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Protest hits Japan embassy in Beijing

The angry demonstrators also threw rocks and bottles at the diplomatic building during the Saturday protest. Police forces also barricaded the embassy and struggled to hold back the protesters. “Return our islands! Japanese devils get out!” the protesters chanted. A protester held a placard reading, “For the respect of the motherland, we must go to […]

‘Down USA’ chanted in Sydney protest

The protest, that is the latest in a wave of demonstrations held across the world against the blasphemous film, was held on Saturday when demonstrators, including women and children, marched through Sydney’s Hyde Park. “We are sick and tired of everyone mocking our beloved prophet,” protester Houda Dib said, as the crowd of about 500 […]

Afghan MPs urge end to US pact

The appeal comes as fury over the blasphemous movie has spread across the world, with protesters marching on the US embassies and torching the US flags. On Friday, thousands of protesters took to the streets in eastern Afghanistan to voice their anger over the release of the insulting film produced in the United States. Protests […]

Bomb attack kills 12 Afghan civilians

According to local authorities, the victims are from two families and were killed when a roadside bomb struck their minivan on Friday afternoon. “Five women and a child from one family, and four women and two children from another family were killed in the blast,” AFP quoted Helmand governor’s spokesman, Daud Ahmadi, as saying on […]

Anti-US protests erupt in Afghanistan

The protesters burnt an effigy of the US President Barack Obama and blamed the blasphemous anti-Islam movie on Washington. The fresh protests come after Afghan lawmakers earlier today called on the government to cancel a strategic partnership pact signed by Kabul and Washington over the anti-Islam film, which insults the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH). On May […]

Floods, landslides kill 45 in India

“Most of the deaths occurred in the early hours of Friday after heavy downpours in Rudraprayag and Bageshwar districts of the scenic Himalayan state of Uttarakhand,” AFP quoted the local Disaster Management Minister Yashpal Arya as saying on Saturday. Arya added that rescuers pulled 17 bodies from the debris today in the affected areas of […]

Afghan soldier kills 2 US-led troops

“An individual believed to be an Afghan Local Police member turned his weapon against (NATO’s) International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) service members in southern Afghanistan today, killing two,” ISAF said in an statement on Saturday. “An ISAF service member returned fire, killing the attacker,” the statement added. ISAF, however, did not disclose the nationalities of […]

Interpol rejects red warrant on Musharraf

The Interpol issued a statement, saying that the documentation that Pakistani’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had sent was insufficient as a basis for issuing a red warrant. In response, Pakistani authorities sent another request to the Interpol with further documentation. Prior to this, Pakistan had also sent London, where Musharraf is currently residing, an extradition […]

Interpol rejects red warrant on Musharraf

The Interpol issued a statement, saying that the documentation that Pakistani’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had sent was insufficient as a basis for issuing a red warrant. In response, Pakistani authorities sent another request to the Interpol with further documentation. Prior to this, Pakistan had also sent London, where Musharraf is currently residing, an extradition […]

Bangladesh bans foreign aid to Rohingya

“The charities have been providing aid to tens of thousands of undocumented Rohingya refugees illegally. We asked them to stop all their projects in Cox’s Bazar following directive from the NGO (Non-Governmental Organizations Affairs Bureau,” local administrator Joynul Bari said. Bari added that the foreign aid was encouraging “an influx of Rohingya refugees” from Myanmar. […]

Bangladesh bans foreign aid to Rohingya

“The charities have been providing aid to tens of thousands of undocumented Rohingya refugees illegally. We asked them to stop all their projects in Cox’s Bazar following directive from the NGO (Non-Governmental Organizations Affairs Bureau,” local administrator Joynul Bari said. Bari added that the foreign aid was encouraging “an influx of Rohingya refugees” from Myanmar. […]

UNHCR neglects Rohingyas in India

Rohingya Muslims with refugee status who have fled sectarian violence in Myanmar, say they are being deprived of health care, reliable food supplies, proper housing, and education. “…So far the UNHCR has never distributed any sort of aid to us. They have not even conducted any medical camp. This is while other refugees are enjoying […]

UNHCR neglects Rohingyas in India

Rohingya Muslims with refugee status who have fled sectarian violence in Myanmar, say they are being deprived of health care, reliable food supplies, proper housing, and education. “…So far the UNHCR has never distributed any sort of aid to us. They have not even conducted any medical camp. This is while other refugees are enjoying […]

‘Rohingya persecution outrageous’

“It really is outrageous. It is reaching a very dangerous point. The fact of the matter is that the international community is doing very little; the continuation of the oppression of the Rohingyas that is systematically not just by the military of the past, but the so-called democrats,” said Massoud Shadjareh, head of the Islamic […]

‘Rohingya persecution outrageous’

“It really is outrageous. It is reaching a very dangerous point. The fact of the matter is that the international community is doing very little; the continuation of the oppression of the Rohingyas that is systematically not just by the military of the past, but the so-called democrats,” said Massoud Shadjareh, head of the Islamic […]

IED kills Afghan police chief, 2 guards

On Wednesday, an improvised explosive device ripped through a police vehicle in the Shamozai district of Helmand province, Xinhua reported. “The incident happened around noon when a mine planted by militants struck the vehicle of Shah Khan, the police chief of Shamozai district, killing him along with two of his bodyguards on the spot,” said […]

Afghan security foils attack on Kabul

“A group of insurgents armed with suicide vests, rockets and machineguns planned to seize a tall building in Kabul’s (central) Shar-i-Naw area,” AFP quoted National Directorate of Security spokesman Lutfullah Mahsal as saying on Thursday. A gunfight erupted as Afghan security forces acting on intelligence, stormed a house in Kabul’s eastern Pul-e-Charkhi neighborhood, Mahsal said. […]

‘West plans new country for Ismaelites’

According to the current leader of Afghanistan’s National Congress Party Abdul Latif Pedram, the US and Britain aim to combine Pakistan’s Gilgit and Chitral regions, parts of the historical Badakhshan region in Afghanistan and Tajikistan, and a section of China’s territory to form a new country. Several members of Afghanistan’s parliament have noted that the […]

Four US-led troops killed in Afghan war

According to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), an Afghan interpreter was also killed in an explosion in the country’s east, along with two US-led soldiers. In a similar attack in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, another two soldiers were killed. Further details on the soldiers’ nationalities have not been released. Roadside bombs and improvised explosive […]

19 injured in eastern Pakistan bombing

The incident occurred on Wednesday evening when the two bombs detonated at a crowded fruit market in a downtown area of the city, injuring 19 people, AFP reported. “Two timed devices, one planted in the parking and the other one under a cart, exploded when people were buying fruits after breaking their fast in the […]

Pakistan lawmakers rap Myanmar violence

During a Tuesday session of the upper house of the parliament (Senate), the lawmakers urged the international community to make further efforts to halt the massacre of Muslims in the Asian country. They said the UN and other international organizations are not taking the issue seriously and that they are “behaving like silent spectators.” The […]

India power restored after huge blackout

“Power has been restored fully across the northern, eastern and north-eastern grids,” Power System Operation Corporation Chief SK Soonee said on Tuesday. More than 600 million people were left in the dark following breakdowns in northern, eastern and northeastern grids. The power-cut caused chaos in transport networks and water supplies of 20 of the nation’s […]

‘Myanmar targeting Rohingya Muslims’

“Burmese (Myanmarese) security forces committed killings, rape, and mass arrests against Rohingya Muslims after failing to protect both them and Arakan Buddhists during deadly sectarian violence in western Burma in June 2012,” the rights organization said in a report on Wednesday. The HRW report also said the government has restricted the access of humanitarian organizations […]

Rohingya refugees recount ordeal

Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar “do not have citizenship. They do not have access to education or healthcare… If they are considered stateless, they really do not have documents to show here [India], but I think women have to bear the brunt of displacement,” Indian lawyer Sahana Basavapatna told the Press TV correspondent in New Delhi. […]

China raps Japan’s remarks over islands

“Some officials personally in Japan have recently issued a series of irresponsible statements concerning Diaoyu islands. These are erroneous statements that infringes Chinese sovereignty and naturally opposed by Chinese people,” Defense Ministry’s spokesman Geng Yansheng said. He made the remarks at the ministry’s annual press briefing and on the same day a paper, in which […]

Georgia trooper dies of Afghan war injury

According to a statement by the Georgian Defense Ministry, the young trooper, named corporal ‘Givi Patsulaia,’ died in a military hospital in the eastern Georgia city of Gori on Saturday. Patsulaia had been struck in a mortar shell explosion in the Helmad province back in January 2012. While in coma, he was sent to the […]

Georgia trooper dies of Afghan war injury

According to a statement by the Georgian Defense Ministry, the young trooper, named corporal ‘Givi Patsulaia,’ died in a military hospital in the eastern Georgia city of Gori on Saturday. Patsulaia had been struck in a mortar shell explosion in the Helmad province back in January 2012. While in coma, he was sent to the […]

One killed in mine blast in Afghanistan

Sarhadi Zwak, a Laghman provincial spokesman, said the incident took place on Tuesday when a 13-year-old boy hammered an unexploded wartime mine with a stone in a house in the city of Mehter Lam. Zwak said the boy was killed and four other members of his family were wounded and taken to a local hospital. […]

One killed in mine blast in Afghanistan

Sarhadi Zwak, a Laghman provincial spokesman, said the incident took place on Tuesday when a 13-year-old boy hammered an unexploded wartime mine with a stone in a house in the city of Mehter Lam. Zwak said the boy was killed and four other members of his family were wounded and taken to a local hospital. […]

Blackouts sweep India for 2nd day

The widespread blackout which is considered the country’s worst in a decade, on Tuesday affected up to 600 million people. According to officials, on the second consecutive day of power outage, the northern and eastern power grids collapsed, halting at least 200 trains and bringing the transportation system into a state of chaos as the […]

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