Robert Mugabe, the former leader of Zimbabwe forced to resign in 2017 after a 37-year rule whose initial promise was eroded by economic turmoil, disputed elections and human rights violations, has died. He was 95 years old. His successor, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, confirmed Mugabe's death in a tweet on Friday and cried him as an […]
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday questioned the silence of the world community about the persecution of Muslims in Kashmir and India occupied by Indians. The prime minister turned to Twitter to highlight the plight of the Kashmir people, as he has done since India unilaterally decided to annex occupied Kashmir on August 5 and
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson called early elections Thursday after a series of parliamentary votes that broke his Brexit hardline strategy and left him without a majority. His government said it would make a second attempt on Monday to activate national polls after Wednesday's opposition Labor Party helped block Johnson's first offer. "It is time
Amnesty International India launched a global campaign on Thursday in an attempt to highlight the human cost of a month's imprisonment in occupied Kashmir. "The blackout of draconian communication in [occupied] Kashmir is a scandalous and prolonged assault against the civil liberties of the people of Kashmir, "reads a press release from the human rights
India has declared Masood Azhar, leader of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), and Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, head of the prohibited Jamaatud Dawa (JuD), as terrorists under a new law. The Ministry of Interior of India appointed the two as terrorists under the amended Law on Amendment of Illegal Activities (Prevention). The new law empowers the government to designate
British parliamentarians on Wednesday "agreed to continue working to ensure relief from the suffering facing the people of Kashmir," said a statement from the High Commission of Pakistan in London. High Commissioner Mohammad Nafees Zakaria held a closed meeting in the House of Commons in London with a large number of parliamentarians from the United
British parliamentarians inflicted a new defeat on Prime Minister Boris Johnson's hard-line Brexit strategy on Wednesday by passing a law that could prevent him from taking Britain out of the European Union without an agreement next month. In a second parliamentary revolt in the same number of days, the House of Commons voted 327 to
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised his "close friend" Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin, when they said they would work to boost military, commercial and energy ties. The leaders met on the first day of Russia's economic forum in the city of Vladivostok, on the Pacific coast, an annual event since 2015 while Moscow seeks
The Hong Kong leader bowed Wednesday to a key demand from protesters in favor of democracy after three months of unrest, announcing the withdrawal of a hated extradition bill, but activists promised to continue their campaign. Millions of people have taken to the streets of Hong Kong since June in the biggest challenge to the
The Kashmir Press Club (KPC) in Srinagar on Tuesday expressed serious concern over the "unprecedented communication blockade" in the valley and criticized the authorities for allegedly asking some senior journalists to leave their government accommodation. The KPC also described the action as "harassment aimed at forcing journalists to follow a particular line." Denouncing the restrictions
