Thu 10 September 2020: Learning the Quran in Urdu translation mandatory for all students nationwide, except for non-Muslims LAHORE, Pakistan – Pakistan has made learning the Quran in Urdu translation mandatory for all students nationwide, except for non-Muslims, so they can better understand their faith in the country’s native tongue and use that knowledge to […]
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Thu 10 September 2020: Country records nearly 90,000 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking total number to over 4.3M NEW DELHI, India – Trials of the COVID-19 vaccine manufactured jointly by the British drug manufacturer AstraZeneca and Oxford University are ongoing in India, although its trial has been halted by AstraZeneca. “We can’t comment much on the […]
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Wed 09 September 2020: KARACHI, Pakistan – Pakistan’s army on Wednesday claimed to have shot down an Indian quadcopter that “intruded” into its airspace. In a statement, the military said that the quadcopter was shot down after it “intruded 500 meters inside Pakistan’s side” of the Line of Control (LoC) — a de facto border […]
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Wed 09 September 2020: At least four people were killed and a dozen more wounded in an explosion targeting the convoy of Afghanistan’s Vice President Amrullah Saleh in central Kabul early Wednesday, officials said. Saleh, who is the senior of Afghanistan’s two vice presidents, was not harmed. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for […]
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Wed 09 September 2020: OIC ambassadors tell Michelle Bachelet that in last year human rights situation worsened in Jammu and Kashmir GENEVA – Ambassadors of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Contact Group in Geneva met Tuesday with the UN’s human rights chief on the conditions in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan’s Geneva mission to […]
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Tue 08 September 2020: Mullah Baradar is in Doha, where 1st round of intra-Afghan negotiations are expected soon KABUL, Afghanistan – A senior Taliban leader met on Tuesday the US peace envoy for Afghanistan and Qatar’s top diplomat ahead of the long-delayed intra-Afghan negotiations, the group announced. Taliban spokesman Mohammad Naeem said the group’s deputy […]
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Tue 08 September 2020: Private consumption down in 2nd quarter due to lockdown, state of emergency Japan’s economy has been hit hard by COVID-19 as the latest figures reveal the annual growth rate has shrunk by 28.1%. Earlier, the government data in August estimated that the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) shrunk by 27.8%. GDP […]
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Tue 08 September 2020: Both sides allegedly open fire at disputed border despite no-firing agreement between New Delhi and Beijing NEW DELHI – After decades, India and China on Tuesday allegedly opened fire at disputed borders where using arms was prohibited, according to a 1996 agreement between New Delhi and Beijing. “The Indian troops brazenly […]
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Mon 07 September 2020: Upping the ante amid military stand-off in the Himalayan Ladakh region, China on Monday asserted it “never recognized” the “so-called Arunachal Pradesh” as a province of India. Addressing a news conference in Beijing, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said: “China has never recognized so-called ‘Arunachal Pradesh’, which is China’s south […]
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Mon 07 September 2020: UN Refugee Agency says some 300 Rohingya refugees disembarked in Indonesia, spent 7 months at sea GENEVA – The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Monday welcomed the landing of approximately 300 Rohingya refugees on the northern coast of Aceh, Indonesia, after seven months at sea. An unknown number of the refugees […]
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