UNITED NATIONS — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has reiterated his call to stop any violence stemming from religious differences in India. His Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Tuesday that Guterres “is for the full respect of religion, for calling against any sort of hate speech or incitement and, of course, a halt to any sort of […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in a telephone call apprised President of UN General Assembly Abdulla Shahid of the controversial remarks made by two former senior officials of India’s ruling party against Prophet Mohammad, the Foreign Office said here on Friday. Noting that such provocation had deeply hurt the sentiments of billions […]
UNITED NATIONS — Amid sharp reaction from several Muslim nations over remarks by BJP leaders against Prophet Mohammed, a spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that we strongly encourage respect and tolerance for all religions. The spokesperson was responding to a question by a Pakistani journalist on the condemnation by several Muslim nations […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has written to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres about the sentencing of Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik by an Indian court in a militant funding case, the Foreign Office said on Friday. A Delhi court last week handed out a life sentence to Malik, one of the […]
KABUL — A UN report has claimed that the relationship between the Taliban in Afghanistan and Al Qaeda remains close, with the latter “renewing its pledge of allegiance to Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada”, the supreme leader of the Taliban. The report by the UN Security Council’s Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team assessed the presence of […]
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the countries, which are attempting to isolate Russia, are primarily only harming their economies. While addressing the plenary session of the First Eurasian Economic Forum on Thursday, Putin said it would simply be unfeasible and impossible to isolate Russia, and “those, who aspire to do so would […]
HOUSTON — In one of the worst school shootings in American history, an 18-year-old gunman has killed 21 people, including 18 children, and rendered several other grievously injured at an elementary school in Texas state, before the assailant was eliminated in police firing. Gunshots rang out of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde town, Texas, 134 […]
WASHINGTON — Around the world, Muslims are being targeted with violence, US President Joe Biden said on Monday asserting that Muslims make America stronger every single day even as they still face real challenges and threats in the society that they live in. At a White House reception to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, Biden said he […]
WASHINGTON — US congresswoman Ilhan Omar pressed one of President Joe Biden’s most senior diplomats on Wednesday on US support for India given what she said is a long-standing campaign against the country’s Muslim minority. Omar, who is Muslim, directly asked Wendy Sherman, Biden’s deputy secretary of state, how US support for Indian Prime Minister […]
GENEVA — Almost the entire global population, or 99 per cent, breathes air that exceeds air quality limits set by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the UN health agency said in a statement. Even though a record number of more than 6,000 cities in 117 countries now monitor air quality, people in those cities still […]