New York 15 July 2017 (NHRC) The National Human Rights Committee conducted extensive moves in New York to explain the effects of the embargo on the State of Qatar, both on the material and moral levels, and to establish mechanisms for international legal guarantees for the recurrence of such violations under any circumstances related to...

Ankara, Turkey 15 July 2017 (Anadolu Agency) Turkish citizens Saturday poured into streets for national unity marches across the country on the first anniversary of defeated coup, which left 250 people martyred and nearly 2,200 injured. In eastern Agri province, people gathered in the Abide Square chanting “shoulder to shoulder against tyrants”. In Uzumlu district...

India 15 July 2017 (AlJazeera News) Human rights groups have welcomed Indian Supreme Court's decision ordering a probe into allegations of extrajudicial killings by security forces in the North-Eastern State of Manipur. The court made the call on Friday after hearing a public interest litigation seeking a probe and compensation for 1,528 alleged extrajudicial killings...

Washington 14 July 2017 (Anadolu Agency) President Donald Trump spoke Friday by telephone with Saudi Arabia's King Salman about efforts to end the row with Qatar, according to the White House. Trump, who previously called Qatar a supporter of terrorism "at a very high level", stressed to Salman "the need to cut all funding for...

Islamabad, Pakistan 14 July 2017 (APP) Pakistan Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Friday said the “controversial” report of Joint Investigation Team on Panama case was mere a pack of accusations by opponents and lacked any substantive evidence. “Not a single sentence of JIT report gives a clue that Nawaz Sharif is guilty of corruption,”...

Doha 15 July 2017 Turkish ambassador to Qatar Fikret Ozer said in Doha "We are commemorating the memories of our martyrs who sacrificed their lives last year same day to fight for their rights and saving the country from derailing the democracy. He said that 249 Turkish citizens were killed and around 2000 injured. 'We...

Doha 14 July 2017 "France urges all parties involved in the Gulf crisis to initiate dialogue in order to de-escalate the crisis by lifting ongoing sanctions on Qatar by its gulf neighbors so as to spare Qatari from the negative effects of the blockade," French envoy to State of Qatar Eric Chavellier said today evening...

Ankara, Turkey 14 July 2017 (Anadolu Agency) Gulf State demands which include the closure of a Turkish military base in Qatar are “unacceptable,” Ankara’s foreign minister said on Friday. “A solution could come in the medium term,” Mevlut Cavusoglu told an Ankara news conference, speaking alongside his visiting Qatari counterpart, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim...

Ankara, Turkey 15 July 2017 Message of Binali Yıldırım, Prime Minister of Turkey on the occasion of first anniversary of failed coup and victory of democracy in Turkey ' It has been a year since we thwarted the bloodiest terrorist attack in the history of the Republic of Turkey. Turkey has proven its resilience, ability...

Islamabad, Pakistan 14 July 2017 (The News Int'l) Anti-Terrorism Court of Islamabad has issued order to confiscate properties of PTI Chief Imran Khan and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri. The court had declared Imran and Qadri as absconders in a case relating to the attack on SSP Asmatullah Junejo, destroying properties in the...