Sat 09 January 2021: Thousands of Catholic pilgrims gathered in the Philippine capital on Saturday to pay homage to the Black Nazarene statue of Jesus Christ, as health restrictions due to the continuing coronavirus pandemic significantly curtailed the attendance to the event. Ignoring official pleas to stay home because of the virus threat, Catholics wearing […]
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Sat 09 January 2021: With the outbreak of avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, in several parts of India, the country’s poultry industry is in for a bumpy ride. The South Asian country has started culling thousands of birds after reports that the disease has been detected in ducks, crows and wild geese in […]
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Fri 08 January 2021: Two Ayodhya residents on Friday moved the Allahabad High Court challenging a special CBI court’s ruling that acquitted all 32 accused including BJP veterans L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi the 1992 demolition of Babri mosque. Ayodhya residents Haji Mahboob and Haji Sayyad Akhlaq Ahmad filed the petition in the […]
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Fri 08 January 2021: Pakistan on Thursday conducted a successful test flight of an indigenously developed guided multi-launch rocket system, the country’s army said. The Fatah-1 rocket system is “capable of delivering a conventional warhead up to a range of 140 km [nearly 87 miles],” the military’s media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), said in […]
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Fri 08 January 2021: Abu Bakar Bashir a cleric linked to the deadly Bali bombings was freed from prison early on Friday, Indonesian authorities said Abu Bakar Bashir, 82, is considered the spiritual leader of militant group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), the Islamist network responsible for the 2002 Bali terrorist attack that killed more than 200 […]
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Thu 07 January 2021: Seven suspected terrorists have been arrested from the Sargodha district of eastern Punjab province, who allegedly wanted to attack leaders of rival Sunni Muslims’ groups, a spokesman said Thursday. Local media quoted sources from the Punjab province police department as saying that the Pakistan’s counter-terrorism police and the country’s intelligence agency […]
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Thu 07 January 2021: Indonesia’s highest Muslim clerical council aims to issue a ruling on whether a vaccine is halal, or permissible under Islam, before the country is due to start a mass inoculation programme using a Chinese vaccine next week. The world’s largest Muslim-majority country plans to launch vaccinations on Janaury 13 after obtaining […]
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Thu 07 January 2021: Uighur Turks living in Istanbul continue to stage a protest outside the Chinese consulate demanding to know the condition of their family members held at concentration and forced labor camps in China. Marking its 13th day, the group of protesters including academics, business persons and civil servants said they had not […]
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Thu 07 January 2021: Pakistan cannot recognize Israel and what Israel has done to Palestine The defining situation in Palestine is “exactly the same situation” in Indian-administrated Kashmir, Pakistan’s prime minister said Wednesday, stressing that his country cannot recognize Israel and what Israel has done to Palestine. In an interview with a Turkish television station, […]
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Wed 06 January 2021: Protesters blocked several key roads in Pakistan’s commercial hub Karachi on Wednesday after the killing of 11 Shia coal miners in the southwestern Balochistan province last week. The protesters, including women and children, staged sit-ins, causing traffic jams on several major arteries in the port city, and making airlines reschedule their […]
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