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Director General Public Security of Qatar Meets Indian and Iranian Envoys

26/07/2017
Doha 26 July 2017 (PRMOI) The Director General of Public Security of State of Qatar, Staff Major General Saad bin Jassim Al-Khulaifi met separately on Wednesday, 26th July 2017 ambassador of Republic of India to Qatar P. Kumaran and ambassador of Islamic Republic of Iran to Qatar Mohammed Ali Sobhani. According to a press release...

40 Afghan Soldiers Killed, 30 Wounded in Kandahar Attack

26/07/2017
Kandahar, Afghanistan 26 Jul 2017 (Khaama Press) Nearly 40 soldiers of the Afghan National Army (ANA) forces have lost their lives in an attack by the Taliban insurgents in southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan. According to the local government officials, the incident took place late on Tuesday night in the vicinity of Khakriz district. A...

Additional Black Hawks Injected in Jordan Forces, IHS

26/07/2017
Amman, Jordan 25 July 2017 (IHS Jane's Defence Weekly) The Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF) has received into service a further two Sikorsky S-70 Black Hawk helicopters to augment the 24 it already fields. The event, which was announced by the US Embassy in Jordan on 23 July, involved the delivery of helicopters to Jordan...

'New Terror List is 'Disappointing Surprise', State of Qatar

26/07/2017
Doha 26 July 2017 Qatar has described a new blacklist released by Saudi Arabia and its allies as a "disappointing surprise", saying it was doing all it could to fight extremism. Sheikh Saif bin Ahmed Al Thani, Qatar's communications director, said the decision by the four Arab states to add 18 groups and individuals allegedly...

“Deadlock On A Federal Partnership Is Not The End Of The World” Says TRNC Think Tank

26/07/2017
Nicosia 24 July 2017 (TRNC PIO/ Kıbrıs Postası) Nicosia based 'The Five Fingers Think Tank' stated that the arrival at a deadlock on a federal partnership (with Greek part of Cyprus Island) is not the end of the world. In a written statement, the think tank said that, according to the long-held principle that “Nothing...

Doha Int'l Conference on 'Freedom of Expression' Condemn Saudi Led blockade on Qatar

26/07/2017
Doha 25 July 2017 Delegates representing 150 global media and human rights bodies today at the end of a two days conference in Doha on 'Freedom of Expression' have condemned Saudi Arabia led blockade on Qatar seven weeks ago. Journalists and human rights activists denounced "threats" by Saudi Arabia and its allies against Qatari media...

Saudi Lobby Pays $138,000 for Anti-Qatar Ads in the US

25/07/2017
Washington, DC 25 July 2017 (AlJazeera Network) A Saudi lobby in the United States has launched a television advertisement campaign against Qatar, contracts reviewed by Al Jazeera show, with $138,000 spent on seven, 30-second TV spots. The TV spots have been purchased by the Saudi American Public Relation Affairs Committee (SAPRAC). The advertisements, which began...

'No Immediate Developments On The Island', UNSG Special Adviser on Cyprus

25/07/2017
25 July 2017 (TRNC News) UN Secretary General’s Special Adviser on Cyprus Espen Barth Eide has said that the situation as it stands after the Conference on Cyprus, in Crans-Montana, Switzerland which ended without a positive conclusion, is “complicated”, adding that he has not seen any immediate developments. In statements to the press after two...

'No Compromise With Qatar', Says Egyptian Foreign Minister

25/07/2017
Egypt has said that the four Arab states will accept no compromise in their dispute with Qatar over allegations that Doha supports "terrorism". Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, speaking after talks with the European Union Diplomatic Chief, Federica Mogherini in Brussels on Tuesday, said Qatar must accept in full the demands by Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain...

Lahore Blast Killed 25 & Dozens Injured

24/07/2017
Lahore 24 July 2017 (BBC/AlJazeera News) At least 26 people killed and more than 50 injured in a car bomb blast in second biggest city of Lahore of Pakistan, media reports quoted officials reference. The Pakistani Taliban said it was behind the explosion. According to the various media conflicting news, either it was a suicide...

Erdogan Visits Gulf in Bid to Defuse Qatar Row, Arriving in Qatar on Monday

24/07/2017
23 July 2017 (Reuters) Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan traveled to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait on Sunday, the Gulf states' official news agencies reported, as part of a diplomatic tour aimed at healing an Arab rift with Ankara's ally Qatar. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cut ties and imposed sanctions on Qatar...

Two Jordanians Killed and An Israeli Wounded Inside Israeli Embassy Unknown Incident

24/07/2017
Amman, Jordan 24 July 2017 (Yahoo News/AFP) Two Jordanians were killed and an Israeli seriously wounded in a shooting Sunday at the Jewish state's embassy in Amman, a security source said. "The first Jordanian, 17-year-old Mohammed Jawawdeh, succumbed to his injuries at the scene. The second, Bashar Hamarneh, a doctor who was in the residential...

London Protest Urges Israel to End Al-Aqsa Aggression

23/07/2017
London (Anadolu News) 22 July 2017 Hundreds of British Palestinians staged a protest in front of Israel’s London embassy against the latest restrictions around the Muslims’ third holiest site in Jerusalem on Saturday. The emergency protest called for by the Palestinian Forum in Britain saw protesters from all ages, and organizers said they held the...

Friends Should Not Deceive Each Other: Erdogan tells US, Leaves for Saudi Arabia on Gulf Crisis

23/07/2017
Ankara 23 July 2017 (Anadolu New) Turkish president said Sunday that friends should not deceive other, referring to recent remarks made by a US general over change of PKK/PYD's name to Syrian Democratic Forces. The head of U.S. special forces Army Gen. Raymond Thomas said Friday that rebranding to Syrian Democratic Forces was done to...

Pakistani Exports of Sea Food, Wheat, Veg, Tobacco, Pulses Increased in 2016-17, Export of Rice Reduces

23/07/2017
Islamabad 21 July 2017 (APP) Sea food Exports from the country during 12 months of previous financial year (2016-17) increased by 21.35 percent as compared the exports of the corresponding period of financial year 2015-16. During the financial year 2016-17, country earned US$ 394.217 million by exporting about 152,858 metric tons of fish and fish...

European Observers Call for Immediate Lift of Blocked, Stressed For Financial Support to Effected Families

23/07/2017
Doha, Qatar 23 July 2017 A group of 17 European lawyers, doctors and journalists called on the siege countries to lift the blocked immediately. They also asked to protect the dignity of those families suffering due to already 45 days long blocked by providing immediate financial help to meet their day today immediate basic needs....

Philippines Scraps Peace Talks After Attacks on Troops

22/07/2017
Zamboanga City, Philippines 21 July 2017 (Anadolou News) President Rodrigo Duterte has scrapped peace talks with communist rebels after they allegedly conducted a series of attacks on security forces. "Let us renew the fighting for another 50 years. It's what you want," Duterte was quoted as saying by the Rappler, a Philippines based news agency...

'Respect Sovereignty', Emir of State of Qatar

21/07/2017
Doha 21 July 2017 (AlJazeera News) The Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has said that his country is ready for dialogue to resolve a diplomatic crisis with a Saudi-led group, but stressed that any solution to the crisis must respect his country's sovereignty. "We are open to dialogue to resolve the...

Qatar to Build QR 1.6 Billion Food Storage & Processing Facility

16/07/2017
Doha 16 July 2017 (Gulf Times) Qatar will build a QR1.6bn food storage and processing facility at Hamad Port capable of supplying stockpile for three main commodities – rice, sugar, and edible oils, for 3mn people for two and a half years, it was announced on Sunday. Minister of Transport and Communications Jassim Seif Ahmed...

Special Treat to Cool Off Animals at Beijing Zoo

16/07/2017
Beijing 12 July 2017 (Xinhua) A large part of China is sweltering in intolerable heat as temperatures in central and eastern regions have soared to 40 degrees Celsius. Not only humans are suffering, so are the animals. With its mouth wide open, a rhino at the Beijing Zoo greedily enjoyed a spray of water. Not...

Sri Lanka Named Asia's Leading Destination at World Travel Awards

16/07/2017
Colombo, Sri Lanka 13 July 2017 (PNA/Xinhua) Sri Lanka was named Asia's Leading Destination and Asia's Leading Adventure Tourism Destination at the recent World Travel Awards ceremony held in the Maldives, the Tourism Ministry said in a statement here Thursday. Tourism Minister John Amaratunga said these awards are important milestones in Sri Lanka's tourism promotional...

Pakistan Releases Official Logo of 70 Years of Independence Celebrations

16/07/2017
Islamabad 16 July 2017 (APP) The Official Logo of the 70 years of independence celebrations was released here today on Sunday. The Logo had been launched at a ceremony held at Pakistan National Council of the Arts on Friday. The ceremony was attended by Minister for Railways Saad Rafique, Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting...

Pakistan Accuses India of Deadly Cross-LOC Attack, Four Soldiers Drowned in Neelum River

16/07/2017
16 July 2017 AlJazeera News (1000 PM) Pakistan has accused India of targeting its military vehicle and killing four Pakistani soldiers in unprovoked cross-line of control firing in the disputed Kashmir region. Sunday's incident between the nuclear-armed neighbours occurred in Athmaqam town of Neelum district in Pakistan-administered part of Kashmir region, according to the Pakistani...

NHRC Chairman Stresses To Keep Humanitarian Issues & Political Differences Separate

16/07/2017
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...
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