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Iran on Sunday urged Muslim nations to forge closer cooperation to counter the US policy of seeking to create division among them. “The US’ dishonest, duplicitous and divisive policy towards Muslim countries, including Iran and Pakistan, requires that they bolster cooperation against the US in addition to maintaining vigilance and taking preventive measures,” Ali Shamkhani, ...

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ISLAMABAD: Footprint of takfiri terrorist group of ISIS is continuously on the rise in the country, especially in northern Sindh and Balochistan, as over the past one year responsibility for as many as six deadliest attacks, in which 153 people were killed, was claimed by this outfit. This has been claimed in a report, ‘Pakistan ...

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Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif has said the United States was behaving towards Pakistan as “a friend who always betrays” after Washington suspended aid and President Donald Trump accused Islamabad of lies and deceit over many years. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan also said it was time for Pakistan to “delink” from the United states and ...

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The United States is examining ways to mitigate any Pakistani retaliation as it piles pressure on Islamabad to crack down on militants, a senior US official said on Friday, cautioning that US action could extend beyond a new freeze in aid. Pakistan is a crucial gateway for US military supplies destined for US and other ...

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A Senate panel on Friday tasked the National Counter-Terrorism Authority (Nacta) with conducting research on the footprints of the takfiri militant Daesh group in Pakistan and its linkage with banned Deobandi terrorist outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Al Qaeda and other terrorist networks. The Senate Standing Committee on Interior, which met here under the chairmanship of ...

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Another Shia Muslim embraced martyrdom in a targeted attack by notorious terrorists of outlawed Deobandi takfiri militant outfit ASWJ/Lashkar-e-Jhangvi in Quetta on Friday. The gory incident of cold blooded murder occurred in Hazar Ganji area of Quetta where Ibrahim son of Raheem, a Persian speaking Hazara Shia Muslim was killed for the only reason that ...

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Hundreds of people have staged a protest on the southern outskirts of the Syrian capital, Damascus, to express their frustration with the presence of anti-Damascus militants in the region as government forces gain more ground there. The residents of Beit Sahem, Yalda and Babbila took to the streets on Friday, demanding that armed groups leave ...

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Saudi Arabia and Daesh Takfiri terrorist group are “eternal bedfellows” and both are following US President Donald Trump’s lead. “All endorse violence, death and destruction in Iran. Why are we not surprised,” Zarif said in a “breaking” post on his official Twitter account on Friday. On December 28, ...

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The United Nations Security Council’s emergency meeting on the recent protests in Iran at the request of the United States “discredits” the council and demonstrates how Washington “abuses” its powers as a permanent member to forward its own agenda, says Iran’s envoy to the UN. Addressing the largely-divided session on Friday, Iran’s Ambassador to the ...

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US Congressman John Garamendi, a Democrat from California, says many Republican lawmakers agree with him that President Donald Trump is mentally “not fit for office.” Garamendi, a member of the US House of Representatives, said Friday that Trump is “crazy,” comparing him to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. “We’ve got a crazy leading the North ...

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A new book based on interviews purportedly coming from White House insiders has revealed that US President Donald Trump was behind the elevation of Mohammed bin Salman to the position of Saudi Arabia’s crown prince last year. The claim is included in the book titled Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House which went on sale on ...

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CHILDREN can be brave, reckless in their pursuits. Not given to contemplating the consequences of their actions, they are not stalled by the possibility of danger. The closest we are to being immortal is when we are boys and girls. Even when death stares them in the face, children are not paralysed by the fear ...

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Fourteen people have lost their lives in an explosion at a mosque in northeastern Nigeria near the border with Cameroon. Vigilantes said an individual suspected of working for the Boko Haram Takfiri terrorist group blew himself up amid worshippers inside the mosque in the town of Gamboru in the state of Borno at about 5:00 ...

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The Syrian Army troops have thus far freed over 65 regions in their operations against the Al-Nusra Front in northeastern Hama and southeastern Idlib in their push towards the Abu al-Dhohour Airbase. Military sources confirmed on Wednesday that the army men pushed Al-Nusra back from the village of Um al-Khalakhil north of Rasm Sham al-Hawa. ...

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The chief commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says enemies have been struggling to pose cultural and economic threats to the Islamic Republic, which has stood up to their hegemonic moves. “Enemies know that they can by no means threaten the Islamic Republic of Iran militarily, and after the Sacred Defense (during Iraq’s ...

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The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement says the outcome of the recent protests in Iran will disappoint US President Donald Trump. Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah made the remarks on Wednesday in an interview with Lebanon-based Arabic-language al-Mayadeen news network. “Trump’s hopes have been disappointed” as will the hopes of “all those who bet that the protests would grow and ...

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country attaches high significance to stability and security in neighboring Iran. In reaction to recent protests in some cities in Iran, Erdogan said in a telephone conversation with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday that Turkey regarded Iran’s stability and security as that of its own. Referring to Western ...

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Yemeni army soldiers, backed by allied fighters from the Popular Committees, killed nearly 400 Saudi soldiers and hundreds of Saudi-backed militiamen loyal to Yemen’s resigned president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, last year in retaliation for the Riyadh regime’s deadly military campaign against the crisis-hit country. The Yemeni Joint Operations Command announced in a statement on Wednesday ...

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ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Wednesday observed that recent statements by the American leadership were detrimental to the Pakistan-US relationship that had developed over generations. “Pakistan has rendered huge sacrifices, both in terms of loss of precious human lives and substantial damage to the economy as a result of partnering in the global war against ...

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday called President Mamnoon Hussain and expressed solidarity with Pakistan in the wake of allegations levelled by US President Donald Trump. The Turkish president assured his Pakistani counterpart of full support and cooperation “in any situation”, a press release issued by the presidency said. “Trump’s conduct in spite of ...

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