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London Grenfell Tower Ablaze : Six Dead, Number of Fatalities Expected to Rise

14/06/2017

London 14 June 2017 (CNN/BBC/Reuters) London's Metropolitan Police have confirmed six deaths following a huge blaze that's engulfed a residential apartment block in West London. A huge fire has broken out at a block of flats at Lancaster West Estate, in the Latimer Road area of West London, police and firefighters have said according to...

Bahrain Lawyer Arrested for Suing over Qatar Blockade

14/06/2017

14 June 2017 (AlJazeera News) A prominent human rights lawyer in Bahrain has been arrested after launching a lawsuit against the government over its restrictions imposed on neighbouring Qatar. Issa Faraj Arhama al-Burshaid was detained after challenging Manama's sanctions, which include blocking Qataris from staying in the country along with other economic penalties. He filed...

Pakistani Prime Minister Hopes Impasse in Gulf to End Soon

13/06/2017

Islamabad 13 June 2017 (APP) Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has expressed the hope that the current impasse in the Gulf would be resolved soon in the best interest of the Muslim Ummah. This was stated in a press release issued by the Prime Minister House at the end of his day-long visit to Saudi...

Amnesty and IFJ Calls For An End to Saudi led Blocking

12/06/2017

London 12 June 2017 Amnesty International once again said that recent humanitarian measures by Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Bahrain are vague and insufficient and do not address the human rights situation. This came during a meeting between His Dr. Ali Bin Samikh Al Marri, Chairman of the National Human Rights Committee of the State...

Iraq: Qatari 'Ransom' Money With Us, Not Armed Groups

12/06/2017

Doha AlJazeera News 12 June 2017 Iraq's prime minister has rejected Saudi and UAE media claims that a $500m ransom was paid by Qatar to Shia Muslim armed groups in Iraq to secure the release of 26 kidnapped Qatari hunters, saying that the money was received by the Iraqi government and that the sum was...

Gulf Crisis - Pakistan Prime Minister to visit Saudi Arabia on Monday

12/06/2017

Islamabad 12 June 2017 (APP) Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif will leave for Kingdom of Saudi Arabia today (Monday) in context of the emergent situation among Gulf countries, PM’s Office said on Monday. It is not disclosed by Associated Press of Pakistan (APP), Pakistan's official News Agency whether Pakistan Prime Minister will also be visiting...

Pakistan and India Join SCO as Member

11/06/2017

Astana, 10 June 2017 Daily 'Dawn' Pakistan on Friday became a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, DawnNews reported. Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev in his inaugural speech during the 17th SCO summit welcomed Pakistan as full member of the organisation. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, addressing the summit, said, "The SCO goals resonate with Pakistan's...

'Hamas is Resistance, Not Terrorism' , Arab World Reaction To Saudi Foreign Minister

11/06/2017

Doha 11 June 2017 (AlJazeera News) Following recent statements by the Saudi foreign minister calling on Qatar to end its support of Hamas, social media users in the Arab world reacted in support of the Palestinian resistance movement and to counter the minister's statements which characterised Hamas as a "terrorist organisation". Adel al-Jubeir's remarks came...

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London Grenfell Tower Ablaze : Six Dead, Number of Fatalities Expected to Rise

Bahrain Lawyer Arrested for Suing over Qatar Blockade

Pakistani Prime Minister Hopes Impasse in Gulf to End Soon

Amnesty and IFJ Calls For An End to Saudi led Blocking

Iraq: Qatari 'Ransom' Money With Us, Not Armed Groups

Gulf Crisis - Pakistan Prime Minister to visit Saudi Arabia on Monday

Pakistan and India Join SCO as Member

'Hamas is Resistance, Not Terrorism' , Arab World Reaction To Saudi Foreign Minister

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