Category: International News

N Zealand PM urges global action on social media perils

Christchurch :  New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Wednesday called for a global response to the dangers of social media as the Muslim community began burying their dead five days after the twin-mosques massacre. A white supremacist gunman streamed his 17 minutes of carnage in which he is […]

Italy to join China’s Belt and Road initiative over US worry

Milan :  Premier Giuseppe Conte pledged Tuesday to make Italy the first Group of Seven nation to join China’s ambitious Belt and Road initiative, despite objections from the United States and concerns within his governing coalition. Speaking to parliament, Conte said that Italy’s signing of a memorandum of understanding […]

Letter points to terror motive in Dutch tram attack

Dutch authorities said Tuesday they were “seriously” investigating a terrorist motive for the Utrecht tram attack because of evidence including a letter found in the suspected gunman’s getaway car. Police were questioning Turkish-born main suspect Gokmen Tanis, 37, and two other men over Monday’s rampage in which three […]

Pakistan tells China of ‘deteriorating situation’ in Kashmir

BEIJING – Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi told his Chinese counterpart on Tuesday of the “rapidly deteriorating situation” and rights violations in Kashmir, and called for India to look again at its policies there. India launched an air strike on a militant camp inside Pakistan last month […]

Musharraf admitted to Dubai hospital after reaction from rare disease : Party

Islamabad : Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has been admitted to a hospital in Dubai after suffering a reaction from a rare disease that has weakened his nervous system, his party has said. General (retd) Musharraf, 75, who has been living in Dubai since March 2016, is facing […]

Aus police raid properties linked to New Zealand terror suspect

Melbourne : Australian counter-terrorism police on Monday searched two homes linked to the family members of the gunman accused of killing 50 people at two mosques in Christchurch to obtain material that may assist New Zealand Police in their investigation into the terror attack. The attacker, identified by authorities […]

China says 13,000 Xinjiang ‘terrorists’ arrested since 2014

Beijing :  China says it has arrested nearly 13,000 people it describes as terrorists in the traditionally Islamic region of Xinjiang since 2014 and broken up hundreds of “terrorist gangs.” The figures were included in a government report on the situation in the restive northwestern territory that seeks to […]

Nine Pakistanis killed in New Zealand terror attacks: Pak FO

Islamabad, Mar 17: Nine Pakistani nationals have been killed in the terror attack on two Christchurch mosques in New Zealand, authorities here said on Sunday. At least 50 worshippers were killed on Friday in attacks on the Al Noor Mosque in central Christchurch and the Linwood Mosque in the […]

New Zealand PM vows gun law reform after mosque massacre

Christchurch, Mar 16:  New Zealand’s prime minister vowed Saturday to toughen the country’s gun laws after revealing the alleged shooter behind Christchurch’s mosque attacks had legally bought the five weapons, including two semi-automatic rifles, used in the massacre. The nation’s firearms laws are lax compared to neighbouring Australia, […]

‘Multiple fatalities’ as gunman targets New Zealand mosques

Christchurch : At least one gunman who targeted crowded mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch killed a number of people Friday, police said, with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern describing the shooting as “one of New Zealand’s darkest days”. The mosques were packed with worshippers gathering for Friday […]

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