Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed has banned the wearing of the niqab – a full-face veil – in public institutions with immediate effect, citing security reasons. “Chahed signed a government decree that bars any person with an undisclosed face from access to public headquarters, administrations, institutions for security reasons,” an official source told Reuters News […]
The ongoing seventh round of negotiations between Taliban representatives and US officials in Qatar has made “spectacular progress” on a draft agreement aimed at ending the 18-year-long conflict in Afghanistan, a spokesperson for the Taliban has said. Speaking to Al Jazeera on Wednesday, Suhail Shaheen, the Taliban’s political spokesman in Doha, said that “80-90 percent work on the peace agreement […]
Tehran: President Hassan Rouhani said Iran will exceed on Sunday the uranium enrichment limit it agreed in a 2015 deal with major powers, raising it “as much as necessary”. Iran is acting on its May 8 threat to suspend parts of the 2015 nuclear agreement in response to US President Donald Trump’s reimposition of crippling sanctions […]
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived Monday in Saudi Arabia for talks with the close ally amid mounting tensions with Iran. Pompeo is expected to meet in the Red Sea city of Jeddah with King Salman and the powerful crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, before flying for talks in the United Arab Emirates, US […]
A group of Norwegian Muslims have launched a campaign to remove the requirement for visible ears on passports and ID cards. A total of 842 responses from organisations and individuals alike were sent to the government to remove the mandatory ear demand, the news outlet Document reported. “The requirement for visible ears on facial photography […]
Tehran: Iran said Friday that it had “indisputable” evidence that a US drone it shot down this week had violated its airspace. Deputy foreign minister Abbas Araghchi told Swiss ambassador, Markus Leitner, whose country represents US interests in Iran, of the evidence on Thursday night, the foreign ministry said in a statement. “Even some parts […]
Cairo: The UN human rights office has called for a prompt and thorough probe into the death of former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, a day after he collapsed and died inside a Cairo courtroom on Tuesday. “Any sudden death in custody must be followed by a prompt, impartial, thorough and transparent investigation carried out by […]
Srinagar: The students of Kashmir University on Tuesday offered funeral prayers in absentia for the deposed Egyptian president Dr Mohamed Morsi. The former President was buried on Tuesday in eastern Cairo, his son said, a day after he collapsed in court and died shortly after. Witnesses said that scores of faculty members, scholars, and students assembled […]
Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday blamed Egypt’s “tyrants” for the death of former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi who died in a Cairo hospital after fainting during a court session. “History will never forget those tyrants who led to his death by putting him in jail and threatening him with execution,” Erdogan, a […]
Stockholm: While six countries have either reduced or maintained the same number of nuclear weapons in their arsenal in the beginning of 2019 compared to 2018, four countries — China, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea – have increased the number of bombs. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Yearbook 2019 released these data on Monday. […]
