Doha, 14 March 2020 The exit permit (travel notification) for government and semi-government sectors that are not subject to the Labour Law exempting a category (5%) of the employees in the establishment that are determined by the employer in the relevant sectors, will be abolished, with effect from 19 March 2020. Maj.  Abdullah Khalifa Al-Muhannadi...

Kabul, 14 March 2020 (AlJazeera News) The Afghan government has postponed its plan to release Taliban prisoners, a senior official said, a decision that could sabotage a peace deal signed last month between the armed group and the United States. Javid Faisal, a spokesman for the National Security Council, said on Saturday the releases were being delayed because...

Hague, 06 March 2020 (AlJazeera News) The International Criminal Court (ICC) has authorised an investigation into possible war crimes committed in Afghanistan, which would include allegations against United States Afghan and Taliban armed fighters. "The Appeals chamber considers it appropriate to authorise the investigation," said presiding Judge Piotr Hofmanski on Thursday. The decision, which comes...

Dhaka, 06 March 2020 (Anadolu News) Large numbers of protesters in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka gathered after weekly Friday prayers demanding the cancellation of an upcoming visit by India's premier. Accusing India's Narendra Modi of "killing Muslims" and "patronizing communal violence" in his country, the demonstrators demanded their government cancel an earlier invitation to Modi for...

04 March 2020 (AlJazeera News) The United States has carried out an air raid against Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, a US forces spokesman said a day after President Donald Trump spoke to a senior Taliban leader by phone. "The US conducted an air strike on March 4 against Taliban fighters in Nahr-e Saraj, Helmand, who...

Doha, 27 Feb. 2020 (Amiri Diwan News) The Amir of State of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Imran Khan discussed bilateral relations and the means to enhance them, in addition to a number of issues of joint interest. During the official round of talks...

Islamabad, 15 Feb. 2020 (Geo TV Pakistan) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday vowed unflinching support for Pakistan on the issues related to anti-terror financing and the illegal annexation of occupied Kashmir by India. The Turkish president made the remarks while addressing a joint session of the parliament. Addressing to the joint session of...

Beijing, 15 Feb. 2020 (Xinhua) President Xi Jinping on Friday stressed improving the mechanism for major epidemic prevention and control and the national public health emergency management system. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, specified the requirements at the 12th meeting...

Gazimagusa / Ankar, 15 Feb. 2020 (Anadolu News) The people of Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) will not accept deadlock as the fate of the long-divided Mediterranean island of Cyprus, said Turkey's Vice President, Fuat Oktay on Saturday. Fuat Oktay's remarks came during a meeting on the legal, political and economic...

Doha, 15 Feb. 2020 International conference on ‘Social Media: Challenges And Ways To Promote Freedoms and Protect Activists’ will take off  on Sunday. Over 300 local, regional and International organizations including human rights institutions, universities, think-tanks, journalists unions, major social media networks are among the participants in two days long conference. The conference is organized...