Category: World News
Sri Lanka’s bloody day: Blasts target churches, hotels
Colombo (ANN)-Several explosions have hit three churches and three hotels in Sri Lanka, reportedly leaving at least 207 people dead and 450 others wounded, police say. The explosions hit St. Anthony’s Church in Colombo and St. Sebastian’s Church in the
US Mideast plan will not include land transfer from Egypt’s Sinai: envoy
US Congresswoman proposes cutting Israel aid Washington(ANN)-US President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan will not involve giving land from Egypt’s Sinai peninsula to the Palestinians, an American envoy said on Friday, Reuters reports. Jason Greenblatt, Trump’s Middle East envoy,
Turkey, Qatar military officials meet in Doha
Doha(ANN)-Qatar’s Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Ghanim Bin Shaheen Al-Ghanem yesterday met with Turkey’s Colonel Mustafa Aydin in Doha, the Qatari Ministry of Defence said in a statement. The two officials discussed bilateral military relations as well as ways to
‘Some Arab rulers killing Muslims; serving US, Zionists’
Tehran(ANN)-Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has blasted leaders of “certain Islamic nations” for serving Israel and the United States in stark contrast to the teachings of Islam’s holy book, the Qur’an. “Many wrongdoings, misunderstandings, despairs, disloyalties,
US mosques step up security after New Zealand attack
New York(ANN)- Mosques across the United States increased security measures for Friday prayers after a gunman shot dead 49 people and wounded more than 40 at two mosques in New Zealand, attacks that many blamed on the demonization of Muslims
Pakistan shoots down Indian warplanes, captures pilots’
Islamabad(ANN)-Pakistan says it has shot down two Indian military jets, which violated its airspace, and captured two pilots amid escalating tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors over the recent developments in disputed Kashmir. The Pakistani military’s spokesman, Major General Asif Ghafoor,
Iran proud of supporting Syria: Ayatollah Khamenei
Tehran(ANN)-Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the Islamic Republic is honored to support Syria and considers it as equal to supporting the entire resistance front. Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks in a meeting with Syrian President
Saudi crown prince ignores Uighurs during China visit
Beijing(ANN)- Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman turned a blind eye to the plight of China’s Uighur Muslims when he met Friday with President Xi Jinping in Beijing. The Uighur community both inside and outside China had expected bin Salman,
Poland in escalated row with Israel after anti-Iran event
Warsaw(ANN)- Poland has harshly responded to remarks by Israeli interim Foreign Minister Israel Katz, who has repeated his earlier comments that Poles “collaborated” with Nazi Germany in the killing of Jews during World War II. Last week, Israeli interim Foreign Minister
Putin warns of retaliation if US deployed missiles in Europe
Moscow(ANN)-Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned the United States against deploying intermediate-range nuclear weapons in Europe, saying his country will target the US itself and not just the countries where those missiles are stationed. In his annual address to Federal