Kashmir Solidarity Day is a public holiday in Pakistan on February 5 each year. It focuses on showing Pakistan’s support and unity with the people of Indian-occupied Kashmir, their ongoing freedom struggle, and to pay homage to Kashmiri martyrs who lost their lives fighting for Kashmir’s freedom. Pakistan observes Kashmir Solidarity Day every year to express our unwavering political, moral …
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Major earthquakes hit Turkey, Syria: Who is stepping up to help?
People search for survivors under the rubble following an earthquake in Diyarbakir, Turkey [Sertac Kayar/Reuters] Powerful earthquakes and aftershocks have caused widespread devastation in Turkey and Syria. Dozens of countries and organisations have offered to assist rescue efforts in southeastern Turkey and northwestern Syria after an earthquake disaster killed more than 1,800 people. Below is a list of the international mobilisation …
Read More »Major earthquake in Turkey, Syria kills more than 1,400 people
The magnitude 7.8 tremor caused buildings to collapse and was felt as far as Lebanon and Cyprus. A major earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck southeastern Turkey and northwest Syria, killing more than 1,400 people and injuring hundreds in both countries as buildings collapsed across the region, triggering searches for survivors in the rubble. The earthquake hit near the Turkish city …
Read More »Canadian lawmakers back resettlement of 10,000 Uyghur Muslims
Canada’s Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Sean Fraser attends a press conference with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada April 6, 2022. REUTERS/Blair Gable OTTAWA, Feb 1 (Reuters) – The Canadian parliament on Wednesday unanimously voted in favor of a non-binding proposal for the resettlement of 10,000 Uyghur Muslim refugees from China’s Xinjiang …
Read More »Jewish National Fund: A century of land theft, belligerence and erasure by Joseph Massad
Israeli authorities demolish what remains of the Khader family home in the Shuafat neighbourhood of East Jerusalem on 16 January 2023 (Reuters) The organisation demanding financial compensation from a group representing its own victims has pursued the erasure of Palestinian geography and presence on the land for a century The Zionist movement’s major financial and colonial arm, the Jewish National …
Read More »Saudi Arabia starts issuing Stop-over Transit Visa from Monday
4-day stay with a 3-month duration for visa The visa is free of cost and it will be issued instantly along with the flight ticket, the Saudi Press Agency reported quoting the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sources. Saudi Gazette Report RIYADH — Saudi Arabia launched the service of issuing electronic Stop-over Transit Visa for arrivals in the Kingdom by air for …
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