Iran accuses Saudi Arabia of ‘sowing division’
Saudi Arabia has ?continued to sow division between Islamic countries and in the region, which is the wish of the Zionist regime?, Iran?s foreign ministry spokesman Seyed Abbas Mousavi said.
India PM Modi makes major cabinet changes for new term
India?s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday named his trusted aide Amit Shah to the key home affairs ministry as part of a major cabinet shakeup for his second term in office. Nirmala Sitharaman moved from defence to become finance minister in a second shock, while career diplomat S. Jaishankar became foreign minister. ?Congratulations to @AmitShah ji who ...
Vice president’s visit to Pakistan consolidates friendship, promotes momentum of sound relations: China
BEIJING, May 31 (APP)::China’s Vice President Wang Qishan’s recent visit to Pakistan consolidated friendship and mutual trust between China and Pakistan and promoted momentum of the sound relations between the two countries, a Chinese foreign ministry’s spokesperson Friday said. “You are right that the visit of Vice President Wang Qishan to Pakistan was very successful,” Geng Shuang said while responding to ...
US House committee to hear bill proposing DC statehood
The s Committee on Oversight and Reform is set to hold a hearing on a bill proposing Washington, D.C., be recognized as the nation?s 51st state. The bill seeks to have the city ?admitted to the Union on equal footing with the other states.? It calls for districtwide elections of two senators and one House representative.
Lyon bomb suspect had pledged allegiance to IS
France?s counter-terrorism prosecutor says the main suspect in the bombing last week in the French city of Lyon that wounded 14 people had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State. The suspect could be charged with attempted murders, criminal terrorist conspiracy and manufacturing, possessing and carrying an explosive device in relation with a terrorist undertaking. ...
WHO to stop classifying transgender people as having ‘mental disorder’
The World Health Organization (WHO), a UN agency, will no longer categorize being transgender as a “mental disorder”, after a resolution to amend its health guidelines was approved May 25. WHO approved a resolution to remove “gender identity disorder” from its global manual of diagnoses, in a move that will have a “liberating effect on transgender people worldwide,” says Human ...
Assange suffering ‘psychological torture’: UN expert
Julian Assange has been subjected to drawn-out ?psychological torture?, a UN rights expert said Friday, accusing the United States, Britain, Ecuador and Sweden of ?collective persecution? of the WikiLeaks founder. ?It was obvious that Mr Assange?s health has been seriously affected by the extremely hostile and arbitrary environment he has been exposed to for many years,? Melzer said in ...
Dutchman held by IS-linked rebels killed in Philippines: army
Ewold Horn had been held since 2012 by the Abu Sayyaf kidnap-for-ransom group and was fatally wounded as soldiers fought a 90-minute gun battle with the jihadists on their stronghold, Jolo island. ?Horn was shot by one of his guards when he tried to escape from the Abu Sayyaf during this morning?s gunfight,? said Brigadier General Divino Rey Pabayo ...
Group of 1,036 migrants is largest ever found
A group of 1,036 migrants that crossed the border illegally El Paso, Texas, is the largest the Border Patrol has ever encountered, the agency said Thursday. The Border Patrol said it has found 180 groups of more than 100 people since October, compared to 13 in the previous 12-month period and two the year before. A Border Patrol surveillance ...
یورپی ممالک میں پاکستانی ویزے کی آئن لائن سہولت
فرانس سمیت یورپی ممالک میں پاکستان کے آن لائن ویزےکی سہولت شروع کر دی گئی ہے۔ حکومت پاکستان کی طرف سے ملکی ترقی وخوشحالی کے لیے ٹورازم کے فروغ کےلیے غیر ملکی سیاحوں کو آن لائن وزیر پالیسی پر عملدر آمد کرتے ہوئے فرانس سمیت یورپی ممالک میں آن لائن ویزے کی سہولت شروع کر دی گئی ہے۔ جس کا ...
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فرانسیسی صدر نے ترک صدر کے سامنے ہتھیار ڈال دیئے
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امریکی ریاست پنسلوانیا میں ژالہ باری
امریکی ریاست پنسلوانیا میں ژالہ باری،آسمان سے برستے سینکڑوں بیس بال سائزکے برف کے اولوں نے لوگوں کو حیران کردیا۔ پنسلوانیا کی مختلف کاؤنٹی میں اچانک موسم نے کروٹ لی اور ژالہ باری ہونے لگی، لوگ آسمان سے گرتی بیس بال سائز کی برف دیکھ کر دنگ رہ گئے۔ رپورٹ کے مطابق برف کے اولوں کی وجہ سے کئی گاڑیوں کو نقصان ...
افغان دارالحکومت کابل میں دھماکا، 4 افراد ہلاک
افغانستان کے دارالحکومت کابل میں دھماکا ہوا ہے جس کے نتیجے میں 4 افراد ہلاک ہو گئے۔ افغان میڈیا کے مطابق دھماکا کابل کے علاقے پل چرخی روڈ کے قریب قلعہ وزیر کےعلاقے میں آج صبح کیا گیا، جو وہاں موجود ایک کار میں نصب بم میں ہوا۔ افغان حکام نے بتایا ہے کہ کار بم دھماکے نتیجے میں 4 افراد ...
بھارتی فوج کی فائرنگ، شوپیاں میں 2 کشمیری شہید
مقبوضہ کشمیر میں بھارتی فوج کی ریاستی دہشت گردی جاری ہے، قابض بھارتی فوج نے فائرنگ کر کے مزید 2 کشمیریوں کو شہید کر دیا۔ دوسری جانب بھارتی اور اسرائیلی مظالم کے خلاف مقبوضہ کشمیر میں آج رمضان المبارک کے آخری جمعے کو یوم کشمیر و فلسطین کے طور پر منایا جا رہا ہے۔ قابض بھارتی فوج نے آج صبح مقبوضہ وادی ...
Kremlin Says Unaware Of Russia's Alleged Refusal To Supply S-400 Systems To Iran
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 31st May, 2019) Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday he did not have information that had allegedly refused to supply S-400 air defense systems to .
South Sudan Says Renewing Arms Embargo Is 'anti-peace'
Juba, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - APP - 31st May, 2019 ) :The Security Council's decision to renew an arms embargo on South was "anti-peace" and will weaken the 's fight against rebels, a senior minister told AFP on Friday. "Makuei referred in particular to the rebel group of former South Sudanese General Thomas Cirillo Swaka, ...
Four Afghans killed, four US troops wounded in Kabul suicide blast
KABUL (AFP) - At least four Afghans were killed and four US troops lightly wounded when a car bomber attacked a US military convoy in Kabul on Friday, officials said. The blast, which was claimed by the Taliban, occurred around 8:40 am (0410 GMT) when an explosives-laden vehicle drove into the convoy that was travelling in eastern Kabul, according ...
India PM Modi makes major cabinet changes for new term
NEW DELHI (AFP) - India?s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday named his trusted aide Amit Shah to the key home affairs ministry as part of a major cabinet shakeup for his second term in office.
Palestinian teen shot dead by Israeli forces
RAMALLAH (AFP) - A Palestinian teenager was shot dead by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank on Friday, the Palestinian health ministry said.
