Friday, December 19Latest news and updates from Kashmir

INTERNATIONAL

‘We Cannot Allow Such Dividers to Speak Here’- Indian diaspora Told to remove Tejasvi Surya’s Name from German Conference

‘We Cannot Allow Such Dividers to Speak Here’- Indian diaspora Told to remove Tejasvi Surya’s Name from German Conference

INTERNATIONAL
Indian diaspora in Germany, have asked for the removal of Bharatiya Janata Party MP Tejasvi Surya from a startup conference speakers list, it is said that polarising figures like him should not find a safe haven in Europe,as per the reports. Tejasvi is a legislator and a President of Youth wing from Bangalore, and is known for his anti-minority rhetoric tweets and opinions. The "India Startup Conference 2020to be held on October 7 by the Consul General of India in partnership with GloMan Consulting GmbH to promote startups and strengthen the ongoing economic relations between Hamburg and India.buy female viagra online https://www.lifefoodstorage.store/wp-content/themes/astra/languages/en/female-viagra.html no prescription The letter addressed it was, disheartening to see its speaker...
No End to Fighting until Armenia Withdraws Troops, Says Azerbaijan’s President

No End to Fighting until Armenia Withdraws Troops, Says Azerbaijan’s President

INTERNATIONAL
On Sunday, Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev stated Azerbaijan would not stop military action until Armenia puts forth a timetable for the withdrawal of troops from Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding Azeri territories. “Azerbaijan has one condition, and that is the liberation of its territories,” Aliyev said in a televised address to the country. Aliyev stated Azerbaijan's troops were moving forward in a week-long strategy to reclaim territories that they lost to ethnic Armenians in the 1990s. “Nagorno-Karabakh is the territory of Azerbaijan. We must return and we shall return.” “My condition is the following: let them withdraw their troops, and the confrontation will be stopped, but this should not be in words, but in deeds,” Aliyev added. President Aliyev also said that f...
Tens of Thousands Protest in Belarus; Lukashenko’s Biggest Challenge Since His 26-Year Rule

Tens of Thousands Protest in Belarus; Lukashenko’s Biggest Challenge Since His 26-Year Rule

INTERNATIONAL
On Sunday, tens of thousands of people took out protests in the Belarusian capital Minsk demanding authorities free political prisoners over the series of demonstrations that have been taking place in Belarus since the Aug. 9 election in which President Alexander Lukashenko claimed a landslide victory. As the massive crowd of protesters waved white flags with a red stripe, the symbol of the Belarusian opposition, police turned water cannon on them. Protesters walked to the beat of drums towards the Okrestina detention centre chanting “Let them out”. Authorities temporarily slowed internet speed on Sunday leading to Belarusian protests using Telegram channels as a platform to communicate and distribute photos and videos from the protests. Nexta, an opposition news channel, esti...
Truck Bomb in Afghanistan Kills 15 People: Officials

Truck Bomb in Afghanistan Kills 15 People: Officials

INTERNATIONAL
15 people lost their lives when attackers set off a truck bomb in eastern Nangarhar of Afghanistan, injuring dozens of peope according to provincial officials, as violence continues in the war-torn nation despite peace talks taking place in Qatar. Provincial government spokesperson, Attaullah Khugyani said, “The number of casualties, most of whom were civilians, could rise and that dozens of people were also injured by the blast in Ghani Khel district.”Obaidullah Shinwari, the Nangarhar provincial council’s member, said 52 people were injured in the blast.Ministry of Interior spokesman Tariq Arian blamed the insurgent Taliban for the attack and he further said that in the last two weeks they had carried atleast 650 attacks which had killed 69 civilians and wounded 141 people. The Afg...
3000 Army men of Azerbaijan Killed in War with Armenia

3000 Army men of Azerbaijan Killed in War with Armenia

INTERNATIONAL
The Azerbaijani Army has lost more than 3,000 servicemen since the eruption of hostilities in conflict-torn Nagorno-Karabakh, the press secretary of the president of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh said on Saturday. "The intelligence data show that the Azerbaijani losses had already exceeded 3,000 servicemen. Most bodies remain in the neutral zone, and nothing is being done for their transportation," Vagram Pogosyan wrote on his Facebook page. On Sunday morning, an escalation unfolded along the contact line of Nagorno-Karabakh, an Armenian-majority autonomy that proclaimed independence from what then was the Soviet Azerbaijan Republic in 1991. Azerbaijan launched what it described as a "counteroffensive," while the Artsakh authorities accused Azerbaijani forces of opening ...
Saudi Government to Re-Open Holy Sites for Umrah After 7 Months

Saudi Government to Re-Open Holy Sites for Umrah After 7 Months

INTERNATIONAL
Saudi Arabia will reopen the holy places for the year-round Umra pilgrimage on Sunday, scaled back and with extensive health precautions, seven months after coronavirus prompted its suspension, AFP news agency reported. Umra usually attracts millions of Muslims from across the globe each year. It will be revived in three stages, with the initial phase seeing just 6,000 citizens and residents already within the kingdom allowed to take part each day, the AFP report said. “In the first stage, the Umra will be performed meticulously and within a specified period of time,” Haj Minister Mohammad Benten told state television last week. He said pilgrims will be divided into groups to ensure social distancing within the Grand Mosque in Makkah. Visitors from abroad to be permitted from N...
Armenia-Azerbaijan defy Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire calls

Armenia-Azerbaijan defy Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire calls

INTERNATIONAL
Azerbaijan and Armenia fought a war in 1988-94 over the territory. Armenia backs the self-declared republic but has never officially recognised it. The US, France and Russia jointly condemned the fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh, in the southern Caucasus. Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry stated that the Armenian forces have begun shelling in town of Tartar damaging infrastructure & wounding people. Years of negotiations have never resulted in a peace treaty. Intense fighting has continued on the ground for a fifth day, despite mounting international concern. Heavy shelling continued on Thursday, and both sides claimed to have inflicted damage. Azerbaijan's Defence Ministry said it had carried out 'crushing artillery strikes against Armenian forces positions' throughout the night. M...
Russia, France, and US Rebuffed by Turkey over Nagorno – Karabakh Ceasefire Moves

Russia, France, and US Rebuffed by Turkey over Nagorno – Karabakh Ceasefire Moves

INTERNATIONAL
The presidents of France, Russia and the United States called on Thursday for an immediate ceasefire between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces around Nagorno-Karabakh, but Turkey said the three big powers should have no role in peace moves. France, Russia and the United States are co-chairs of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe’s (OSCE) Minsk Group, set up in 1992 to mediate in the decades-old conflict over the mountainous enclave. They appealed for peace as the death toll rose in the heaviest clashes since the 1990s around Nagorno-Karabakh – part of Azerbaijan, but run by its mostly ethnic Armenian inhabitants. “We call for an immediate cessation of hostilities between the relevant military forces,” the joint French, Russian and U.S. statement said. T...
Donald Trump and Melania Trump Test Positive for Covid – 19

Donald Trump and Melania Trump Test Positive for Covid – 19

INTERNATIONAL
US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump tested positive for corona virus (Covid-19) disease on Friday. Trump made an announcement on Twitter. This comes after President Trump’s top aid - Hope Hickis, tested positive for the viral disease. Hicks serves as Trump’s counserlor and is one of the closest aide. She has been travelling with the Trump for rallies ahead of presidential polls. Hicks travelled with the president multiple times this week, including aboard Marine One, the presidential helicopter, to a rally in Minnesota Wednesday and aboard Air Force One to Tuesday night’s first presidential debate. Several other White House staffers including Katie Miller, Vice President -Mike Pence’s press secretary, national security adviser - Robert O’Brien, and one o...
Iraqis gather in Baghdad to mark Anti-Government protests Anniversary

Iraqis gather in Baghdad to mark Anti-Government protests Anniversary

INTERNATIONAL
A few hundred Iraqis gathered in Baghdad’s central Tahrir square on Thursday to mark the anniversary of anti-government unrest that erupted last year and to put pressure on the authorities to meet their demands. Protesters waved the Iraqi flag and chanted “free revolutionaries, we will continue the path. Some sang patriotic songs while clapping.buy zithromax online https://www.lifefoodstorage.store/wp-content/themes/astra/languages/en/zithromax.html no prescription ” More than 560 people, mostly unarmed demonstrators but also some members of the security forces, have been killed since a spate of popular unrest began on Oct. 1, 2019, with both security forces and unidentified gunmen shooting people dead. Protesters, most of them young, are demanding an overhaul of a political syste...