DOHA- Contrary to claims on social media, a short video clip showing a crowd of people praying in a stadium was not recorded in Qatar during the soccer World Cup. The video has been online since at least 2019 and was recorded at an arena in Russia. An iteration of […]
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KUALA LUMPUR, (Reuters) – Malaysian King Al-Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah is in the spotlight as he mulls his choice on who will be the country’s next prime minister, after an election left no party with a majority in parliament and coalition talks failed. Al-Sultan Abdullah on Tuesday said he […]
KABUL -UNS : Three women and 11 men were flogged on Wednesday on the orders of an Afghan court after they were found guilty of theft and “moral crimes”, a provincial official said. The lashings are the first to be confirmed since the Taliban’s supreme leader ordered judges this month […]
ISLAMBAD – UNS- he Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ms. Hina Rabbani Khar, addressed the 9th Global Forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC), being hosted by the Kingdom of Morocco in the city of Fez from 22-23 November 2022. In her statement, the Minister of State […]
JAMES M. DORSEY As Indonesia passed the chairmanship of the Group of 20 (G-20) to India earlier this month, major Muslim and Hindu organisations, some backed by their governments, are battling to define the role of religion in global politics and whether the world’s significant faiths need reform to harness […]
West Java killed at least 268 people, many of them children, with 151 still missing, disaster relief officials said on Tuesday, as rescuers searched the rubble of destroyed buildings for survivors. The shallow 5.6-magnitude quake struck Indonesia’s most populous province on Monday afternoon, causing significant damage to the town of […]
LUSAIL, Qatar (Reuters) – Unheralded Saudi Arabia notched one of the biggest shocks in World Cup history on Tuesday with a 2-1 win over Lionel Messi’s Argentina thanks to a scintillating second half come back. On his fifth and final quest for the only major trophy to elude him, the […]
DOHA-UNS/AFP-The World Cup kicked off in Qatar on Sunday with the Muslim nation, which faced a barrage of criticism over its treatment of foreign workers, LGBT rights and social restrictions, staking its reputation on delivering a smooth tournament. Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani arrived at the stadium flanked […]
Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is under Russian control, was rocked by shelling on Sunday, drawing condemnation from the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog who said such attacks risked a major nuclear disaster. POWER SUPPLIES * Ukrainian electricity supplies are under control despite Russian attacks on power-generating infrastructure […]