Day: September 10, 2019

India rejects Pak’s demand for UNHRC probe on Kashmir, questions Islamabad’s ‘locus standi’

11:53 pm September 10, 2019

Geneva: India and Pakistan engaged in a war of words over the Kashmir issue on Tuesday at the UNHRC with New Delhi stoutly defending its “sovereign decision” to revoke Jammu and Kashmir’s special status, an issue on which Islamabad demanded an international investigation by the global rights body. Speaking at the 42nd session of the […]

Netanyahu annexation bid ‘destroys chances of peace’: Palestinian official

11:48 pm September 10, 2019

Jerusalem : A senior Palestinian official said Tuesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pledge to annex the Jordan Valley if re-elected destroyed all chances of Israeli-Palestinian peace. “He is not only destroying the two-state solution, he is destroying all chances of peace,” senior official Hanan Ashrawi told AFP. “This is a total game changer.” […]

US drops 40 tons of bombs on IS-‘infested’ island in Iraq

11:39 pm September 10, 2019

Baghdad: The US-led coalition says American warplanes have dropped 36,000 kilograms (40 tons) of bombs on an Island in the Tigris River “infested” with members of the Islamic State group. The coalition said F15 and F35 warplanes took part in the bombing on Qanus Island in the central province of Salaheddine, north of the capital […]

Parliament passes bill to ban e-cigarettes

Ban manufacture and sale of e-cigarettes: National Health

11:34 pm September 10, 2019

Guwahati : As the government deliberates the details of a draft ordinance to curb the usage of e- cigarettes, two organisations on Tuesday sought a complete ban on the manufacture and sale of these products. The two organisations – National Health Forum and Shram – said the banning of alternative smoking devices such as e-cigarettes, […]

US joins Israel in accusing Iran as nuclear deal flounders

11:32 pm September 10, 2019

Washington : The United States on Tuesday joined Israel in alleging “possible undeclared nuclear activities” by Iran, further straining European-led attempts to salvage a multinational deal. Iran denounced the accusations leveled on Monday by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who said that the clerical regime operated a previously undisclosed site aimed at developing nuclear weapons […]

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