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Human Rights Violations in UAE The human rights condition in the UAE has constantly been subject to criticism coming from various international rights groups and organizations. The citizens in the United Arab Emirates are granted no rights for voting, electing their government, or joining a political party. The Persian Gulf... |
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3,000 suicides annually in Afghanistan Around 3,000 people commit suicide in Afghanistan every year, officials said Monday.
Majority - 80 percent - who commit suicide are females.
Qadria Yazdan Parast, a member of Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, said that most of the suicide cases go unreported in the country.
Speaking... |
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NATO To Decide In A Month On Its Troop Levels NATO has said it will take another month to respond to Washingtons demands for alliance allies to send more troops to Afghanistan, AFP reported.
During a meeting of the NATO Military Committee in Tirana in Albania on Saturday, defense chiefs from 29 member nations recognized the need to send in more... |
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Ghani off to US to attend UN General Assembly and meet President Trump President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani left for the United States on an official visit to participate in the UN General Assembly and meet his US counterpart President Donald Trump.
The Office of the President, ARG Palace, confirmed that President Ghani has left for New York city after concluding his visit... |
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US considers embassy closure in Cuba: Tillerson The administration of US President Donald Trump is considering closing down the recently re-opened US embassy in Havana after several American diplomats experienced a string of unexplained health problems.
"We have it under evaluation," Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Sunday. "Its a very serious... |
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Scrapping nuclear deal with Iran will be clear breach of agreement: Pres. Rouhani Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the United States potential withdrawal from a multilateral nuclear deal with Iran would constitute a clear non-performance of contractual obligations by Washington.
Speaking at a meeting of Iranian expatriates in New York, where he is to attend the 72nd session... |
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Kulsoom Sharif wins key vacant parliament seat in Lahore Kulsoom Sharif, the wife of ex-Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif, has won a key parliamentary seat, which was left vacant after the ouster of her husband by the Supreme Court amid a corruption scandal in July.
Official results from the Sunday by-election are yet to be announced, but officials... |
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Peace Summit Held in South Korea 3rd Annual Commemoration of the World Alliance of Religions Peace (WARP) Summit Discussed on the Practical Approaches to Peace-Building Based on the Declaration of the Peace and Cessation of War (DPCW)
A 3-day peace summit to discuss the implementation of peacebuilding projects at local and national... |
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Paris deal bad for environment, come forward with new one: McMaster US President Donald Trump would welcome a revised climate deal that addresses his “legitimate concerns” over the Paris deal, suggests National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster.
The general appeared on Fox News on Sunday to reject reports alleging over the weekend that the administration... |
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Buddhists to Rohingya: Leave, or we will kill you all Thousands of Rohingya Muslims in northwestern Myanmar are pleading for safe passage from two remote villages besieged by Buddhist extremists.
Media reports said the situation was particularly dire in the village of Ah Nauk Pyin and the nearby Naung Pin Gyi, where any escape route to neighboring Bangladesh... |
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Boston rages against Trumps DACA decision People in the US city of Boston, Massachusetts, have staged a massive gathering to protests President Donald Trump’s decision to end legal protections for undocumented immigrant children that enter the US illegally.
Hundreds of angry protesters marched to the John F. Kennedy Federal Building on... |
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Kuwait to expel North Korea ambassador, four diplomats: report Kuwait has decided to expel North Koreas ambassador to the country and four other diplomats, sources have indicated based on intelligence reports.
A Kuwaiti official based in the Persian Gulf region said on Sunday that Pyongyangs top envoy to Kuwait and four diplomats stationed in Kuwait City would... |
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Iran, Pakistan army chiefs urge Muslim world action to end Rohingya plight The military chiefs of Iran and Pakistan have called on the Muslim world to take more concrete actions to end the violence against the persecuted Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine state.
In a telephone conversation on Sunday, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad... |
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Turkeys Erdogan, Iraqs Abadi to discuss planned Kurdistan referendum Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that he will discuss with the Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi a controversial plan in the Arab country’s autonomous Kurdistan region for holding a referendum of independence on September 25.
"We will have a meeting with Mr Abadi in the United... |
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Leader of Iran:
Iran will respond to any wrong move on JCPOA Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has warned that Iran will stand on its "honorable and dignified positions" regarding its nuclear accord with the P5+1 group of countries, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and... |
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Russia-Belarus War-Games Continue as US Tanks Arrive in Poland The scheduled Russia-Belarus Zapad-2017 military drills are on course while United States has deployed its tanks in neighboring Poland.
Up to 12,700 servicemen (about 7,200 from Belarus and some 5,500 from Russia) are taking part in the Zapad-2017 drills, which kicked off on Thursday and are expected... |
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Whats behind Pakistani FM Visit to Iran, Turkey? The Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif visited Iran and Turkey in past few days to discuss ways to settle the Afghan crisis, less than a month after Islamabad-Washington tensions escalated over the new US strategy in Afghanistan.
The American President Donald Trump has recently announced... |
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Explosion in Khost city mobile phone market leaves several dead, wounded Around eighteen people were killed or wounded after an explosion ripped through a mobile phone market in southeastern Khost province of Afghanistan.
According to the local officials, the incident took place around noon time in the provincial Khost city.
Provincial police chief Faizullah Ghairat confirmed... |
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Torkham reopens between Afghanistan and Pakistan after Friday incident The main gate between Afghanistan and Pakistan reopened late on Saturday after an incident resulted to its closure on Friday.
The local officials in eastern Nangarhar province however are saying that issues still remain in the area close to the gate since hundreds of people and trucks were stranded... |
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Ghani to Discuss War on Terror, Peace and Security at UNGA The Presidential Palace (ARG) on Sunday said that war on terrorism and threats emerging from terror hideouts and safe havens will be key points in President Ashraf Ghanis address to the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York which is set to begin on Tuesday.
According... |
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Afghanistan wins first gold and silver medals in Turkmenistan games Two athletes from Afghanistan have managed to win gold and silver medals during their maiden appearances in the ongoing games in Turkmenistan.
The first gold medal for the country was won by Hussain Bakhsh Safari who managed to defeat his rival in Jujitsu games.
In the meantime, the first silver medal... |
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St. Louis braces for more protests over killer cops acquittal Protests have turned violent in the US city of St. Louis after police confronted demonstrators who were out in the streets against the acquittal of a white former police officer in the shooting death of black man several years ago.
Protests, mostly peaceful, began early Friday when Judge Timothy... |
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Germany seeks to restrict economic ties with Turkey: Merkel Chancellor Angela Merkel says Berlin plans to restrict its business with Ankara in an attempt to pressure the Turkish government to release German citizens imprisoned in the country over political reasons.
"We will have to further cut back our joint economic cooperation with Turkey and scrutinize projects,"... |
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Chinas US envoy urges Washington to halt threats on N Korea, China trade Chinas ambassador to the US has urged Washington to stop threatening North Korea over its weapons program, saying the Americans should make efforts to help resume dialog over the crisis on the Korean Peninsula instead of putting pressure on Beijing over the issue.
"They should refrain from issuing... |
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Police in Catalonia hunt for hidden ballot boxes Armed police in Spain have raided several print works and newspaper offices in Catalonia in recent days in a hunt for voting papers, ballot boxes and leaflets to be used in an Oct. 1 independence referendum which Madrid vehemently opposes.
The searches are part of a concerted effort by the government... |
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South Korea is Irans new natural gas client State-run Korea Gas Corp (KOGAS), the world’s second-largest single buyer of liquefied natural gas (LNG), says it plans to import natural gas from Iran as well as explore opportunities to acquire gas field stakes in the country.
A KOGAS official said the company was looking to diversify its... |
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US wont be satisfied unless Syrias Assad leaves power: US official US Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Nikki Haley has repeated Washingtons opposition to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, saying that the US will not be "satisfied" as long as the Syrian leader is in power.
"Well, I think were not going to be satisfied until we see a solid and stable Syria, and... |
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Iran overcomes Japan in FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup The national Iranian men’s volleyball team has achieved a come-from-behind win at the 2017 Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup, beating the Japanese squad.
The Iranian squad triumphed over Ryujin Nippon 3-1 (21-25,... |
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Egypt Court Upholds Morsis 25-Year Prison Sentence in Qatar Spy Case An Egyptian court has upheld a life sentence for ousted Muslim Brotherhood president Mohamed Morsi on charges of harming national security by leaking secret state documents to Qatar while he was in office.
Morsi, Egypts first democratically elected after the countrys 2011 revolution, was overthrown... |
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Syria Says De-Escalation Zone Pacts Dont Legitimize Turkish Presence Syria says that de-escalation zone agreements reached in Astana-6 meeting do not legitimize the existence of any Turkish force on the Syrian territories.
" Based on the Syrian governments commitment to positively interact with any initiative that would solve the crisis in Syria, stop the shedding of... |
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General Soleimani highly charismatic, conqueror of hearts: Daughter
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