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Two Palestinian militants were killed on Tuesday in the West Bank city of Nablus, Palestine. The identified as Saud Al-Titi, an officer with the Palestinian Authority security forces, and Mohammed Al-Bouf, who had respectively spent 14 years and seven years in Israeli prisons, Xinhua news agency reported. Israeli forces have killed at least 96 people, including 16 children, since the start of January, at a rate of nearly one murder a day, in what the Palestinian health ministry has described as the deadliest start to a year since 2000. On Monday, Israeli troops killed a 15-year-old Palestinian boy in the occupied West Bank city of Jericho.

A fake news of Moulana Tariq Jameel's death is being circulated widely on Social media. "In recent days, there have been rumors circulating about his death, which has caused concern and confusion among his followers. However, it has been confirmed that the reports are false, and Jameel is still alive and in good health," Molana's social media team has confirmed. Tariq Jameel is a well-known television preacher and also a religious writer. Tariq is a member of the Tablighi Jamaat and he has received the Pride of Performance award also. Tariq completed his primary education in Lahore at Central Model School and then he attended Government University in Lahore. Molana Tariq Jameel is listed among the most popular figures in the country and he has been named in the list of 500 Most In...

Elon Musk said on Wednesday that it was not possible to uphold the freedom of speech in India or else the twitter employees will go to jail. Responding to a BBC journalist's question, Twitter CEO said, he did not know "what exactly happened" when Twitter took down content related to a documentary critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this year, adding that some rules related to social media content were "quite strict" in India. In January, India ordered the blocking of a BBC documentary which questioned PM Modi's leadership during the 2002 Gujarat riots, saying that even sharing of any clips via social media was barred. The government had issued orders to Twitter to block over 50 tweets linking to the video of the documentary, Kanchan Gupta, an adviser to the government...

Dozens of Israeli settlers on Tuesday forced their way into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem during the Jewish holiday of Passover, according to eyewitnesses. The eyewitnesses said Israeli police escorted groups of settlers into the Al-Aqsa courtyard through the Mughrabi Gate in the western wall of the mosque. Israeli police forces were deployed in the courtyards of the mosque before the raids, while some police officers climbed the roof of the Al-Qibli Mosque. Earlier, the Israeli police prevented Palestinians under the age of 50 from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque to perform prayers, eyewitnesses told Anadolu. Dozens of Palestinians performed the morning prayer on the streets leading to Al-Aqsa Mosque after being prevented from entering the courtyard. On Mon...

An imam in the US state of New Jersey was stabbed during morning prayer. Sayed El-Nakib, imam of the Omar Mosque in Paterson, was stabbed by an attacker who hid in the congregation while leading the morning prayer on Sunday, April 9. The attacker, Serif Zorba, 32, was caught on the mosque’s security camera jumping over the congregation and stabbing the 65-year-old imam with a knife. Zorba was caught by the worshippers and handed over to the police. He was also seen threatening people who tried to stop him. El-Nakib was taken to the Saint Joseph Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. “Zorba is charged with Attempted Murder, First Degree; Possession Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose, Third Degree; and Unlawful Possession of a Weapon, Fourth Degree,” said a statement from Pa...

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has called on Muslim states to form a “united and consistent” front in support of the Palestinians against Israel. In a phone conversation with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Raisi said that Iran and Algeria share common stances on regional and international affairs, particularly the Palestine issue and the protection of the Palestinians’ rights, Xinhua news agency reported, citing a statement posted on the website of the Iranian President’s office. The Algerian President said that he hoped that “Palestine would be liberated from the Israelis through cooperation among Muslim states”. The phone conversation followed last week’s escalation of tension along the Israeli borders with Lebanon and the Palestinian enclave of Gaza Strip. Militants ...

Riyadh has informed the Yemeni presidential leadership council of its decision to end the war and close the Yemen file once and for all, informed Yemeni, news reports said on Friday. Ashaq Al Awasat reported that new efforts are underway to resolve the Yemeni crisis as it enters its ninth year. An informed Yemeni source revealed to the source that a comprehensive peace document is being drafted. Sponsored by China, the finishing touches are being made to the draft that covers several phases. The first phase of peace would include a nationwide ceasefire, the reopening of all land, air, and sea routes, the merger of the central banks, and complete prisoner swap deals. Meanwhile, Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman reiterated the Kingdom’s constant support to Yemen....

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal Bin Farhan Al Saud on Thursday signed a joint statement in the Chinese capital of Beijing, in presence of Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang, on the start of the procedures to reopening the embassies of the two countries and enhancing cooperation to achieve security and stability in the region. The Iranian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Thursday “In light of what was included by the tripartite joint statement by each of Iran, Saudi Arabia and China on March 10, 2023, on resumption of Saudi and Iranian relations and in the framework of coordination between the two countries on the necessary steps to resume the diplomatic and consulate work between them, the two sides held talks, during which they ...

Israel bombed the Gaza Strip in the early hours of Friday, in a sharp escalation of violence. The attacks came two days of attacks at Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque, after Israeli police forcibly removed Palestinian worshippers from the site on both Tuesday and Wednesday nights. As anger over the scenes at al-Aqsa mounted in the Arab world, militants in Lebanon allegedly fired 34 rockets at Israel on Thursday afternoon. Israeli media said it was the biggest barrage from the country since 2006, when the Hizbollah militant group and Israel fought a 34-day war. Air defences intercepted 25 rockets but at least five landed in Israel and paramedics said three people had been injured. At a security cabinet meeting on Thursday night, prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel’s “enem...

The Israeli police on Wednesday said they detained 350 Palestinians from the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in East Jerusalem. The detainees include “masked men, and those who threw stones and fireworks.” The Commission for Palestinian Prisoners Affairs said the police began to release the detainees on the condition that they be removed from Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Old City in Jerusalem for a week. A group of Palestinians barricaded themselves inside the Al-Qibli Prayer Hall in the complex after Jewish settlers called for a raid on the mosque. They attempted to prevent police from entering by closing its doors. Surrounding the Al-Qibli Prayer Hall, Israeli police went up to the roof of the mosque, smashed some of the windows and initially intervened with sound bombs against the worsh...