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The backlash over French President Emmanuel Macron’s critique of Islam has intensified after Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan questioned his counterpart’s mental health, while Muslims in several countries are demanding a boycott of France. Marking his second sharp criticism against Macron in two days, Erdogan said on Sunday that ...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Pakistani politicians, organizations and citizens have voiced their disapproval of steps in recent months by some Arab and African Muslim-majority countries to normalize diplomatic relations with Israel.Long-standing behind-the-scenes contacts between Gulf countries, notably the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Israel were announced by US President Donald Trump on ...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Pakistani politicians, organizations and citizens have voiced their disapproval of steps in recent months by some Arab and African Muslim-majority countries to normalize diplomatic relations with Israel.Long-standing behind-the-scenes contacts between Gulf countries, notably the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Israel were announced by US President Donald Trump on ...

KARACHI/ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday urged the UN, and the international community to act to resolve the long-smoldering disputes of Palestine and Kashmir, which posed a threat to global peace.Addressing the 75th session of the UN General Assembly through video link, Khan spoke in length ...

Mahmoud Abbas speaks virtually during the United Nations General Assembly. Photographer: Tiffany Hagler-Geard/Bloomberg Photographer: Tiffany Hagler-Geard/Bloomberg The annual United Nations General Assembly is usually an opportunity for the Palestinians to corral the Arab world firmly behind their cause. That paradigm was under strain during this year’s gathering, which is ...

#Pakistan News Both Palestine and Pakistan on Wednesday hailed President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for his speech to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The Palestinian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday said in a statement, “We must thank the Turkish president for his insistence on reminding the world of the Palestinian ...

NEW DELHI/NEW YORK: Following another attempt by Pakistan to raise the Kashmir issue at the United Nations, India described Pakistan as a country recognised globally as the epicentre of terrorism. During his address on the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the UN, Pakistan’s foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi ...

The Recep Tayyip Erdogan government will establish a museum to honour Mehmed the Conqueror, the Ottoman Sultan who captured Constantinople and took the first big steps to expand the Ottoman empire. “For the first time in Turkey, a museum bearing the name of a sultan will be built in ...

ANKARA An online seminar on Thursday highlighted the Israeli and Indian attempts at obliterating the culture and heritage of the Palestinian and Kashmiri peoples. The seminar, titled Kashmir & Palestine: The destruction of Indigenous Cultural Heritage was hosted by the Centre for Middle East and Africa (CMEA) and the ...

ISLAMABADPakistan won’t accept Israel until Palestinians are granted their rights, the country’s president told the parliament Thursday. “We cannot accept Israel until Palestinians are given their rights as envisaged by Pakistan’s founder Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah,” said President Arif Alvi, applauding Prime Minister Imran Khan for “taking a clear ...