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28-05-2021 ISTANBUL: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday inaugurated a new mosque in Istanbul, fulfilling a decades-old goal of his and stamping a religious identity on the landmark Taksim Square in the heart of the city. The Taksim mosque and its 30-metre high dome loom symbolically over a monument to …

28-05-2021 BERLIN/ WINDHOEK: Germany has recognized for the first time that it committed genocide in Namibia during its colonial rule more than a century ago and promised financial support worth more than one billion Euros ($1.2bn) to fund infrastructure projects in the African nation. German settlers killed thousands of Herero …

28-05-2021 Bureau Report + BBC NEW DELHI: Twitter has expressed concern over freedom of expression in India, days after police visited its offices. The police served notice to the social media giant after it labelled a ruling party tweet “manipulated media”. Twitter had applied the label to a post by …

28-05-2021 VIENNA: The Austrian government came under fire Thursday for a new “Islam map” showing the location of mosques and associations around the country, with religious groups saying it would stigmatize Austria’s Muslim population. Earlier, Integration Minister Susanne Raab unveiled an Internet website called the “National Map of Islam” with …

28-05-2021 UNITED NATIONS: The UN Human Rights Council has agreed to launch an open-ended international investigation into violations during the 11-day conflict between Israel and Palestinian groups in Gaza, and into “systematic” abuses in the occupied Palestinian territories and inside Israel. By a vote of 24 states in favour, nine …

28-05-2021 DAMASCUS, Syria: Syrian President Bashar Assad was re-elected in a landslide, officials said Thursday, ushering in a fourth seven-year term in the war-torn country following an election described as illegitimate and a sham by the West and his opposition. Assad’s win was not in doubt, in an election where …

27-05-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE/ BAIJING: It seems that the majority of “Australians has become spy for America” (not for themselves or their own country) while the reputation of Aussies is not only declining very fast but the rest of the world sees Australia and Australians …

27-05-2021 TEHRAN: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has urged Iranians to ignore calls to boycott next month’s presidential election after a decision to exclude several prominent figures from running. “Do not pay attention to those who promote that voting is useless,” Khamenei said during a speech to legislators via …

27-05-2021 KIGALI/ PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron, in a visit to Rwanda, has said France recognized its “responsibility” in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, asking for forgiveness for his country’s role but without offering an official apology. His comments on Thursday came during a solemn speech at the Kigali Genocide Memorial, …

26-05-2021 Bureau Report WASHINGTON/ KARACHI: The first lunar eclipse of 2021 will take place today (Wednesday. However, the spectacle will not be visible in Pakistan due to daylight. The Super Flower Blood Moon had already taken place at 11:39am in the day while the total lunar eclipse is supposed to …