New Delhi July 20;2021–Prime Minister Narendra Modi today told the Members of Parliament of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to counter the lies being spread by the Opposition about the Corona virus disease (COVID-19) situation in the country. He was speaking at the BJP Parliamentary Party Meeting. Mr Modi also …
Read More »Government strengthening its counter terrorism apparatus: MoS Home
New Delhi;20 July–Terrorists have been using modern weapons and equipment to commit terrorist acts across the world. In a written reply to a question by Rahul Kaswan in Lok Sabha, MoS Home Affairs Nitiyanand Rai informed the House that combat against terrorism is a continuous process. The government has been …
Read More »Thousands of anti-Shia groups active in Pakistan: UN
20-07-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISTANBUL/ DOHA/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Anti-Pakistan terrorist and jihadi groups aligned in varying degrees to the Taliban on both sides of the border are angling to carry out new lethal attacks inside Pakistan, a drive that could intensify if Islamabad allows the …
Read More »‘Prophet asked people not to visit areas affected by pandemic’
20-07-2021 ARAFAT: Sheikh Bandar Bin Abdulaziz Balila in the Hajj sermon urged people to follow Prophet’s (PBUH) teachings regarding pandemics, saying that the Prophet (PBUH) had asked people to not go to an area where there’s a plague. “The Holy Prophet (PBUH) said that people should not go out of …
Read More »Bomb blast kills 35 people in Baghdad
20-07-2021 BAGHDAD: A suicide bomber killed at least 35 people and wounded dozens in a crowded market in Iraq’s capital Baghdad on Monday, the eve of the Eid al-Adha festival. Body parts of victims lay scattered across the previously bustling market, which had been crowded with shoppers buying food ahead …
Read More »Foreign missions in Kabul issue joint call for Taliban ceasefire
19-07-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Fifteen diplomatic missions and the NATO representative in Kabul have joined hands to urge the Taliban to halt military offensives across Afghanistan; just hours after a peace meeting in Doha failed to agree on a ceasefire. A senior delegation of Afghan leaders met the …
Read More »China accused of major cyber-attack
19-07-2021 WASHINGTON/ BEIJING: The UK and EU have accused China of carrying out a major cyber-attack earlier this year. The attack targeted Microsoft Exchange servers, affecting over a quarter of a million servers around the world. The EU was the first to put out a statement saying the attack came …
Read More »Biden administration transfers 1st detainee from Guantanamo Bay
19-07-2021 HAVANA/ WASHINGTON: The United States has transferred a detainee out of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility for the first time since President Joe Biden took office, sending a Moroccan man back home years after he was recommended for discharge. The Moroccan prisoner, Abdul Latif Nasser, who is in his …
Read More »Taliban agree to meet again after inconclusive Doha talks
19-07-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies DOHA/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Delegations from the Afghan government and the Taliban said in a joint statement on Sunday that they will meet again and plan to expedite peace negotiations after two days of inconclusive talks in Doha, media reported. The negotiators …
Read More »Palestinians condemn ‘raiding’ of Al-Aqsa by Israeli forces
19-07-2021 JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: Palestinians have condemned the storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Sunday by Israeli police, which then launched tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets at worshippers at Islam’s third holiest site in occupied East Jerusalem, according to Palestinian media. Israeli police forcefully evacuated Muslim worshippers to …
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