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NEW DELHI —  India is scrambling to contain a diplomatic storm that has erupted in Islamic countries following controversial comments made about Islam and the Prophet Muhammad by two officials of the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party. Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Iran and ...

A Pakistani social media star with millions of followers is facing criticism after posing for a TikTok video by a forest fire, as a devastating heatwave causes widespread misery in the country.Humaira Asghar posted a clip of herself walking playfully in a silver ball gown in front of a ...

Srinigar —  Major multinational companies including Hyundai, KFC and Domino's are scrambling to contain a furious backlash in India after their Pakistani subsidiaries tweeted in support of Kashmiri aspirations for independence from New Delhi. The outrage is being felt as far away as Seoul, where the foreign ministry spokesperson ...

Beijing , December 21 (ANI): Discontentment is growing against Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects with Beijing facing a "BRI backlash" in a number of countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Central and Eastern Europe. The BRI is facing a wide range of impediments in implementation, including ...

A clothing has recently fallen prey for controversy after pictures of a photoshoot performed in front of the Kartarpur Gurdwara Darbar Sahib went viral on social media. The pictures showed a Pakistani model posing 'bare-headed' with her back turned to the Gurudwara, for an advertisement for 'Mannat'; a women's ...

Pakistan's ruling party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) launched its revised Single National Curriculum (SNC) in August this year, deeming it "a milestone to end disparity in the education system." Following the recent release of the curriculum's accompanying new textbook, many have taken to social media to criticize what they view as patriarchal gender norms ...

The Latvian defense ministry has apologized to residents in the capital city Riga for the scare caused by a huge military exercise in the city center, news outlet Pakistan Point reported on Monday.The Namejs 2021 drill sparked a backlash among residents after video footage of the military firing blanks ...

NEW DELHI: The growing backlash against the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in Pakistan is driving a wedge between the all-weather allies. In the second such attack this month, a suicide bomber on Friday targeted a convoy of Chinese nationals in Balochistan. Two local kids were killed and a Chinese ...

Twitter declined to address the backlash it has faced for allowing members of the Taliban to have accounts on the service, but said it would continue its work monitoring content for any policy violations.Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesperson for the organization, shared live updates of the group's takeover of Afghanistan ...

AN EIGHT-year-old Hindu boy has become the youngest ever person to be charged with blasphemy in Pakistan - a crime which can still carry the death penalty. Source link