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5,677 Palestinians arrested by Israel since last October...

( Palestine )

Gaza:Israeli forces have arrested up to 5,677 Palestinians since last October, which marks the beginning of what is regarded as the third Palestinian Intifada (uprising), a Palestinian committee says. The Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs said on Friday that the detentions were made across the Palestinian territories. Abdul-Nasser Ferwana, the head of the commission, also accused Israeli authorities of spreading terror and panic among Palestinians while employing force...

Saudi Arabia using US made cluster bombs in Yemen:Human Righ...

( Yemen )

Geneva:Human Rights Watch (HR) has criticized the US for selling cluster munitions to Saudi Arabia, urging Riyadh to stop using such banned arms that leave behind unexploded sub-munitions and endanger civilians. On Friday, Steve Goose, arms director at HRW and chair of the Cluster Munition Coalition, an international coalition of groups working to eradicate cluster munitions, called on Washington to stop producing and selling the internationally-banned weapons in compliance with international...

Syria will accept nothing short of final victory:Bashar al A...

( Syria )

Damascus:Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says his country will accept nothing less than “final victory” over the foreign-backed militants and the terrorists in Syria. In a telegram sent to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Assad said the Syrian army would not accept anything less than “attaining final victory” and “crushing the aggression” in its fight against militants in the city of Aleppo and elsewhere in the country. Aleppo has been the scene of a “regime of calm” brokered by...

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...

( US )

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...

( Africa )

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...

Efforts for promoting unity & proximity is unforgettabl...

( Jammu and Kashmir )

Srinagar: Rich tributes were paid to illustrious scholar and commentator of the Holy Quran,Maulana Mustafa Hussain Ansari on the 10th anniversary of his passing away on Sunday.
Majalis and commemorative services were held across Kashmir where speakers recalled the Maulana Mustafa’s tireless efforts in working for unity among Muslims and addressing misunderstandings between different schools of thoughts in Islam. A grand congregation was held in Srinagar at Gulistan-e-Baba Mazar, the resting...

Defending Palestine Symbolizes Defending Islam:Imam Khamanei...

( Iran )

Tehran:Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Imam Seyyed Ali Khamenei in a meeting on Sunday with Ramadan Abdullah, the head of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement, and his accompanying delegation, offered a comprehensive analysis of ongoing developments in the region, saying that the West, led by the United States, is actually making an effort to dominate the region through a large-scale and extensive war with the Islamic front.
Ayatollah Khamenei noted: “The large-scale war under...

Pro Freedom Leader Syed Geelani lashes out at UN’s Kashmir...

( Jammu and Kashmir )

Terming the Kashmir related statement of the Head of UN Peace Building Commission MachariaKamau as ambiguous, Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani today said that respecting the wishes and sacrifices of the Kashmiri people was more important than the political and local situations in dialogue between India and Pakistan.
“Instead of finding any solution in context of the local, domestic and political environment between India and Pakistan, the Kashmir issue should be resolved...

NATO expanding towards Russia frontiers:Sergei Lavrov...

( Russia )

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...