Category: INTERNATIONAL

NEW DELHI: Indian police detained dozens of Catholics singing Christmas carols for allegedly trying to convert people, officials said on Friday, as fears grow over religious freedom in the South Asian nation. Police said 32 people were detained for trying to convert people to Christianity in the Madhya Pradesh state late Thursday, with a leading Catholic association condemning the accusations as “laughable”. When a group of priests went to the police station to enquire about the detentions, their parked car was torched, allegedly by a mob belonging to a right-wing…

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GAZA: Israeli troops shot dead four Palestinians and wounded 150 others with live fire on Friday, medical officials said, as protests over US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital entered a second week. Most of the casualties were on the Gaza Strip border, where thousands of Palestinians gathered to hurl rocks at Israeli soldiers beyond the fortified fence. Medics said two protesters, one of them wheelchair-bound, were killed and 150 wounded. In the occupied West Bank, another area where Palestinians are seeking statehood along with adjacent East…

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The Chairman of Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SDP) Mr. Martin Schulz on Dec. 7, 2017 tweeted, “I want a new constitutional treaty to establish the United States of Europe. A Europe that is no threat to its member states, but a beneficial addition.” Mr. Martin Schulz has introduced a new vision, ‘United States of Europe’ by 2025, under a single constitutional treaty. It also worth mentioning here that the states, who disagree with the federal constitution, under Martin Schulz’s proposal, would automatically have to leave the EU. “This constitutional treaty…

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Lebanese security forces fired tear gas and water cannons on Sunday at demonstrators near the US embassy as they protested Washington’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. An AFP correspondent in Awkar outside the capital Beirut said several hundred pro-Palestinian demonstrators had gathered near the US embassy, located in the area. They were blocked from reaching the complex by a metal gate sealing the road leading to the embassy, and security forces fired tear gas and water cannons to repel demonstrators who tried to open the gate by force.…

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World Community should stop Human Right violation in IHK: Speakers of debate in Brussels Brussels: Speakers of a panel discussion in Brussels, the EU headquarters have urged World Community to play its role in order to stop severe human rights violations in Indian Held Kashmir (IHK). The debate titled, “The Victims of A Forgotten Conflict” was organized Kashmir Council EU and International Community for Human Development (ICHD)  on the eve of International Human Rights Day at European Press Club in the capital of Belgium. Ms Anthea McIntyre, co-chair of the…

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(Anwar Iqbal | Dawn) WASHINGTON: CIA Director Mike Pompeo has warned Pakistan that if it does not eliminate the alleged safe havens inside its territory, the United States will do “everything we can” to destroy them. As Defence Secretary Jim Mattis arrives in Islamabad on Monday to persuade Pakistan to support the new US strategy for Afghanistan, the Trump administration is sending mixed signals to its estranged ally. The new strategy seeks Pakistan’s support to defeat the Taliban in the battlefield as Washington believes that only a defeat will force…

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(AFP/Dawn) Donald Trump’s former top adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty on Friday to lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) over his contacts with Russia, in a dramatic escalation of the probe into possible collusion between the president’s campaign team and Moscow. The 58-year-old retired three-star Army general is the most senior figure indicted in special prosecutor Robert Mueller’s sprawling investigation into Russian interference in last year’s election. Flynn’s admission that he had secret discussions in December 2016 with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak ─ with direction from top Trump…

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Oslo, Norwegian Islamic Centres based in Oslo, the capital of the country highly appreciated the excellence services of Iraq’s embassy staff for preparing visa and other documents for travel of the pilgrims during the recent “Arabein e Husssaini” in Iraq. In a letter Hujja ul Islam Wal Muslimeen Dr Syed Zawar Hussain Naqavi addressing the Ambassador of Iraq to Norway said, I significantly appreciate the staff of consular section of the embassy on behalf of the Norwegian Islamic Centres Oslo. The embassy staff not only completed visa process without any…

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(AP/Dawn) The White House has called Pakistan’s release of Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) leader Hafiz Saeed a “step in the wrong direction” and said a refusal to re-arrest him would damage bilateral ties and Pakistan’s reputation around the world. In a statement on Saturday, White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the US “strongly condemns” the release of Hafiz Saeed from house arrest. She urged his “immediate re-arrest and prosecution”. “Saeed’s release, after Pakistan’s failure to prosecute or charge him, sends a deeply troubling message about Pakistan’s commitment to combatting international…

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(AP/Dawn) Facebook issued an apology to the family of the “boss of bosses” of Italy’s Mafia for removing messages of condolences that flowed in after his death last week. A Facebook spokesperson tells The Associated Press that the posts on the feed of Salvatore “Toto” Riina’s son-in-law were removed in error after users complained that they violated Facebook’s standards. After a review, Facebook restored the posts and apologised, the spokeswoman said. The apology came as Riina’s remains arrived on Wednesday in Sicily following his death on November 17 in Parma. The family buried…

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(AFP/Dawn) At least 50 people were killed on Tuesday when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a mosque in northeast Nigeria, police said, in an attack blamed on Boko Haram militants. The blast happened during early morning prayers at the Madina mosque in the Unguwar Shuwa area of Mubi, some 200 kilometres (125 miles) by road from the Adamawa state capital, Yola. “So far, we have at least 50 dead from an attack at a mosque in Mubi,” Adamawa state police spokesman Othman Abubakar told AFP. “Several people were injured.…

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