Author: Anas.Farooqui

The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, said it was “irresponsible and unacceptable for China to fly a spy balloon in the US airspace.” Antony Blinken, the top American diplomat, has abruptly canceled the first high-level US-China meeting in Beijing. Earlier, China responded to it by expressing guilt, saying it was a weather airship that had mistakenly deviated from its path and had been blown into American airspace. The incident came amidst the political tensions between the two nations. On Friday, the Pentagon confirmed the spotting of another Chinese spy balloon over Latin America. “The reports of spotting a second…

US intelligence has tracked a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that has been flying over the northern region of the US this week. A high-altitude surveillance balloon has been identified by Pentagon officials as belonging to China. In response to safety concerns, the US military chiefs have now decided to blow the suspicious spycraft out of the sky. President Joe Biden has been briefed on the situation, according to Pentagon officials. According to the intelligence reports, the balloon was spotted over the western state of Montana on Wednesday. On Wednesday, Defense Secretary Llyod Austin and chairman of the United States Joint…

A resolution vote was aimed at Ilhan Omar, a Muslim-American progressive lawmaker, over her criticism of Israel. In Washington, DC, Kevin McCarthy, the speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States, is leading a motion to block Ilhan Omar, a Congresswoman serving in the chamber’s Foreign Affairs Committee, over her past remarks on Israel. In the House of Representatives on Wednesday, a resolution was passed to remove Ilhan Omar from the panel. The Democrats are accusing McCarty and opposed the move for targeting the politician who is a former refugee of Somali descent and only among the two…

Turkey orders the Danish Ambassador after the burning of the Holy book of Muslims by a far-right politician near Copenhagen mosque. In Denmark, an anti-Islam activist burned the Muslim holy book in front of a Copenhagen mosque and outside the Turkish embassy. A far-right politician, Rasmus Paludan who holds dual citizenship Danish and Swedish had already enraged the Turkish government after orchestrating a Quran-burning protest in Sweden on January 21. On Friday, he performed the stunt again in front of a mosque, as well as the Turkish Embassy in Copenhagen, and vowed to continue it every Friday until NATO admits…

In a large-scale raid on a refugee camp in Jenin, 10 people were shot dead along with 20 others severely injured. In the occupied West Bank region, Israeli troops have killed 10 Palestinians in one of the deadliest raids since the beginning of last year. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, the Israeli forces raided the refugee camp area in Jenin and killed nine of the Palestinians. The other man, a 22-year-old Palestinian was shot by the Israeli forces in the northern town of Al-Ram in Jerusalem. The Palestinians described the raid of Jenin as a “massacre” in which…

Rohingya are drowning in the sea. It is both immoral and illegal for Asian leaders not to help the community. In early January, a boat with 185 Rohingya refugees washed ashore on the coast of Aceh, a province in Indonesia. After spending months in cramped and overcrowded conditions in the camps in Bangladesh, the refugees in a desperate attempt to search for a life of dignity went to sail in the sea. Sadly, their boats were stranded in the middle of the Andaman sea with no access to food and drinking water. Few reports came in as some of them…

A terrorist fold was unearthed, misleading the youth and enticing them into joining terrorist ranks. In Baramulla, the police, along with the army’s 29 RR, have succeeded in rescuing five youths and two juveniles from joining terrorist ranks. The Baramulla police have cracked down on a fortress with the 29th Regiment of the Army and rescued 5 youths and 2 juveniles (identities protected), according to a statement. It was learned that some youngsters were enticed by terrorist officials from Pakistan to join terrorist organizations. On the basis of the given input, security forces first traced their location and were later…

A copy of the Quran was burned in a Stockholm protest, and Sweden should not expect Turkey to back its NATO membership bid, said Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday. After Russia invaded Ukraine – Sweden applied to join NATO – but needs Turkey’s approval, already a member. Following the Quran’s burning in Sweden, Kurdish protesters hung an effigy of Mr. Erdogan this month. In response, he said, “Sweden should not expect support from our side for NATO.” “It is of no question that those who committed such an act of disgrace in front of our country’s embassy should no…

At the Dior Bar & Lounge nightclub, three Baton Rouge police responded to gunfire at 1:30 a.m. in Louisiana. The officers quickly administered life-saving aid until emergency medical help arrived. A dozen people were injured in the shootings in the Baton Rouge nightclub, said the authorities in Louisiana on Sunday. According to police, the early morning attack was part of a targeted killing. One of the victims is badly injured, and no arrests have been made. On Sunday afternoon, Baton Rouge Police Chief Murphy Paul said in a news conference that “based on the preliminary investigation, this is not a…

A Russian missile strike devastated the eastern city of Dnipro, killing 12 in an apartment block on Saturday. Several missile attacks on Ukraine have led to several cities under an emergency blackout. The missile strikes mostly on energy infrastructures impacting the cities of Odessa, Kyiv, and Kharkiv. On Saturday evening as Ukrainians celebrated the Old New Year, President Volodymyr Zelkensky addressed the public and said Russian attacks on civilian targets can be stopped if Ukraine’s Western allies can assist and supply necessary weapons. In response to this Russia responded that providing more weapons to Ukraine would only lead to more…