International
21 million people across globe mark Arbaeen in Iraq’s ...
( Iraq )
Baghdad | WTNS | Sep 18:Through years, the Arbaeen has become a deeply rooted event in the traditions of lovers of Ahlul-Bayt, who yearly mark the occasion by flocking in to the holy city of Karabala and by practicing different forms of mourning, including the well-known Arbaeen Walk which is pilgrimage on foot between Najaf and Karbala. The annual event, which is one of the largest religious congregations in the world, brings together a deluge of Imam Hussein’s lovers and devotees from various...
Iran`s Influential Cleric Grand Ayatollah Safi Golpaygani Pa...
( Iran )
Srinagar | WTNS | Feb 01:Tehran: Prominent Iranian cleric Grand Ayatollah Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani passed away at age 103 on Tuesday. The senior Iranian cleric died after cardiac arrest on Tuesday morning. Born in February 1919 in Iran’s central city of Golpaygan, Ayatollah Safi Golpaygani became a Grand Ayatollah and a Marji’ (source to follow or religious reference), a title given to the highest level in Ahlebayat school of thought in Islam. After the victory of the Islamic Revolution...
Incarcerated Tale of an iconic Revolutionary Hero of Nigeria...
( Nigeria )
Kaduna:WTNS:Aug 1st: A Nigerian court on Wednesday acquitted Ibrahim Zakzaky, leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenah, had been in detention since 2015 when he was arrested after a clash in which the army killed an estimated 350 people at an IMN compound and a nearby mosque and burial ground in northern Kaduna state. “And yet to times in hope my verse shall stand, Praising thy worth, despite his cruel hand” Nigerian court acquits Islamic leader Zakzaky and...
Pakistan stands firm against allowing US access to bases: Sh...
( Pakistan )
Islamabad | WTNS | July 13:Pakistan’s Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed has reaffirmed Islamabad’s firm opposition to allowing the United States access to its airbases amid the hasty withdrawal of American forces from neighboring Afghanistan. “Pakistan aspires for peace in Afghanistan,” Rasheed said on Sunday during a press conference held in the major city of Rawalpindi, insisting that the government and opposition parties stood on the same page regarding the issue. “No superpower...
Myanmar Crackdown Death Toll Passes 500...
( Myanmar )
Burma | WTNS | March 30:More than 500 people have been killed in the Myanmar junta’s brutal crackdown on protests against its coup to oust civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a local monitoring group said Tuesday. The grim toll was passed as world powers ramped up their condemnation of the military’s ruthless campaign against the movement demanding the restoration of democracy and release of Suu Kyi. UN chief Antonio Guterres called for a united global front to put pressure on the junta after more...
Respect the rights of Kashmiris in determining their own des...
( Iran )
Tehran | WTNS | Feb 21:Foreign Minister of Islamic Republic of Iran Dr. Javad Zarif has called for the need to respect the rights of the people of Kashmir in ‘determining their own destiny’ and offered to mediate and play a “constructive role” in bringing the conflict to an end. Wilayat Times Reports that In an interview with Press TV, Iran’s state television news channel, Responding to a question on “what has been the policy of president Rouhani” and what does he tell India about the...
Extremist Jewish Settlers defile Al-Aqsa courtyards...
( Palestine )
Gaza | WTNS | Feb 20:Extremist Jewish settlers broke into the courtyards of the holy Al-Aqsa Mosque from the Maghareba Gate, under Zionist police protection. Jerusalemite sources reported that 22 settlers entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque during the morning period, carried out provocative tours and performed Talmudic rituals in the eastern area. The settler incursions are part of periodic tours aiming to change the fait accompli in the Holy City and Al-Aqsa Mosque. Calls continue for all...
65 media activists killed in Afghanistan in last 3 years:Uni...
( Afghanistan )
Srinagar | WTNS | Feb 20: The United Nations Mission in Afghanistan in a report announced that sixty-five human rights and media employees have been killed in Afghanistan since 2018 up to Jan. 2021. 65 media and civil activists who have been killed in Afghanistan, 11 have been killed since September 12, 2020, i.e. start of peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government, Reuters reported. According to this report, 33 victims were employees working in various media outlets...
US Unconditional Return to JCPOA Only Way to Resolve Issue w...
( China )
Beijing | WTNS | Feb 20:Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying stressed that the Iranian nuclear issue is currently at a critical stage with both opportunities and challenges. “China holds that the return of the United States to the JCPOA is the only correct approach to resolve the impasse on this issue. All parties should act with greater urgency, work together to implement consensus reached at the foreign ministers’ meeting last December, and push for the unconditional return...
Biden says Yemen war has to end but US will continue to supp...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Washington | WTNS | Feb 05:Joe Biden said on Thursday that the United States was ending its support for offensive operations in the Saudi-led war in Yemen, saying the war “has to end,” but pledged to continue U.S. support for Saudi Arabia. In his first foreign policy speech as president, Biden signaled that the US would no longer be an unquestioning ally to the Gulf monarchies, announced a more than eightfold increase in the number of refugees the country would accept, and declared that the days...