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Ayatollah Imam Khamenei:US Scaring Foreign Investors Away fr...
( Iran )
Tehran:Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Imam Seyyed Ali Khamenei in a meeting with thousands of laborers on the verge of the Labor Day (marked on May 1) on Wednesday, heaped praise on the labor community for its loyalty and steadfastness with regard to the 1979 Islamic Revolution and the Islamic Republic establishment, and underscored the need for the “resolution of the problems facing labor community,” “strengthening domestic production,” “necessity of serious fight against goods...
Saudi to open Israel embassy if peace plan accepted:Former S...
( Saudi Arabia )
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...
( Palestine )
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...
JKLF founder Amanullah Khan died at 86...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar:Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) founder and supporter of armed struggle Amanullah Khan (86), who died at a Rawalpindi hospital in Pakistan on Tuesday.Separatists in the Kashmir Valley are preparing for mass funeral prayers at Lal Chowk on April 27 at 2 p.m.Pro Freedom leaders termed the demise of Amanuallah Khams’s as great loss and said that J&K has lost its most valiant son. Aman sahib was a pioneer of the struggle for the J&K’s independence. His persistence...
Hezbollah Shining Like Sun:Imam Khamenei...
( Iran )
Tehran:Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, in a meeting on Wednesday with thousands of members of the Union of Islamic Pupils’ Associations from across the country, said one of the major areas of confrontation between the Islamic Republic’s establishment and hegemonic powers is the domain of the youth, noting: “The front standing against the Islamic establishment is seeking to change the religious and revolutionary identity of Iranian youth, and deprive them...
Pakistan captures Al Qaeda financier blacklisted by United N...
( Paksitan )
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...
( US )
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...
(Srinagar)
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...
Terrorists supplied with advanced arms:FM Syria...
( Syria )
Damascus:Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem says Turkey and other countries continue to supply terrorists in Syria with advanced weapons. He made the remarks on Thursday at a meeting with China’s special envoy to Syria as fighting raged across the country after the collapse of UN-sponsored peace talks. Muallem said the Syrian government would press on with its fight against terrorists, the official SANA news agency said. The remarks come as leaders of the Saudi-backed High Negotiations...
The issue of Kashmir is an Issue of Humanity:Ayatollah Khame...
( Iran/Kashmir )
Tehran:Look how everywhere in the world where there is a Muslim community, they receive a much harsher treatment compared with others. Kashmir is a contemporary example for this. Muslims there speak out their rights. Anyone who is informed of what Kashmir has gone through, knows what Muslims of Kashmir express is nothing but truth and justice. Those who silence them have an unjust cause. Those who attack them are the ones who are doing the wrong action. Sadly the world watches all this in cold blood. Ayatollah...