Shahid Afridi first requests Imran Khan to speak on Uyghur issue, then deletes tweet
Dec 25, 2019, at 06:39 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's former cricket captain Shahid Afridi recently tweeted and urged country's Prime Minister Imran Khan to “speak up” for Uyghur Muslims in China and requested the Chinese government to give “humane” and “just” treatment to Muslims. However, he surprisingly deleted the tweet later.
Dhaka: Police arrest mosque imam for sexually abusing minor
Dec 25, 2019, at 04:54 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: Police arrested a mosque imam for allegedly sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy in Bangladesh's capital city Dhaka, media reports said.
Pakistan rejects US step of placing it on list of countries violating religious freedoms
Dec 25, 2019, at 04:53 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: The Pakistan Foreign Office on Tuesday rejected the US step of placing it on a list of countries violating religious freedoms.
Afghanistan: Suspected Taliban members abduct 27 peace activists
Dec 25, 2019, at 04:46 pm
Kabul/IBNS: Suspected members of Taliban group have kidnapped peace activists in Afghanistan, media reports said on Wednesday.
Uighur: Top Muslim preacher urges Islamic nations to start boycotting Chinese products
Dec 25, 2019, at 10:47 am
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia/IBNS: Keeping in mind the treatment given to ethnic Uighurs, an influential Muslim preacher has asked the Islamic countries to start the process of boycotting Chinese products.
Turkish President claims Saudi pressured Pakistan to skip Kuala Lumpur Summit
Dec 25, 2019, at 10:35 am
Ankara/IBNS: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last week claimed that Pakistan was forced to withdraw from a gathering of leaders from many Islamic nations in Malaysia after Saudi Arabia had issued economic threats on it.
Six-year-old finds note in X-mas card written by alleged Chinese prisoner; Beijing denies
Dec 25, 2019, at 10:30 am
Beijing: A Chinese factory has landed itself in a controversy after a message from workers was found inside a Tesco charity Christmas card by a six-year-old girl, hinting that it used forced labour to make it.
Russian military warns of increasing threat of terrorists using drones for attacks
Dec 25, 2019, at 10:09 am
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: The threat of terrorists using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in attacks can soon grow in Syria and any other country, the chief of the Russian air defense forces, Lt. Gen. Alexander Leonov, said.
Taliban kills 3 Afghan customs officers near Iran’s border: Police
Dec 25, 2019, at 10:05 am
Kabul/Sputnik/UNI: Three Afghan customs officers were killed on Tuesday in an attack by the Taliban militant group in the Herat region bordering Iran, a provincial police spokesman told Sputnik.
UN chief urges action following execution, abduction of civilians in Nigeria
Dec 25, 2019, at 09:58 am
New York/IBNS: Those responsible for the recent execution and abduction of civilians in northeastern Nigeria must be held accountable, the UN Secretary-General has said, according to a statement issued on Tuesday by his spokesperson.
Dec 25, 2019, at 09:53 am
New York/IBNS: As Saudi Arabia handed death sentences to five people and sent three others to jail for the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the United Nations Secretary-General continued to stress the need for “an independent and impartial investigation”.
Dec 25, 2019, at 09:43 am
New York/IBNS: “Deeply concerned” over a recent military escalation in northwest Syria, Secretary-General António Guterres called for an “immediate cessation of hostilities”.
Burkina Faso: 35 killed in suspected terror attack
Dec 25, 2019, at 09:33 am
Ouagadougou/IBNS: At least 35 civilians, mainly women, were killed as terrorists attacked in Burkina Faso's northern province of Soum, media reports said on Wednesday.
South Korean military says no suspicious North Korean moves detected before Christmas
Dec 24, 2019, at 07:20 pm
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: South Korean military has so far detected no suspicious moves by North Korea, despite lingering threats that Pyongyang could offer the United States a ''Christmas gift,'' in the words of North Korea’s vice minister of foreign affairs, by conducting missile tests ahead of the Christmas holidays, an officer in the military said on Tuesday.
Turkey hunts 54 military personnel over failed coup
Dec 24, 2019, at 07:15 pm
Istanbul/Xinhua/UNI: Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday ordered the detention of dozens of military personnel, including 31 soldiers in active service, over their alleged links to a network believed to be behind a coup attempt in 2016.
South Korea to permanently shut down 2nd nuclear reactor
Dec 24, 2019, at 07:11 pm
Seoul/Xinhua/UNI: South Korea decided to permanently shut down another nuclear reactor as part of efforts to reduce dependence on nuclear power and increase sustainable energy sources, local media reported on Tuesday.
Turkish Defense Ministry says Kurdish forces still remain in northern Syria
Dec 24, 2019, at 07:04 pm
Ankara/Sputnik/UNI: The Kurdish forces have not yet completely withdrawn from the areas in northern Syria that they were supposed to have left in accordance with the agreements that Turkey reached with Russia and the United States, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Tuesday.
Taliban attack leaves seven soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Dec 24, 2019, at 04:16 pm
Kabul/IBNS: A Taliban attack on a check post in Dawlat Abad district of Balkh province in Afghanistan on Tuesday left at least seven soldiers killed, media reports said.
Indonesia: Bus mishap leaves 26 dead
Dec 24, 2019, at 03:52 pm
Jakarta/IBNS: A bus plunged down a steep ravine and landed in a river in Indonesia which least at least 26 people dead, media reports said on Tuesday.
Son of slain Saudi journalist Khashoggi says trusts Saudi Judiciary
Dec 24, 2019, at 10:32 am
Doha/Sputnik/UNI: The elder son of slain Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi has said he has full trust in the Saudi judiciary after the Gulf monarchy’s court put five people on death row on Monday for killing his father.
US to urge Saudi Arabia for full accountability in Khashoggi case: State Department
Dec 24, 2019, at 10:26 am
Washington/Sputnik/UNI: The United States will continue to encourage Saudi Arabia for transparency in the investigation of columnist Jamal Khashoggi's murder in order to bring all accountable to justice, a senior US State Department official told reporters.
UN relief chief condemns attacks against humanitarian premises in Yemen
Dec 24, 2019, at 10:15 am
New York/IBNS: The top UN humanitarian official has called for a thorough investigation into weekend attacks against the premises of three international aid organizations in Yemen that wounded one person, in addition to damaging property.
Much work needed to ‘target unacceptable levels’ of racism in Ecuador: UN experts
Dec 24, 2019, at 09:57 am
New York/IBNS: Ecuador must implement and enforce laws and policies to protect the rights of Afro-Ecuadorians, the UN Working Group on People of African Descent said on Monday, calling for an end to the “discrimination, exclusion and extreme poverty they suffer.”
Dec 24, 2019, at 09:09 am
Dhaka/IBNS: Two men, who were arrested in connection with the murder of a Chinese man in Bangladesh capital Dhaka, have confessed their crimes and gave statements in court “confessing” to killing him “for money”.
Saudi Arabia court sentences five to death over journalist Jamal Khashoggi murder
Dec 23, 2019, at 04:14 pm
Riyadh/IBNS: A Saudi Arabian court on Monday sentenced five people to death in connection with the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.
Afghanistan: Taliban claims responsibility for the killing of US soldier
Dec 23, 2019, at 03:56 pm
Kabul/IBNS: The Taliban on Monday took the responsibility of killing a U.S soldier in the northern Kunduz province, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Three killed as explosion rocks Laghman
Dec 23, 2019, at 03:30 pm
Kabul/IBNS: At least three people were killed as an explosion hit Afghanistan's Laghman province on Monday, media reports said on Monday.
Dec 23, 2019, at 10:23 am
New York/IBNS: Welcoming the preliminary results for Afghanistan’s presidential election on Sunday, the head of the United Nations mission in the country urged the authorities and all actors to “protect the integrity of the final stage of the process.”
Syrian government Army takes control of flashpoint Idlib village
Dec 23, 2019, at 10:00 am
Damascus/Sputnik/UNI: The Syrian government has reclaimed control of Alteh, a flashpoint village in the Idlib province, a source in the Syrian military told Sputnik on Sunday.
Syrian troops repel Islamist onslaught on Idlib’s Qarratin al-Qabira: Russian military
Dec 23, 2019, at 09:57 am
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: A hundred Syrian jihadists tried to storm the Idlib village of Qarratin al-Qabira over the weekend but was repelled by government forces, the head of the Russian Defense Ministry’s Syria reconciliation center said Sunday.