Srinagar: A US army general was among those injured in a Taliban attack on top US and Afghan security chiefs inside a highly secure compound last week in Kandahar province, a military spokesman confirmed, Dawn news reported. US Army Brigadier General Jeffrey Smiley, in charge of NATO’s military advisory mission in Afghanistan, suffered at least […]
Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany will not export arms to Saudi Arabia for now in the wake of journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s violent death. “I agree with all those who say when it comes to our already limited arms exports to Saudi Arabia that they cannot take place in the current situation,” she told […]
Srinagar: Journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in a fight in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, the country’s state TV reports, quoting an initial inquiry, BBC reported. Deputy intelligence chief Ahmad al-Assiri and Saud al-Qahtani, senior aide to Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, were sacked over the affair, it says. US President Donald Trump said what […]
Beijing: China is preparing to launch three artificial moons in space in 2022, the state-run Science and Technology Daily reported. The project will get completed by 2020. The artificial or man-made moon is a satellite carrying a huge space mirror, which can reflect the sun light to the Earth. The verification of launch, orbit injection, […]
Istanbul: After profusely debating “fault lines and perils facing Muslim societies” for three days, over 20 international scholars came together on the last day of “The Muslim Ummah” international conference being held in Istanbul, and listed various recommendations for Muslims countries with focus on youth, institutional building and investments to move forward towards a better […]
Istanbul: The scholars at the ‘The Muslim Ummah’ conference held in Istanbul noted that the challenge of sectarianism in Muslim societies is shaped by geopolitical interests rather than Islamic theology or Sharia. Speaking during the 1st session themed ‘The Challenge of Secularism’ at the “fault lines and perils facing Muslim societies’ conference on second day, […]
Srinagar: After Uber, Viacom and Ford, Internet giant Google also on Monday boycotted the forthcoming business conference in Saudi Arabia in view of recent developments over disappearance of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey. “Google Cloud Chief Executive Diane Greene would not attend the Future Investment Initiative Summit to be held in Riyadh “, […]
Srinagar: Last year, WhatsApp introduced ‘Delete for everyone’ feature through which a sender can delete a sent message in any conversation. The time limit to use this feature was 7 minutes earlier, which was later increased to 1 hour 8 minutes and 16 seconds. Now, WhatsApp is going to roll out another update to this […]
Istanbul: A three-day international conference commenced at Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University (IZU) on Sunday with over 20 reputed speakers from around the globe participating. Hosted and organized by the Center for Islam and Global Affairs (CIGA) – a pioneering research center at IZU – the three-day international conference focuses on the “fault lines and perils […]
Washington: US President Donald Trump has thanked Turkey for freeing American pastor Andrew Brunson after two years in custody. According to the report in Arab News,Trump said that it would help improve strained relations between US and Turkey. He also denied cutting a deal for Brunson’s release. Trump in his tweet said,”I don’t make deals […]
