Islamabad: Pakistan on Tuesday rejected a statement by the five emerging-market BRICS powers that militant groups in Pakistan pose a regional security concern, with its defence minister saying no group...

New Delhi: Popular microblogging website Twitter has blocked several accounts and withheld dozens of tweets related to Kashmir, a media report said Tuesday. “In a letter dated August 24, the...

Makkah: Grand Mufti and President of the Council of Senior Scholars Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh emphasized that it is incumbent on all Muslims to show the bright side of Islam...

Kabul: Afghanistan on Monday joined the international community in denouncing the mass killings of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry said that the Islamic Republic of...

Jakarta: Indonesian President Joko Widodo said Sunday that the violence in Myanmar should be immediately halted, urging all parties to take concrete action to deal with the conflict. “It needs...

Moscow: Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in Russia's predominantly Muslim Chechnya to protest what the Chechen leader called "genocide of Muslims" in Myanmar, AP reported....

Makkah: Palestinian siblings Samir and Bushra have been reunited in Mina after a 15-year separation due to insecurity in the occupied Palestinian territories, and Samir’s migration to Australia, Arab News...

Arafat: Millions of Hajj pilgrims from across the globe gathered on the plains of Arafat, on the outskirts of Makkah, on Thursday for the high point of this year’s pilgrimage....

New Delhi: Senior IAS officer Rajiv Gauba Thursday took charge as the Union Home Secretary after incumbent Rajiv Mehrishi retired from service.He will have a fixed two-year tenure. Meanwhile government...

Arafat: About two million pilgrims from all corners of the globe gathered on Thursday on Mount Arafat, about 15 km east of Makkah, at the climax of this year’s annual...