A Malaysian court Thursday sentenced nine Filipinos to death for taking part in a foiled incursion in the eastern state of Sabah that left more than 70 people dead four years ago. A three-member Appeals Court panel in Putrajaya overturned last year’s life sentences handed to the nine defendants by a lower court, which convicted […]
Authorities in northwest China’s Xinjiang region are doubling down on a bid to prevent Muslim Uyghurs from fasting and praying during Islam’s holy month of Ramadan by embedding Chinese officials in their homes, according to official sources. While authorities in Xinjiang have typically forced restaurants to stay open and restricted access to mosques during Ramadan […]
PanARMENIAN.Net – Pieces of a Myanmar military plane which went missing with more than 100 soldiers and family members aboard were found in the Andaman Sea late Wednesday, June 7, a local official said, according to AFP Navy ships and aircraft had been searching since the afternoon when the plane lost contact with air traffic […]
SkyNews Arabia is reporting that Saudi Arabia has given Qatar a 24 hours ultimatum, starting tonight, to fulfill 10 conditions. The list of demands from Saudi Arabia has been handed to Kuwait, which is currently mediating the tensions between Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Zerohedge is reporting that among the key demands by Saudi Arabia is […]
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A Wednesday terrorist attack on the Iranian Parliament and the police siege of the building finished in the afternoon. The whole four gunmen have been killed in the exchange of gunfire. Earlier reports said exchange of gunfire in a corridor of the parlaiment has injured a security guard in the parliament. Reports […]
Jordanian restaurants in the city of Aqaba have reportedly been denying service to vacationing Israelis due to their country of origin. According to Israeli network Channel 2, Jordanians have been refusing service to Jewish customers as part of a general antipathy towards Israelis. One such traveler posted on Facebook that she and a friend were […]
Iranian media are reporting two separate attacks in Tehran, one at the Iranian parliament and one as the shrine of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Reports said at least three attackers raided Khomeini’s mausoleum in southern Tehran. Two of the assailants shot at visitors, while the third detonated explosives in a suicide attack. A security guard was […]
PanARMENIAN.Net – Saudi Arabia plans to execute 14 citizens, all Shiites, after a “grossly unfair trial” linked to political protests, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday, June 6, according to AFP. Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia, which has one of the highest rates of executions in the world, has witnessed protests and clashes with […]
