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South Asia
India urges Pakistani PM to de-terrorize Pakistan
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, while addressing at the 70th session of thee United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. Headquarters on Wednesday commented on de-militarizing Kashmir. India has reponded by asking Islamabad to de-terrorize Pakistan instead of asking for de-militarization of Kashmir. India called Pakistan the prime sponsor of terrorism and accused…
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East Asia
AJA donates to Tongil Nanum Fund
On 26th September, Chosun Ilbo, one of the major newspapers in Korea, reported that 36 journalists from 27 countries at Asia Journalist Association (AJA) have agreed to a contract with the Tongil Nanum fund, a monthly donor fund. They already dispatched 70 dollars to the fund for the first donation.…
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South Asia
Guantanamo Bay releases ‘Bin Laden bodyguard’
A Saudi man, Abdul Shalabi, 39, has been transferred back to Saudi Arabia after being freed from Guantanamo Bay, the Pentagon said. Shalabi is said to have once worked as a bodyguard for Osama Bin Laden Shalabi was captured by Pakistani forces in 2001 and sent to the US base in Cuba, where…
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South Asia
Indian Muslim cleric issues ‘fatwa’ against A.R. Rahman for Muhammad film
A Muslim group, The Raza Academy in Mumbai, India said it has issued a “fatwa” against the Oscar-winning Indian music composer A.R. Rahman and Majid Majidi, the Iranian director of the film Muhammad: The Messenger of God. The institute also wrote to the Indian government, seeking a ban on…
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South Asia
Teacher who educates Afghan refugee girls wins UN prize
Aqeela Asifi, 49, a teacher who has dedicated her life to educating Afghan refugee girls, challenging cultural sexism by setting up classes in a temporary tent, has been named the 2015 Nansen Refugee Award winner by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Asifi left Kabul with her…
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South Asia
Afghan Taliban storm jail, release over 350 inmates
More than 350 inmates have escaped after an attack by Afghan Taliban insurgents on the main prison in eastern Ghazni province early on Monday, Deputy provincial governor of Ghazni Mohammad Ali Ahmadi said. However, the Afghan interior ministry said up to 400 managed to flee. Insurgents wearing military uniforms launched…
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South Asia
‘Islamic State’ militants claim attack on Pak-Afghan border
Former Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants who have pledged allegiance to Islamic State said on Sunday they had attacked a paramilitary checkpoint along the Afghan border, in the first such assault claimed by a former faction of the TTP in several months. A militant affiliated with the faction told Reuters the…
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South Asia
Mecca crane collapse disaster
A powerful storm toppled a construction crane Friday afternoon at the Masjid al-Haram, or Grand Mosque, in Mecca killing at least 107 people and injuring 238 others, Saudi Arabia’s civil defense authorities said on Twitter. Photos and video on social media showed the crane crashing through the mosque roof and…
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South Asia
American backpacker, artist killed in Nepal
After the devastating earthquake in April in Nepal, Dahlia Yehia, an artist and a teacher from the US, backpacked to the Asian country to help the people. According to the “Find Dahlia” Facebook page her family and friends started to help find her, Yehia, 25, arrived on July 20 and…
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South Asia
Over 1,000 Indian Muslim clerics deem IS ‘un-Islamic’
More than 1,000 Muslim clerics in India have backed a religious ruling condemning the Islamic State, calling the extremist group’s actions “un-Islamic.” Religious leaders from hundreds of mosques, education institutions and civic groups across India have signed the edict, or fatwa, saying the actions of the Islamic State group went…
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