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Suicide attack on Afghan police bus kills five

Suicide attack on Afghan police bus kills five

Srinagar: A suicide car bomb attack on a bus carrying police officers and workers in central Afghanistan killed at least five people Saturday, officials said. Another 12 were wounded in the Taliban-claimed blast in the Wardak provincial capital of Maidan Shar, provincial police spokesman Hekmatullah Durrani told AFP. The explosion happened as the bus entered […]

Khashoggi’s murder: Turkish prosecutors demand extradition of suspects

Khashoggi’s murder: Turkish prosecutors demand extradition of suspects

Istanbul: Turkish prosecutors have demanded the extradition of 18 Saudi suspects, who were arrested in Saudi Arabia a week ago over their alleged roles in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The Istanbul Public Prosecutor’s Office submitted the extradition request to Turkey’s justice ministry to be delivered to Saudi officials, Xinhua reported, quoting broadcaster NTV. […]

Mullah Baradar set free by Pak :Afghan Taliban

Mullah Baradar set free by Pak :Afghan Taliban

Islamabad: Afghan Taliban has said that their former deputy Chief Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar had been set free by Pakistani authorities. “It is stated with great pleasure that former deputy of the Islamic Emirate Alhaj Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, who had been imprisoned in Pakistan for the last nine years, was released from jail,” a […]

European court rules insulting Prophet Muhammad (SAW) ‘not freedom of expression’

European court rules insulting Prophet Muhammad (SAW) ‘not freedom of expression’

Srinagar: The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Thursday that insulting Islam’s Prophet Mohammed is not covered by freedom of expression. Defaming the Prophet “goes beyond the permissible limits of an objective debate” and “could stir up prejudice and put at risk religious peace,” the ruling stated. The decision by a seven-judge panel […]

Explosive device sent to CNN offices, Clinton, Obama

Explosive device sent to CNN offices, Clinton, Obama

New York: Former US president Barack Obama and ex-secretary of state Hillary Clinton have been targeted by explosive devices sent in the mail, while a similar package was sent to the CNN offices in New York. The device, addressed to former CIA director John Brennan, was found around 1000 hours at the CNN mailroom, prompting […]

International probe into Khashoggi’s murder: United Nations

International probe into Khashoggi’s murder: United Nations

Srinagar: The UN independent expert on freedom of opinion and expression, has said he’s ‘very disappointed’ that Member States have so far failed to back calls for an independent international investigation into the ‘evident murder’ of dissident Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi. In an exclusive interview with UN News, Special Rapporteur David Kaye, urged all governments […]

Erdogan says Saudi team planned Khashoggi’s murder

Erdogan says Saudi team planned Khashoggi’s murder

Srinagar: Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, having promised to reveal the “naked truth” of a Saudi plot to kill the journalist Jamal Khashoggi, said on Tuesday in a speech to Parliament that a team including Saudi generals had flown in to carry out the mission. Erdogan’s much-anticipated address came after more than two weeks of […]

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