China hits back at NATO criticism, warns it will protect its rights

Beijing lashed back at NATO’s accusation that China challenges the bloc’s interests and security, and opposed any attempt by the military alliance to expand its footprint into the Asia-Pacific region. In a strongly worded communique issued midway into a two-day summit in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius on Tuesday, NATO said the People’s Republic of مزید پڑھیں

Kuwait announces to print 100,000 Qurans in Swedish language

Kuwait has announced its plan to publish 100,000 copies of the Quran with translation in the Swedish language. The plan was initiated by Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, who ordered the concerned authority to carry out the publication. According to international media reports, the plan was inspired by the aim of spreading مزید پڑھیں

At least five killed in Nepal tourist helicopter crash near Mount Everest

At least five people have been killed after a helicopter carrying foreign tourists crashed near Mount Everest in Nepal on Tuesday. Another person on the aircraft was still missing. According to international media reports, the helicopter was carrying five Mexican nationals and a Nepali pilot and had gone missing earlier in the day. The helicopter مزید پڑھیں

Turkey to back Sweden’s NATO bid in return for EU membership: Erdogan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he would back Sweden’s NATO candidacy if the European Union resumes long-stalled membership talks with Ankara. “First, open the way to Turkey’s membership of the European Union, and then we will open it for Sweden, just as we had opened it for Finland,” Erdogan said in a televised مزید پڑھیں

Russia slams US decision to supply Ukraine with cluster munitions

Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has condemned the US decision to supply Ukraine with cluster munitions saying it was aimed to prolong the war. Zakharova said in a statement on the ministry’s website that cluster bombs is another step aimed at protracting the war without taking into account the cost of civilian lives. “We مزید پڑھیں

UN stands by condemnation of Israel over the Jenin military raid

Israel’s United Nations ambassador has called on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to retract his condemnation of Israeli forces for using excessive force and harming civilians during their devastating raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. According to internaitonal media reports, the UN deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq responded saying that Guterres had مزید پڑھیں

UN mourns 9,000 civilian deaths as Ukraine war enters its 500th day

More than 9,000 civilians, including 500 children, have been killed since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the United Nations has said, condemning the cost to civilians as the war in Ukraine reached the 500-day mark. The UN’s Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) said in a statement on Friday that it “deplored مزید پڑھیں

UN chief condemns Israel’s attack on Jenin refugee camp

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has condemned the Israeli military’s excessive use of force in its largest operation in two decades against the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. More than 100 civilians were injured, thousands were forced to flee their homes, schools and hospitals were damaged, and water and electricity networks were مزید پڑھیں