(Muslim Times Web Desk) Protesters have rallied outside the Saudi embassy in London against UK’s arms sales to the kingdom, which has been waging a destructive war on Yemen for some three years now. The demonstration, organized by the UK-based Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) group, featured campaigners expressing their outrage at British profiteering from ...
Read More »Thousands of Greeks to protest against Macedonia name compromise
ATHENS (Web Desk) – Tens of thousands of Greeks were expected to urge the government Sunday not to compromise in a festering name row with neighbouring Macedonia, at a mass rally in Athens that organisers vow will be “majestic”. Athens objects to Macedonia s name, arguing it suggests that Skopje has ...
Read More »Two dead, over 100 injured in South Carolina train crash
“ CAYCE ( Web Desk) – Two Amtrak employees were killed and more than 100 others injured Sunday when a passenger train carrying 147 people hit a freight train in the US state of South Carolina, authorities said. Amtrak train 91 — traveling between New York and Miami — derailed in ...
Read More »US pick for UN refugee post called Muslims violent, Christians top priority
The US State Department’s nominee to coordinate billions of dollars in United Nations assistance to refugees across the world has expressed extreme anti-Muslim views in social media posts, falsely suggesting that Islam is an inherently violent religion and that Christians should receive preferential treatment when resettling from hostile areas. The nominee, ...
Read More »Greek Cypriots voting in presidential election runoff
(Web Desk) People in the Greek-majority Republic of Cyprus are heading to the polls to cast their ballots in a presidential election runoff, which pits the incumbent conservative, Nicos Anastasiades, against left-leaning independent candidate Stavros Malas. Polling stations opened at 7 a.m. local time (0500 GMT) and will close ...
Read More »Trump’s new nuclear strategy draws blistering criticism from arms control experts
US arms control groups have condemend the new nuclear weapons strategy announced by administration of President Donald Trump, saying it could raise the risk of nuclear war. (Web Desk) The latest policy was revealed on Friday in a Pentagon policy statement known as the Nuclear Posture Review (NPR). The new ...
Read More »90 refugees, mostly Pakistanis, feared dead in shipwreck off Libya
(Web Desk) An estimated 90 refugees are feared to have drowned off the coast of Libya after a smuggler’s boat capsized early on Friday, leaving three known survivors and 10 bodies washed up on shore, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said. Survivors told aid workers that most of ...
Read More »US isolated self more anytime it targeted Iran at UNSC: Araqchi
(Web Desk)Speaking Friday on the sidelines of the 29th meeting of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties in Tehran, Abbas Araqchi an Iranian deputy foreign minister enumerated recent US attempts to make Tehran an object of rebuke at the 15-nation council, including claims about Iran’s conventional missile program and ...
Read More »‘US hunting for you,’ Russia warns citizens
Russia’s Foreign Ministry has issued a travel warning to its citizens traveling abroad, saying the United States is on the hunt for Russian travelers around the globe to have them arrested and extradited to the country. (Web Desk)In a statement released on Thursday, the ministry informed Russian travelers that they faced ...
Read More »Power cut leaves hundreds of gold miners trapped underground in South Africa
About 950 gold miners were stuck underground in South Africa on Thursday after a power cut, the mine’s owner said, though the workers were not reported to be in immediate danger. (Web Desk)The Sibanye-Stillwater mining company said a massive power outage had prevented lifts from bringing the night ...
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