Category: INTERNATIONAL

HYDERABAD (India): Iran’s president on Friday strongly criticised the Trump administration’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and urged Muslims to support the Palestinian cause. Hassan Rouhani also lashed out at the United States for imposing a ban on travellers from six largely Muslim countries. He was addressing a congregation after Friday prayers at Makkah Masjid in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad during a three-day visit to India. Rouhani called for unity between Sunni and Shia schools of thought of Islam. He said the Shias, Sunnis and people of…

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At least 17 people are dead after a 19-year-old man opened fire at a high school campus in Parkland, Florida. The suspect was Nikolas Cruz, a former student at the school who had been expelled. He escaped with fleeing students but is now in police custody. As the attack unfolded students were forced to hide as police swooped in on the building. It is the deadliest school shooting since 26 people were killed at Connecticut school Sandy Hook in 2012. It is the sixth school shooting incident this year so…

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Kashmir Council Europe (KC-EU) held martyrdom anniversary of two great Kashmiri martyrs Maqbool Butt and Afzal Guru in Brussels on Saturday. Speakers of the anniversary program paid rich tribute to both of the sons of soil of Kashmir. They speakers asked the international community to pressurize India in order to hand over mortal remains of both of the martyrs to their relatives for a proper burial in Kashmir. Chairman Kashmir Council EU Ali Raza Syed, Present JKLF Europe Tanveer Chaudhary, Former Ambassador of EU Mr Anthony Crasner, Chairman Kashmir Info Mir Shahjahan, Member…

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Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are writing and producing a new series of Star Wars movies for Lucasfilm. The Walt Disney Studios said Tuesday the films will be separate from the Skywalker saga and the new trilogy being planned by The Last Jedidirector Rian Johnson. Lucasfilm’s Kathleen Kennedy said in a statement that the command that Benioff and Weiss have of complex characters and mythology will help break new ground for Star Wars. No release dates have been set. Benioff and Weiss said in a joint statement that they are honored and…

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WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives joined the Senate on Tuesday in seeking to end US economic aid to Pakistan while the Trump administration has already suspended military aid. A bill introduced in the House said that non-defence aid to Pakistan should also end and the money set aside for this purpose should be invested in infrastructure projects in the United States. The movers say they are seeking the ban because Pakistan “provides military aid and intelligence” to terrorists, a charge Islamabad strongly denies. Pakistani officials say that the US…

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Kashmir Council EU organized a demonstration in Brussels, the capital of Belgium Sunday in order to express solidarity with oppressed people of Indian Held Kashmir (IHK). A large number of people from all walks of life and as well as representatives of different NGOs and human rights organizations attended the gathering held at corner of Rue Billiard and Avenue Des Arts near Brussels’ Trone Metro station situated between  American Embassy and Belgium’s Prime Minister house. European Parliament placed at background of the scene. An event of candle lights vigil was also arranged…

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President of Kashmir European Alliance Sardar Pervez Mehmood  has cautioned against the intensive militarism in Sub-continent. Sardar said that the heavy expenditures on military force  in Sub-continent has created the danger of war in South Asia. It is time for the voices of reason and responsibility  to caution against militarism and demand strict adherence by  both states India and Pakistan  to the UN Charter’s central principle: the prohibition of the use or threat of use of force in international relations. India has deployed its strike forces in forward positions, in…

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Poland does not share responsibility for the Holocaust, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has said during a visit to Markowa, the southeastern Polish hometown of the Ulma family which was murdered because they tried to rescue Jews during World War II. Morawiecki said it was “very sad” that some people lacked understanding about the perpetrators of crimes during World War II, adding: “On the other hand, it is extremely important to explain it”. Morawiecki went to Markowa amid tensions between Israel and Poland over a new law passed by the Polish…

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PARIS: Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan has been charged with rape and remanded in custody, a judicial source said on Saturday, following claims by two women that he assaulted them in French hotel rooms. Ramadan, who was arrested by French police on Wednesday, was charged on Friday with rape and rape of a vulnerable person, the source said. He has denied the charges. The accused is a Swiss citizen whose grandfather founded Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood movement. After two days of questioning by investigators, the 55-year-old Oxford University professor was brought before…

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KARACHI: That India has unleashed a covert war against Pakistan and that convicted spy Kulbhushan Jadhav is a serving officer of Indian Navy is no longer news for Pakistanis because they already know that. But it’s surely news — big news — when a major Indian magazine, published by a reputable media house, finally comes around to admitting that. The magazine concerned is Frontline that is published by publishers of the well-known newspaper The Hindu, which has not only acknowledged that India is engaged in a covert war but also…

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North Korea has denounced US President Donald Trump’s administration as a “gross violator of human rights”, its state media reported Wednesday. The official Korean Central News Agency released its English-language report on Pyongyang’s annual white paper on US human rights violations as Trump began his State of the Union speech, in which he condemned the North. North Korea’s rights rights record is heavily criticised by both the United States and the United Nations, and it is estimated to have up to 120,000 political prisoners in its sprawling gulag system. Washington…

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PARIS: French police on Wednesday questioned pro­minent Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan over allegations that he raped two women, who went public with their claims in the wake of the Harvey Weins­tein scandal. The Oxford professor was summoned to a Paris police station and taken into custody “as part of a preliminary inquiry in Paris into rape and assault allegations”, a police source said. Ramadan has furiously denied the complaints made by two Muslim women who said they were emboldened to break their silence after the revelations that toppled Hollywood mogul…

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