International
Student from Saudi Arabia refuses to stand next to Israeli a...
( Saudi Arabia )
Riyadh:A Saudi student who won an international chemistry tournament has made an interesting move by refusing to stand next to a representative of the Israeli regime. Badr Salman al-Mulhim, who garnered a gold medal at the 50th International Chemistry Olympiad in Slovakia and the Czech Republic, chose to stand next to an Iranian flag-bearer, Arshia Khadem. The Saudi student was a topic of social media discussions on Sunday after a widely shared video showed him changing his position when he realized...
Taliban hold direct talks with US official in Qatar...
( Qatar )
Doha:A Taliban official has said that a meeting with a high ranking US diplomat aimed at a ceasefire was concluded with “very positive signals.” The Taliban official, on condition of anonymity, said that the meeting was held with Washington’s top diplomat for South Asia, Alice Wells, earlier in the week in Qatar. “The environment was positive and the discussion was useful,” said the Taliban official on Sunday. “You can’t call it peace talks…These are a series...
Trump doesn’t understand Iran’s culture of resistanc...
( US )
Washington:A former US under secretary of state for political affairs has taken President Donald Trump to task for his rash policies and uncalculated measures towards Iran after taking Washington out of a nuclear deal with Tehran, saying Trump does not understand Iran’s culture of resistance. In an interview with Yahoo News published on Sunday, Wendy Sherman slammed Trump’s use of threats to push his adversaries into submission, emphasizing that Iranians are not a nation to surrender...
“Family Planning” is West’s hostile policy against Mus...
( Iran )
Tehran:The population degeneration policy of the West has today troubled them and they are struggling with the aftermath of applying it. Now they want Muslim countries to be deprived of large populations, dynamic youth and efficient human resources. Why is it important to have a larger population? “The Population Wave” is an important resource and capacity that some people are opposed to. Some individuals ask, “Why should the country have such a large population?” Or, “Why...
Saudi preacher along with three sons arrested after releasin...
( Saudi Arab )
Riyadh:Saudi authorities arrested prominent preacher Safar al-Hawali on Thursday, just days after he published a book challenging the kingdom’s foreign policy. The book, titled Muslims and Western Civilisation, criticised Saudi Arabia’s rapprochement with the US, the UAE and President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi’s Egypt.Three of Hawali’s sons – Abdul Rahman, Abdullah and Ibrahim – were also detained. Abdul Rahman and Abdullah were reportedly taken into custody while attending...
“Islam, religion of moderation and harmony:Iranian Sunni c...
( Iran )
Tehran:Prominent Iranian Sunni cleric called Islam as a religion against extremism stressing that moderation should be set as the basis for Muslims behaviors. Iranian Sunni prayer leaders from Kermanshah Province highlighted importance of solidarity to foil hostile intrigues stressing the pacifist views of Islam amid widespread Islamophobia in the world. Mamusta Molla Mohamad Mohamadi, Sunni prayer leader of Shafei’ Mosque in Kermanshah, in his Friday sermon denounced those who spread immorality...
Saudis committing war crimes in Yemen: Ansarullah...
( Yemen )
Sana:Saudi troops are committing war crimes such as “raping women” and destroying international aid supplies, says the leader of Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement. “We will face all of the incursions on the ground. Our determination will never be dented,” Abdul-Malik Badreddin al-Houthi was quoted by al-Masirah on Wednesday. He added that the kingdom and its allies were exploiting political problems in Yemen in order to occupy the war-torn country’s south. Houthi noted...
Saudi’s attack on Yemen’s port of Hudaydah may k...
( Yemen )
Geneva:The United Nations humanitarian coordinator in Yemen has warned that a military assault on the vital Yemeni port city of Hudaydah by the Saudi regime and its coalition partners may kill 250,000 people. “A military attack or siege on Hudaydah will impact hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians,” said Lise Grande in a statement released on Friday, pointing to Saudi Arabia’s long-standing threat to launch an attack on Yemen’s only entry gate for much needed basic supplies and humanitarian...
More than 920,000 displaced across Syria over past four mont...
( Syria )
Geneva:The United Nations says more than 920,000 people have been displaced inside Syria during the first four months of 2018, the highest level since foreign-backed militancy began in the Arab country seven years ago. Panos Moumtzis, the UN regional humanitarian coordinator for Syria, told reporters in the Swiss city of Geneva on Sunday that Syria continued to witness massive displacements of people over the past few months. “We are seeing a massive displacement inside Syria … From January...
Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah to Israelis: Return to your homeland...
( Lebanon )
Beirut:Islamic Resistance Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah on Friday called on the Israelis to return back to their homelands, adding that if they insist on occupying Palestine, a great war will erupt and liberate all the occupied Palestinian territories. Delivering a speech during the crowded ceremony held by Hezbollah in the Lebanese southern town of Maroun al-Ras on Al-Quds International Day, Sayyed Nasrallah stressed that Hezbollah has a clear-cut belied that Palestine will...