A suicide attack in Shula District of Baghdad has left at least four people killed and 15 others wounded, Iraqi security services told Reuters. The attack took place in the predominantly Shi’ite Shula district, in northwest Baghdad.
An Israeli court suspended Israel’s revocation of a work permit issued a representative of Human Rights Watch, saying the decision was supported on an outdated information. Reuters Reported Omar Shakir’s visa was withdrawn early this month after Israel accused him of supporting a boycott against it and gave him two weeks to leave the country. […]
The top top United Nations rights official has warned that the world is sliding back on human rights and its principles are under attack in all corners of the globe. He also urged people on global level to show “fierce and passionate commitment” in defending them.
The World Bank after having a talk with the delegation of Pakistan on Tuesday said that it seeks an “amicable resolution” of its water dispute with India, The Dawn newspaper reported. On Sunday a top level delegation Attorney General Ashtar Ausaf Ali which arrived in Washington for the talks regarding the water issue, apprised the […]
Israel has become the first country to use US made F-35 stealth fighter in combat, the Israeli air force chief said on Tuesday in remarks carried by the military’s official Twitter account, Reuters reported Local media further quoted Major-General Amikam Norkin as saying in a speech to the chiefs of 20 foreign air forces convening […]
At least 14 police officers have been killed after Taliban attacked several districts in eastern Ghazni province. Associated press reported Provincial council member Hassan Reza Yusoufi told the AP that the seven killed in Dih Yak district included the police chief and a reserve police commander. Another seven were killed in Jaghatu district. He said […]
The authorities of Myanmar have ordered the Rohingya Muslims to evacuate the narrow space of no man’s land between the borders of Myanmar and Bangladesh, The Dawn newspaper reported. The refugees said that the security forces of Myanmar have been broadcasting this order on the loudspeakers. Pertinently at least 6,000 refugees from the persecuted minority […]
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that a group of Islamic State fighters that had been taking refuge in insurgent enclave near Damascus was evacuated on Sunday in a withdrawal that will restore state control over the area. Media reports said Syrian state media made no mention of a deal to allow the militants […]
Russia on Saturday unveiled the world’s first floating nuclear power station at a ceremony in the city of Murmansk where it will be loaded with nuclear fuel before heading to eastern Siberia, Media reports said Built in Saint Petersburg, the Akademik Lomonosov arrived in Murmansk on Thursday where it was moored in the port and […]
Recep Tayyip Erdogan president of Tukrey comparedIsrael’s actions against Palestinians in Gaza to the Nazi persecution of Jews in World War II. Media reports said “There is no difference between the atrocity faced by the Jewish people in Europe 75 years ago and the brutality that our Gaza brothers are subjected to,” he told a […]
