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World Muslims celebrate Eid al-Mab’ath...

New Delhi:Muslims across the globe are holding celebrations to commemorate the auspicious occasion of Eid al-Mab’ath — the anniversary of the day Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was chosen as God’s messenger.
Muslims are holding ceremonies on Thursday to mark the occasion, which falls on the 27th of the month of Rajab on the lunar calendar. Eid al-Mab’ath is a public holiday in many countries. On this day,In Iran Muslims gather at holy cities and sites, including Mashhad and Qom, to take part...

Israel settlement construction should keep going:Donald Trum...

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Washington:Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says Israel should continue construction of illegal settlements across the occupied West Bank. Asked in an interview with the British paper Daily Mail whether there should be a pause in settlement construction in the occupied territories, Trump responded: “No, I don’t think there should be a pause.” Trump said the settlement construction must “keep going” and “keep moving forward,” because Palestinians fired “thousands...

Kenya ‘foils biological attack’ by Daesh...

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Kenya:Police in Kenya say they have busted a ring of medics who were linked to the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group and who were planning “large-scale” terrorist biological attacks in the country. The Inspector General of Kenya’s Police Joseph Boinnet announced the development on Tuesday. “The suspects were planning large-scale attacks akin to the Westgate Mall attack with the intention of killing innocent Kenyans,” he said, referring to a September 2013 attack on the shopping mall in the...

NATO expanding towards Russia frontiers:Sergei Lavrov...

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Moscow:Russia’s foreign minister says the NATO military alliance is moving closer to Russia’s borders, warning that Moscow will take necessary measures to protect its security. “In fact, NATO borders are getting closer to Russia, not the opposite,” Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter. Lavrov also rejected NATO claims that Russia is conducting “dangerous activities” near the borders of its member states, saying this is an “unscrupulous...

Saudi to open Israel embassy if peace plan accepted:Former S...

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Riyadh:A well-connected former general in the Saudi military has said the kingdom would open an embassy in Tel Aviv if Israel accepted a Saudi initiative to end the Middle East conflict. Anwar Eshki was asked during an Al Jazeera interview how long it would be before Riyadh would open an embassy in Israel. “You can ask Mr. Netanyahu,” Eshki replied, referring to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Jerusalem Post reported on its website. “If he announces that he accepts the...

Israeli forces storm Masjid Al-Aqsa compound...

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Gaza:Israeli forces have once again scuffled with Palestinian Muslim worshipers at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound which lies in the Israeli-occupied Old City of al-Quds (Jerusalem). In a video obtained by Reuters on Tuesday, Israeli troops could be seen pushing a crowd of worshipers who were angry at the presence of some extremist Jewish men at the holy Muslim site. The footage also shows Israeli policemen escorting the Jewish people outside the compound. Israeli media reports said the scuffles began...

200 foreign Takfiris joining ISIL each month: US General...

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Washington:Every month only some 200 foreign Takfiris join the Daesh terrorist group operating in Iraq and Syria, a US military official claims. “That is a drastic decline from about a year ago when between 1,500 and 2,000 foreign militants were joining the group in Iraq and Syria each month,” Air Force Major General Peter Gersten, deputy commander for operations and intelligence for the US-led coalition, during a news briefing on Tuesday. In a report earlier this month, the US State Department...

Pakistan captures Al Qaeda financier blacklisted by United N...

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Islamabad:Pakistani security officials have arrested a senior al-Qaeda member who has been on the United Nations Security Council sanctions list since 2012. A senior police officer said on Friday that Abdur Rehman alias Abdul Rehman Sindhi was arrested in Karachi a day earlier. Muqaddas Haider said Rehman’s arrest came in a congested residential quarter after an extensive joint operation by police and intelligence agencies. “Abdul Rehman Sindhi is an old veteran of al-Qaeda,” Haider said. Officials...

US kills more civilians in Syria and Iraq...

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Washington:The US has admitted to more civilian casualties in its airstrikes against alleged Daesh (ISIL) positions inside Syria and Iraq between September and February, amid reports that the Pentagon has increased civilian death tolerance in the two countries. According to a statement on Friday by the US Central Command (CENTCOM), in the five-month period, a total of 20 civilians were killed and 11 others were injured as a result of air raids by the US-led coalition which started its aerial campaign...

Obama cleared the air with Saudis:White House...

Washington:The White House says US President Barack Obama has “cleared the air” with Saudi King Salman during his visit to the Persian Gulf monarchy despite reports of a cool reception in Riyadh.   The White House played down reports that ties with Saudi Arabia have strained over the recent past, saying Wednesday that Obama “really cleared the air” with King Salman at a meeting in the Saudi capital earlier in the day. However, former Saudi intelligence chief Turki Al Faisal told...