WASHINGTON: Imam Mohamed Magid, a well-known figure in Washington, who was expected to deliver the “Muslim call to prayer” at Donald Trump’s inaugural multi-faith prayer service instead recited some verses of the Holy Qur’an in front of the 45th president of the United States. The Imam did a comm

Washington: In his maiden speech, new US President Donald Trump on Friday vowed to make America great again, and said he would transfer power to the people. “Together we will determine the course of America and the world for many, many years to come,” Trump said in his first speech after he was

Davos: Terming Kashmir as an “unfinished agenda” of the partition, Pakistan’s former army chief Gen (retd) Raheel Sharif on Thursday said normality will return to the region only after the long-standing dispute is resolved. Raheel, while speaking at the ‘Pakistan Breakfast’ on the sidelines of Wo

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, during his visit to the Davos World Economic Forum urged a global alliance to form to confront Russia militarily. He’s been talking about the predictions of imminent World War III since taking office. “Trump’s cabinet appointees were promising and the way

Western Australia State – Colin Barnett, an Australian politician has ruled out any attempt to ban Muslims from wearing burqa but said he would prefer “that type of clothing” wasn’t worn in Australia Senator Pauline Hanson’s renewed call for a ban on the burqa ahead of her visit to Western Aust

WASHINGTON – Ibtihaj Muhammad along with several other athletes have been given key Administration posts on Tuesday, by Barack Obama who is serving his final week in office. Ibtihaj Muhammad is the first Muslim athlete to represent the US in the Olympics in hijab. “I am proud that such experien

According to the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation's Radio Pakistan report, Sharif, while talking to the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, said that Pakistan invited India for talks but India did not respond. As expected, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has chosen not to ans

The 29-year-old transgender US Army private, born Bradley Manning, will be freed on 17 May. She had been scheduled to be released in 2045. House Speaker Paul Ryan said the move set a "dangerous precedent". But at his final news conference, Mr Obama said: "Justice has been served." Chelsea M

The number of dead has risen to at least 76 people in the accidental Nigerian air force strike on a camp for displaced people, according to the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRC). ICRC said on Wednesday that six Nigeria Red Cross members were among the dead and 13 more were

Houston-area media are quoting former President George H.W. Bush’s chief of staff as saying that Mr. Bush has been hospitalised in Houston. The Houston Chronicle and KHOU-TV reported on Wednesday that Mr. Bush’s chief of staff Jean Becker says the 41st President was recently admitted to Houston M

The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has officially ended, nearly three years after the plane mysteriously disappeared. Transport ministers from Malaysia, Australia and China announced Tuesday the search had officially been suspended. The Boeing 777 plane disappeared March 8, 2014 while

CAIRO: A group of terrorists attacked a security checkpoint at Al-Naqb in southwestern Egypt's New Valley Governorate, 70 km from Kharga city, killing eight police officials and injuring three others. The attack took place last night in which two of the attackers were killed during the gunbattle

BISHKEK: A Turkish cargo jet crashed near Kyrgyzstan's Manas airport on Monday, killing at least 37 people, most of them residents of a village struck by the Boeing747 as it tried to land in dense fog, Kyrgyz officials said. According to the airport administration, the plane was supposed to make

The main suspect in the New Year's Eve attack on an exclusive nightclub in Istanbul has been arrested, Turkish media report. Abdulkadir Masharipov is believed to have mounted the attack on the Reina club in which 39 people were killed. The Uzbek national is said to have been caught in Istanbul's

US President Barack Obama on Monday marked the first anniversary of the nuclear deal with Iran by emphasizing its “significant and concrete results” and warning the incoming Trump administration against undoing a pact supported by the world’s major powers. In language clearly directed at Donald T

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN:  Pakistan has cautioned members of Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), a 35-member elite grouping that includes India and controls export in high-end missile technologies, that introduction of "destabilising systems" like "missile defence programmes" and "inter-continental

Dhaka: Bangladesh’s Prime Minister on Wednesday asked Myanmar to take back tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees who have fled a military crackdown in the Buddhist majority nation’s Rakhine state, an official said. According to the UN, at least 65,000 people belonging to the Muslim minority have

If President Barack Obama is still wondering what to do when he leaves office next week, he has a ready job offer — from Spotify. The world’s leading streaming service on Monday advertised an opening for “President of Playlists” — and said it was looking for someone with “at least eight years exp