A member of parliament who is an important pro-Indian politician in occupied Kashmir was arrested Monday under a controversial law that allows authorities to imprison someone for up to two years without charges or trial. Farooq Abdullah, 81, who was also the former Prime Minister of the occupied Jammu and Kashmir, was arrested under the […]
Tensions are rising in the Persian Gulf after the president of the United States, Donald Trump, said on Sunday that the United States was "blocked and charged" for a possible response to the attack on Saudi oil facilities. "There are reasons to believe that we know the culprit, we are locked up and loaded depending
President Donald Trump will join Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a massive meeting of American Indians in Houston, the White House said Sunday, in a symbolic sample of the link between the two leaders and countries. The September 22 rally – nicknamed, with a touch of Texan bell, "Hello, Modi!" – It will mark a
Oil prices rose on Monday, with Brent crude registering its highest percentage increase during the day since the beginning of the Gulf War in 1991, after an attack on Saudi oil facilities closed on Saturday the equivalent of 5 percent of global supply. Reference Brent crude futures increased to 19.5pc to $ 71.95 per barrel,
Syrian President Bashar Assad issued a decree on Sunday granting amnesty and reducing convictions for all crimes committed before September 14, state news agency SANA said. Similar amnesties have been issued several times last year since the Syria crisis began in March 2011. According to Sunday's forgiveness, the terms for life would replace the death
The Islamic Cooperation Organization (ICO) on Sunday expressed its "total rejection" of the Israeli Prime Minister's pre-election promise to annex part of the West Bank, Saudi state media said. Struggling to win reelection in the polls on Tuesday, Benjamin Netanyahu made a very controversial promise last week to annex the strategic Jordan Valley, which accounts
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres recently criticized the drone attack on oil facilities in eastern Saudi Arabia, a spokesman for Stefan Duzarik said in a statement Sunday. The drone attack caused massive fires in two Saudi Aramco locations. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres recently criticized the drone attack on oil facilities in eastern Saudi Arabia, a spokesman
Iran dismissed the accusations of the United States that it was behind the attacks against Saudi oil plants that were at risk of disrupting the world's energy supply and warned on Sunday that US bases and aircraft carriers in the region were within reach of their missiles . The Yemeni Houthi group claimed responsibility for
The human rights group Amnesty International launched a petition on its website, urging people to raise their voices against the communications blackout imposed by the government in Kashmir occupied by India, which has been in effect for more than a month. "Almost 8 million people have been going through a communication cut since August 5,"
Tropical storm Humberto moved away from the Bahamas on Saturday after raining over parts of the northwest region of the archipelago that were already hit by Hurricane Dorian two weeks ago. Humberto dropped rain on the islands when UN Secretary General Antnio Guterres visited the Bahamas to support humanitarian efforts in the wake of Dorian,
