Shabbir Hassanally, an activist and Islamic scholar, says Saudi Arabia is imitating Israeli tactics against those who ask for their rights. “Saudi Arabia seems to have this fetish for going after people who ask for any sort of rights,” Hassanally said in an interview with Press TV on Wednesday, adding that ...

Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has played key role in arranging meeting between the premier and COAS. ISLAMABAD – Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa held a meeting with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Islamabad today (Wednesday) to exchange views on Dawn Leaks issue. According to PM House ...

Iraqi government forces, backed by fighters from allied Popular Mobilization Units, have killed more than 1,300 members of the Takfiri Daesh militant group ever since they launched joint operations to flush the extremists out of the western part of Mosul. Commander of the Nineveh Liberation Operation, Lieutenant General Abdul Amir Yarallah, said on ...

Iranian lawmakers have expressed their support for Bahraini Shia opposition cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim, warning the Manama regime of a backlash due to the prominent cleric’s prosecution. In a statement issued on Wednesday, a total of 158 lawmakers said that Sheikh Qassim was denied the right to a fair trial, stressing ...

UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has criticized England’s public prosecuting agency for letting the rivaling Tories get away with breaking the rules on campaign spending, saying money should not be the determining factor in an election. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced Wednesday that it was not going to press ...

Germany’s Defense Ministry plans to begin a reform process in the army’s recruitment and education system amid reports that far-right sympathizers in the military have been plotting to launch hate attacks in the country. Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday that she would carry out reforms into the ...

NATO says its military authorities want more troops deployed to war-ravaged Afghanistan in the form of a “train, assist and advise operation.” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters following talks with British Prime Minister Theresa May at her Downing Street office in London on Wednesday that the troops were needed to ...

The Bahraini regime has refused entry visa to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) activist scheduled to attend the annual FIFA congress in Bahrain, as the Persian Gulf kingdom’s brutal crackdown on dissent persists. HRW’s Israel-Palestine Director Omar Shakir stated on Wednesday that he was barred from entering the small island nation with ...

US President Donald Trump says he has fired FBI Director James Comey because he had lost the “confidence” of nearly everyone in Washington, DC.     Trump early Wednesday said the new FBI director will do a better job than Comey, and predicted people would be “thanking” him for his decision ...

DG ISPR held press conference on Wednesday regarding settlement of Dawn Leaks issue between civilian government and military leadership. It was stated ISPR press release was not against any government office or official. ISPR DG Major General Asif Ghafoor told Pakistan Army addressed the misunderstandings of the Interior Ministry. Also ...