International

STOCKHOLM: Tens of thousands of young people skipped school across the globe on Friday to march through the streets for an international day of student protests aimed at pushing world leaders into action on climate change. Classrooms in capitals from Bangkok to Berlin, Lagos to London emptied as ambitious organisers of the student strike hoped to stage 1,000 demos in …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Iran on Friday renewed their resolve to intensify their cooperation in counterterrorism and other aspects of bilateral relationship. This was the upshot of a telephonic conversation between Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua and Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi. The telephonic contact followed last week’s conversationbetween Prime Minister Imran Khan and President Hassan Rouhani in which the two …

WASHINGTON: Differences between the US and Afghan governments over the peace talks became public this week after a senior Afghan official criticised Washington for talking to the Taliban while the Trump administration summoned him to the State Department to convey its displeasure. “Under Secretary for Political Affairs David Hale summoned Afghan National Security Adviser Hamdullah Mohib today to reject the …

The Director of the General Presidency for Affairs of al-Masjid al-Haraam and the Prophet’s Masjid, his eminence ash-Shaykh ‘Abdur-Rahmaan ibn ‘Abdil-‘Azeez as-Sudays, has issued a statement on behalf of himself and all the Imaams, Khateebs, scholars, teachers, and staff at al-Masjid al-Haraam and the Prophet’s Masjid. The detailed statement has condemned the terrorist attacks in which two New Zealand mosques …

Tens of thousands of young people skipped school across the globe on Friday and marched through the streets on a global day of student protests aiming to push world leaders into action on climate change. Classrooms in capitals from Bangkok to Berlin, Lagos to London were expected to be empty, as the ambitious organisers of the student strike hoped to …

CHRISTCHURCH: Australian-born suspected  terrorist Brenton Tarrant appeared in court on Saturday charged with murder, after a heinous    attack on two Christchurch mosques that left 49 dead. A right-wing extremist who filmed himself rampaging through two mosques  appeared in court on a murder charge. Twenty-eight-year-old former  Australian fitness instructor, who is main suspect in  New Zealand mass shootings, sat  impassively as …

CHRISTCHURCH: New Zealand´s prime minister vowed to toughen the country´s gun laws after revealing Saturday that the man accused of murdering 49 people in two mosques legally purchased the arsenal of firearms used in the massacre. Jacinda Ardern said the gunman, 28-year-old Australian Brenton Tarrant, obtained a “Category A” gun licence in November 2017 and began purchasing the five weapons …

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has deleted his first tweet  linking to the Breitbart, as terrorist conducted a brutal massacre in New Zealand and  releasing a manifesto that celebrated the US president as “a symbol of renewed white identity and common purpose.” US President’s first tweet featured no words of condolence – or any words – just a link to …

CHRISTCHURCH: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Saturday urged  US President Donald Trump  to send sympathy and love for Muslim communities.  “The best help you could provide in the wake of the Christchurch attack would be sympathy and love for Muslim communities,” New Zealand Premier told  Trump. Ardern spoke to Trump on the phone early on Saturday morning ahead …

CHRISTCHURCH: A right-wing extremist who filmed himself on a rampage that left 49 mosque-goers dead flashed a white power sign as he appeared in a New Zealand court Saturday charged with murder. Australian-born 28-year-old Brenton Tarrant stood in the dock wearing handcuffs and a white prison smock, as the judge read a single murder charge against him. A raft of …