US panel renews call to blacklist India over religious freedom

A United States government panel renewed calls Monday to blacklist India over religious freedom, saying that treatment of minorities has continued to worsen under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The US Commission on International Religious Freedom offers recommendations but does not set policy and there is little expectation that the State Department will accept its stance مزید پڑھیں

Suspected ISIL leader killed in Syria, Tayyip Erdogan

President Erdogan discloses intelligence operation took place in Jinderes in northwestern Syria on Saturday. Turkish intelligence forces have killed the suspected leader of the ISIL (ISIS) group, Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced. Erdogan said Turkish intelligence had been monitoring the alleged leader of the hardline group for a long مزید پڑھیں

Thai PM candidate gives birth two weeks before elections

Paetongtarn Shinawatra, a leading candidate to become Thailand’s next prime minister, has given birth to a boy just two weeks before election day. Paetongtarn, who leads the opposition Pheu Thai Party, announced the birth of Phrithasin Suksawat on Instagram with a photo from the hospital.“Thanks for all the support,” the 36-year-old wrote to her more مزید پڑھیں

On this day in history George Washington inaugurated as first US president.

President George Washington was inaugurated as the first president of the United States on this day in history, April 30, 1789. Event was celebrated with fireworks and an inaugural ball held a week later. In his address, which he delivered at New York City’s Federal Hall, Washington expressed his anxiety over the prospect of leading a مزید پڑھیں

Saudi Arabia, Iran to reopen embassies ‘within days’: Minister

Saudi Arabia and Iran will reopen embassies in each other’s capitals “within days”, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has said in a sign of warming relations after the two countries closed their missions seven years ago. Announcement comes after the two countries agreed to restore diplomatic relations during talks in China last month. Speaking at مزید پڑھیں