments that would extend the rule of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, and would allow him to stay in power until 2030. The 596-seat legislature, which is dominated by Sisi loyalists, also backed other sweeping changes to the constitution on Tuesday, including giving the military greater influence in political life as well as granting Sisi more control over the judiciary. “The president’s current...
US, Israel angry with IRGC victories in Middle east: Alexan...
( Iran )
Washington:The American and Israeli officials are irritated by victories that the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) have gained in fighting terrorism throughout the Middle East, says a commentator. Iran’s foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote on his official Twitter page on Thursday that “targeting #IRGC won’t revive ISIS and Nusra,” which are “clients and very creations” of the United States and its allies in the region. In an interview with Press TV...