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French President Macron Tests Positive for Covid 19

French President Macron Tests Positive for Covid 19

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French President Emmanuel Macron tested positive for deadly virus [Covid-19] on Thursday. “The President of the Republic has been diagnosed positive for Covid-19 today,” his office said in a statement. “This diagnosis was made following an PCR test performed at the onset of the first symptoms.” It said Macron would isolate himself for seven days. “He will continue to work and take care of his activities at a distance,” the statement read. Earlier, in October, thousands of Muslims in countries around the world have held protests to vent their fury at France over its perceived animosity towards Islam. Macron has become a target in several Muslim-majority countries for his recent comments about Islam. Mr Macron has called Islam a religion “in crisis” and defended the right of a...
300 Students Remain Missing on Day 3 After being Kidnapped in Nigeria

300 Students Remain Missing on Day 3 After being Kidnapped in Nigeria

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Anxiety is growing among the parents of hundreds of students who remain missing three days after gunmen attacked their school in Katsina State in northern Nigeria, Associated Press reported. More than 300 students are missing after the attack on the Government Science Secondary School, a boys' school in Kankara, on Friday night, Katsina Governor Aminu Masari said. A joint rescue operation was launched Saturday by Nigeria's police, air force and army, according to the Government. The military was in gunfights with the bandits after locating their hideout in the Zango/Paula forest Saturday, according to a statement by President Muhammadu Buhari. When the school was attacked, police engaged in a gunfight with the gunmen, allowing many students to scale the school's fence and run for ...
Facebook Fears Crackdown on Right-wing Groups will Harm its Business Prospects in India, Report

Facebook Fears Crackdown on Right-wing Groups will Harm its Business Prospects in India, Report

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The Facebook's security workforce earlier this year concluded that Bajrang Dal supported violence towards minorities throughout India and sure certified as a “harmful group” that needs to be banned from the platform, in keeping with folks acquainted with the matter, but the Organization, as per a report published in Wall Street Journal concluded that cracking down on Bajrang Dal would possibly endanger each the corporate’s enterprise prospects and its employees in India. In addition to risking infuriating India’s ruling Hindu nationalist politicians, banning Bajrang Dal from its platform would possibly precipitate bodily assaults towards Facebook personnel or services, the report warned. Fb that has employees on the bottom has lately invested $5.7 billion in a brand new retail enterp...
China Developing Military In-Depth Camps Along the LAC

China Developing Military In-Depth Camps Along the LAC

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China has been developing several military camps in their depth areas all along the LAC since the 2017 Doklam crisis to enhance its preparedness during military conflicts, government sources said. China and India are locked in a bitter standoff along the LAC in eastern Ladakh since April-May this year. The soldiers are likely to remain deployed on the forbidding heights through the long and harsh winter ahead as both the nations are yet to agree on the modalities of troop disengagement. “The Chinese have been developing military camps in their depth areas all along the LAC. Around 20 of such camps have been observed with some civilians also around these places,” government sources told news agency ANI. The sources said that these camps can help the Chinese troops patrol thei...
13-Year-old Boy Shot Dead by Israeli Occupational Forces

13-Year-old Boy Shot Dead by Israeli Occupational Forces

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Hundreds of Palestinians participated today in the funeral of 13-year-old Ali Abu Alayya, who was killed by Israeli soldiers yesterday, in his al-Mughayyer hometown, northeast of Ramallah. The funeral left Ramallah hospital this morning in a military procession attended by hundreds of people despite the coronavirus lockdown imposed today in the West Bank. The body was taken to his town where he was laid to rest at the local cemetery. Palestinian and international officials have strongly condemned the army killing of Abu Alayya.
Erdogan Preparing to Send Turkish Fighters to Kashmir, Report

Erdogan Preparing to Send Turkish Fighters to Kashmir, Report

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Turkey, as per a report published on India Today, is preparing to send its fighters deployed in eastern Syria to Kashmir. A Greek journalist, Andreas Mountzouralias in his report titled ‘Erdogan sends mercenaries to Kashmir’ has detailed the plans of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who plans to send the Turkish fighters 'to strengthen Kashmir'. The report further claims that the Turkish president is reportedly planning to extend its influence on Muslims in South Asia to challenge Saudi Arabia's dominance on the Islamic world.buy amoxicillin online https://www.adentalcare.com/wp-content/themes/medicare/languages/en/amoxicillin.html no prescription Turkey has however denounced the claims and called the reports 'baseless and false'. As per the report, Abu Emsa, who is the ...
OIC Rejects India’s Moves of Changing Demography in Jammu Kashmir- India Rejects Statement

OIC Rejects India’s Moves of Changing Demography in Jammu Kashmir- India Rejects Statement

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India has strongly condemned the resolution of Organization of Islamic Countries on Kashmir and said that the organization is misinformed. Rejecting their statement, India has said that OIC must not interfere in the internal matters of India. The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Sunday unanimously adopted a resolution reaffirming its strong support for the Kashmir cause, with the Muslim bloc’s 57 countries urging India to avoid taking any steps that sought to alter the region’s demographic structure. The resolution, adopted by the 47th Session of the OIC in Niamey, Niger, categorically rejected the “illegal and unilateral actions” of India following its unilateral revocation of Kashmir’s special constitutional status on Aug. 5, 2019. The strongly-worded resolution d...
PAF Fighter Jet Enters India Near Poonch

PAF Fighter Jet Enters India Near Poonch

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Security Forces noticed a suspicious movement of a ‘Pakistani jet’ along the Line of Control in Jammu Kashmir’s Poonch district on Monday morning, officials said. A security official told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that a chain of smoke was noticed in Poonch sector and which seemed to of a Pakistani jet. “The smoke chain suggested a movement of a Pakistani fighter jet,” a security official said, adding that “efforts are on to find out what kind of jet it exactly was.” An alert was sounded soon after the movement of the jet was noticed in entire Poonch area
‘We Will Never Betray’- Turkish Lyricist Turgay Evren Releases Fresh Song in Solidarity with Kashmir and Palestine

‘We Will Never Betray’- Turkish Lyricist Turgay Evren Releases Fresh Song in Solidarity with Kashmir and Palestine

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A song titled 'We Will Never Betray' has been released on Saturday to "raise Palestine and Kashmir issues internationally" in Arabic and Urdu. Written by famous Turkish Poet and Writer, Turgay Evren, The song released on International Day of Solidarity with the people of Palestine is sung by Malek Noor in Arabic and Natasha Baig in Urdu. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=73&v=AX20z7koDdw&feature=emb_title Turgay as quoted by a News Agency said, "The Muslim World must not leave Palestine and Kashmir issues behind and this is the moral responsibility of every Muslim to play a role to raise these issues at every possible level." This is not the first song Turgay written on Kashmir, earlier this year, he wrote the song 'Kashmir is My Name —Massacre Again and Aga...
30 People Killed, 21 Inured in a Suicide Bomb in Afghanistan

30 People Killed, 21 Inured in a Suicide Bomb in Afghanistan

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At least 30 people were killed and 21 injured in a suicide truck bombing near a police base in the southern province of Ghazni on Sunday, official sources told Efe. "We have received so far 21 injured and 30 dead," said the director of Provincial Public Health, Baz Muhammad Hemat, who added that most of the victims are members of the security forces. The suicide bomber exploded the bombs he was carrying in his vehicle early in the morning near a police base in the city of Ghazni, capital of the province of the same name, said the provincial governor, Wahidullah Jumazada. A provincial source who preferred to remain anonymous stated that the attack was perpetrated with a Humvee previously stolen from the Afghan forces. No group has claimed responsibility for the action, which com...