BEIJING: In another major shakeup that is raising eyebrows worldwide, Chinese leader Xi Jinping has installed former deputy naval chief Wang Houbin and party central committee member Xu Xisheng as the People's Liberation Army's (PLA) Rocket Force unit heads. Former Rocket Force boss, General Li Yuchao
JEDDAH: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) expressed grave concern over an increase in Islamophobia after a spike in incidents of Holy Quran burning in Nordic nations. Notorious people, with their governments' approval, have in the last few weeks desecrated the holy book in Sweden and
PARIS: The UN's cultural agency UNESCO recommended that Venice be added to its list of world heritage in danger, saying the Italian authorities needed to step up efforts to secure the historic city and its surrounding lagoon. UNESCO said in its recommendation that Venice risked "irreversible"
HARYANA: As Hindu-Muslim clashes erupted in the Indian state of Haryana near New Delhi, five people, including a naib imam of a mosque in Gurgaon, were killed, and over 50 sustained injuries, Indian Express reported. The violence was triggered after a Hindu religious procession passed through
SRINAGAR: Moulvi Bashir Ahmad Irfani, General Secretary of All Parties Hurriyat Conference, has said that Kashmiris will observe August 5 as a Black Day in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir to send a clear message to India that New Delhi is an illegal occupier
MIRPUR: Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Chaudhry Anwar ul Haq and President Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry have expressed deep concern over the deteriorating human rights situation in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu Kashmir (IIOJK). In a meeting held in Mirpur (AJK), both the leaders discussed
NEW DELHI: India’s Supreme Court came down hard on the Manipur police and demanded to see a complete break-up of the approximately 6,000 cases of murder, rape, arson, crimes against women, burning of villages, homes and places of worship the state government claimed to have