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Saudi authorities review security plans for Hajj...
( Saudi Arabia )
Riyadh:Saudi authorities have held a workshop to review security plans for Hajj rituals, months after the deadly crush in Mina.According to the English-language daily Saudi Gazette, the three-day workshop, which was attended by various government officials, reviewed emergency medical plans and “the lessons of last year’s hajj season.” The crush took place on September 24, 2015, after two large masses of pilgrims converged at a crossroads in Mina during the symbolic ceremony...
Bomb attack hits football game at Baghdad,30 dead and 65 inj...
( Iraq )
Baghdad:At least 30 people have been killed in a bomb attack targeting a local football game in a village south of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. According to police and medics, the attack took place around 7:00 p.m. (1600 GMT) on Friday in the village of Al-Asriya when an assailant blew his explosives in the crowd when the winners were being handed the trophy. Over 65 people were also wounded in the explosion with medical sources warning that the number of fatalities could rise. No group has so far...
Al Saud committing genocide in Yemen to serve Israel: Ansaru...
( Yemen )
Sana:Yemen’s Ansarullah movement leader, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, says Saudi Arabia is committing genocide against the Yemeni people as it continues with its deadly aggression against the impoverished nation. The Saudi forces and its mercenaries have come to Yemen to wipe out a generation, Houthi said during a televised address on Friday, adding that they want to raze Yemen to the ground. He said the Saudi regime has committed numerous crimes against the Yemenis. The Saudi...
Hezbollah and Hamas represents entire Muslim Ummah and fight...
( India )
New Delhi:The International Muslim Unity Council (IMUC) Chairman Maulana Taqi Raza in a statement here said that the resistance duo of Hamas in Palestine and Hezbollah in Lebanon are at the forefront of taking on the oppressive forces of Israel and the allies of the Zionist entity. He further added that these two resistance groups represent the entire Muslim nation and their victory or defeat is tantamount to the victory or defeat of Islam and Muslims. “All the Muslim dominated countries like Saudi...
Pope Francis washes and kisses the feet of Muslim, Hindu, an...
( Italy )
Rome:Pope Francis performed an annual Easter season ritual on Thursday (March 24), kneeling in front of Muslim, Hindu, and Christian refugees and washing and kissing their feet at a shelter in Castelnuovo di Porto, Italy. The “Holy Thursday Mandatum” reenacts Jesus’s washing of his apostle’s feet before his crucifixion, and is performed by the Pope and other Catholic leaders to remind the faithful that they are to serve others humbly. This was the first year that women were included, and...
Boko Haram abducts 16 women in Nigeria...
( Africa )
Niger:Suspected Boko Haram Takfiri terrorists have kidnapped 16 women in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Adamawa, local officials say.Police said they have received reports of the kidnap of 14 women and two girls by gunmen believed to be Boko Haram insurgents near Sabon Garin Madagali village.According to locals, the women were abducted in the bush Wednesday while fetching fire wood and fishing in a river. Two women jumped into the river and pretended to have drowned. They later returned to...
Kashmir Chapter “Who is Hussain?”hold plantation...
( Kashmir )
Srinagar:‘WhoIsHussain? a globally recognized non-government organisation (NGO) held a plantation drive in this capital city covering several educational institutes. The one day drive organized by the Kashmir chapter of the organization in association with education department was started on the occassion of Navroz, from government boys school Sonwar, reports said. A large number of students enthusiastically participated in the drive which was inaugurated by. Director School Education Dr Shah Faesal....
Kashmir is jugular vein of Pakistan:President Mamnoon Hussai...
( Pakistan )
Islamabad:President Mamnoon Hussain on Wednesday called Kashmir the “jugular vein of Pakistan” even as he sought a peaceful resolution of the long-standing dispute with India over it. “We are a peace loving nation and want peaceful relations with other nations, especially our neighbours,” Hussain said in his address at the Pakistan Day parade ceremony where the country’s armed forced showcased their military might. He said Kashmir is the “jugular vein of Pakistan”...
Al Saud regime detains top cleric in Eastern Province...
( Saudi Arabia )
Riyadh:Saudi regime’s security forces have arrested a prominent Shia cleric over his anti-regime comments as Riyadh continues its crackdown on the minority sect. Media reports said on Tuesday that security forces arrested Ayatollah Hussein al-Radhi shortly after he led prayers in the al-Ahsa oasis region of Eastern Province. The detention came after the senior cleric wrote an article in which he criticized the House of Saud for jailing and executing critics and dissidents,...
Hillary Clinton’s Emails leaked:A Sunni-Shiite War Would b...
( US )
Tel Aviv:The intelligence service of Israel considers a potential Sunni-Shiite war in Syria a favorable development for the country and the West, according to an email archive of former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, released by WikiLeaks. The author of the email, forwarded by Clinton in July 2012, argued that Israel is convinced Iran would lose “its only ally” in the Middle East, if the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad collapses. “The fall of the House of Assad could...