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Thousands of Muslims took to the streets of Bangladesh capital on Tuesday to protest against remarks by French President Emmanuel Macron in a row about cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad. The dispute has its roots in a knife attack outside a French school on October 16 in which a man of Chechen origin beheaded Samuel Paty, a teacher who had shown pupils the cartoons in a civics lesson on freedom of speech.buy aciphex online medstaff.englewoodhealth.org/wp-content/languages/new/aciphex.html no prescription France has allowed displays of the cartoons, which are considered blasphemous by Muslims. Macron paid tribute to Paty, describing him as a “quiet hero” dedicated to instilling the democratic values of the French Republic in his pupils. Protesters in Dhaka unfurled placards with...

France warned its citizens in several Muslim-majority countries to take extra security precautions on Tuesday as anger surged over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, and the head of Russia’s Chechnya region said Paris was pushing people towards extremism. In Bangladesh, thousands of protesters marched through the capital, with some stamping on a poster of French President Emmanuel Macron, and Iran summoned the French charge d’affaires to register a protest over the cartoons. But in a sign that some countries want to limit the fallout, Saudi Arabia while condemning the cartoons held back from echoing calls in other parts of the Muslim world for a boycott of French products. The row has its roots in a knife attack outside a French school on October 16 in which a man of Chechen origin...

The United States and India signed a pact to share sensitive satellite and map data on Tuesday as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned of the threat posed by an increasingly assertive China. Pompeo, who arrived in New Delhi on Monday along with Defense Secretary Mark Esper, said after talks with their Indian counterparts that the two countries had to work together to confront the threat China posed to security and freedom. The annual US-India strategic dialogue comes at a time of heightened tension in the region, with Indian troops confronting Chinese forces on their disputed Himalayan border. The new defence pact – the Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement on Geospatial Cooperation – was a “significant milestone” that would foster cooperation between the militaries of both...

“My health condition is dangerous but my morals are high. I will not break my strike under the Israeli regime’s threats … either my freedom or martyrdom,” Akhras told his family on Sunday evening, Pars post reported. His family was allowed to visit him for the first time. They had been on an open-ended hunger strike since Saturday in front of his room in Kaplan Hospital. Akhras has thanked all those who have expressed solidarity with him from across the world. “I derive my will from our Palestinian people, and from the families of prisoners and martyrs because we will take back our freedom from the regime and it will not break us. The standing of our people everywhere with me is the best proof of that.” “At all stages, our people boosted my morale. Thanks to all because this is...

Turkish President Erdogan said on Monday it was time for a realistic proposal about a two-state solution on the divided island of Cyprus to be discussed and added that the parameters of the current talks were not sustainable. The latest attempt at reunification between the two Cypriot sides collapsed in disarray in mid-2017. Both sides blamed each other for the collapse, and Ankara accuses the EU of violating laws by only admitting Greek Cypriots. Erdogan said the approach of Greek Cypriots had blocked previous attempts to find a solution. Turkey has said before a two-state mechanism is needed to solve the Cyprus issue, but has accused the Greek Cypriot government of not engaging in talks. Tatar said a Turkish proposal to hold an informal meeting between Turkey, Northern Cyprus, G...

Turkish President Erdogan asked his compatriots to stop buying French goods on Monday in the latest expression of anger in the Muslim world over images being displayed in France of the Prophet Muhammad. In Bangladesh, on Monday, protesters unfurled placards with a caricature of French President Emmanuel Macron and the words: “Macron is the enemy of peace”. Erdogan said France was pursuing an anti-Islam agenda. “I am calling to all my citizens from here to never help French brands or buy them,” he said. Erdogan on Monday joined a chorus of voices elsewhere calling for a boycott. In Kuwait City, a supermarket had stripped its shelves of L’Oreal cosmetics and skincare products after the cooperative union to which it belongs decided to stop stocking French goods. In Saudi Arabia a...

World Health Organization (WHO) chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on Sunday called for solidarity in advance, amid the talk of corona virus vaccine. The WHO chief noted that it was natural for the countries to want to protect their own citizens first but, he urged, "we must also use it effectively". The WHO chief warned, "vaccine nationalism will only prolong the pandemic, "not shorten it". The WHO chief also said the only way to recover from the coronavirus pandemic was together and by making sure poorer countries had fair access to a coronavirus vaccine, AFP reported. In a video address at the opening of the three-day World Health Summit in Berlin, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, "It is natural that countries want to protect their own citizens first but if and when we have an...

Pakistan's Foreign Minister, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, said that he does not see any atmosphere for talks with India at foreign office in Islamabad. Qureshi rejected suggestions that messages for talks have been sent from across the border. “There are some quarters who have been saying that talks should take place, but I do not think this the time, or the atmosphere is right for this, as the situation in Indian held Kashmir is very bad.” He also said that there are restrictions on movement of people and there are human rights abuses taking place, there is also a communication blackout. He said that India needs to rethink its decision of removing the special status for Jammu Kashmir. Adding that, the Indian action has been rejected both by Pakistan and the people of Kashmir. “India’s ...

Celebration after people across Chile, overwhelmingly backed re-writing Chile’s dictatorship-era constitution that many see as the root cause of the country’s social and economic inequalities as tens of thousands of Chileans have taken to Santiago’s main square. In Santiago’s Plaza Italia, the focus of the massive and often violent protests last year which sparked the demand for a new charter, fireworks rose above huge crowds of jubilant people singing in unison late on Sunday as the word “rebirth” was beamed onto a tower above. Many have expressed hopes that a new text will temper an unabashedly capitalist ethos with guarantees of more equal rights to healthcare, pensions and education With more than three-quarters of the votes counted in Sunday’s referendum, 78.12 percent of vot...