(JNN12′DEC 2011) A senior Pakistani official says amid escalating tensionsbetween the United States and Pakistan, Islamabad has warned that it will shoot down any American assassination drone intruding its airspace. A senior Pakistani military official told NBC News “Any object entering into our airspace, including US drones, will be [Continue]
(JNN 12′DEC 2011) Hizbullah criticized on Saturday military tribunal judge Alice Shabtini’s decision to release six convicted Israeli spies, questioning her motives and deeming the incident as a dangerous development, reported the daily An Nahar on Sunday. Hizbullah criticized on Saturday military tribunal judge Alice Shabtini’s decision [Continue]
Syrian security forces have arrested a member of armed terrorist groupswhile trying to plant an explosive device in a residential area of the western city of Hama. (JNN 12′ DEC 2011) According to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), the arrest was made in the Qussour neighborhood of the city on Sunday. The explosive device was defused [Continue]
(JNN12 dec 2011) Grand source of emulation Ayatollah Sistani rejected arequest by Arab League Secretary General Nabil Al-Arabi to meet with him. Grand source of emulation Ayatollah Sistani rejected a request by Arab League Secretary General Nabil Al-Arabi to meet with him. Al-Arabi, who is in Iraq on a visit, had asked to meet with the Shia [Continue]
(JNN 11′dec 2011) The Palestinian flag will be raised at the headquarters ofthe United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Acting Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas will be present at the flag-raising ceremony in the French capital Paris on Tuesday. A spokesperson for Abbas said he will also meet with [Continue]
It was absolutely clear that the unrest in Moscow streets was supported,gfinanced and encouraged by the United States, a Russian political analyst tells Press TV. (JNN 10′ dec 2011 ) The Moscow-based analyst, Vyacheslav Matuzov said that some big American advertising agencies like Omnicom Group motivated and financed the protesters. Matuzov [Continue]
( JNN08′dec 2011) Hundreds of Iraqis have taken part in a protest rally to demand the expulsion of members of the terrorist Mojahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO) from their country. The protesters rallied outside the notorious Camp Ashraf in Diyala Province on Friday where the MKO has been based since the early 1980s, urging the Iraqi [Continue]
(JNN08′dec2011) Iran’s recovery of a downed U.S. surveillance drone publicized America’songoing covert war on Iran, a part of the Obama administration’s strategy even more bellicose than his predecessor’s. In a statement on Thursday, President Obama reiterated this confrontational approach with a popular euphemism for [Continue]
(JNN08′dec2011 ) The Afghan council of ulemas condemned the terroristattacks on mourners in the country terming it as an unforgivable crime. According to Fars news agency, the council issued a statement describing the terrorist attacks on the day of Ashura as an act orchestrated by the enemies of Islam and the people of Afghanistan aimed at [Continue]
(JNN07′dec 2011 ) Head of Iran Majlis (parliament) Human Rights Sub-Committee says there are documents to prove that American authorities have official meetings with terrorist groups in Afghanistan. Referring to the explosions targeting Afghan Muslims on Ashura, Zohreh Elahian said that the Western occupiers are responsible for terrorist [Continue]
Afghan President Hamid Karzai says that Pakistani extremists are behindTuesday’s attacks that left nearly 60 Shia mourners dead in Kabul and the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif. (JNN07′dec 2011) “We will pursue this issue with Pakistan and its government very seriously,” Karzai said on Wednesday. Pakistani terrorist group [Continue]
Pakistani terrorist group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi has claimed responsibility for the recent bomb attacks in Afghanistan that left dozens of Shia Muslims dead. (JNN07′dec2011 ) Nearly 60 Afghans lost their lives in two separate bomb attacks in Afghanistan’s Kabul and Mazar-i-Sharif on Tuesday as Shia Muslims were commemorating the martyrdom [Continue]
At least 54 Afghans have lost their lives in two separate explosions inAfghanistan’s Kabul and Mazar-i-Sharif as Shia Muslims were commemorating the martyrdom of the third Shia Imam, Imam Hussein (PBUH). (JNN 07′dec 2011 ) On Tuesday, a bomb went off in the centre of Kabul, where Shias had gathered to commemorate the day of Ashura [Continue]
Shia Muslims across the globe are holding mourning rituals incommemoration of martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hossein (PBUH), the third infallible successor and grandson of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him and his progeny). According to Press TV, throughout Iran, millions of Black-clad citizens have taken to the streets and local [Continue]
Libya has denied allegations by the US officials that Iran had supplied thetoppled regime of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi with weapons. (JNN06′dec 2011 ) Mustafa Abdel Jalil, Libya’s interim leader, dismissed the recent comments by the US officials that Iran had provided the former Libyan regime with hundreds of special artillery [Continue]
Separate bomb attacks have killed at least 33 Shia mourners and wounded101 others across Iraq, police sources say. (JNN06′dec 2011) “A car bomb was parked near a Shia pilgrims’ procession inside the Nile area, and it killed 16 people, mostly women and children, and wounded 45 others,” a police source told Reuters on [Continue]
More than 4,000 volunteers and scouts have been deployed by the Shiacommunity of the city to provide security to the central congregation and processions on 9th (Tasua) and 10th (Ashura) Muharram as a self-security measure in the wake of the prevailing law and order situation in the country. [Continue]
(JNN05′dec 2011) U.S. police have arrested over 25 people in theircrackdown on Occupy protesters in Portland, Oregon, Washington D.C., and Nashville, Tennessee. Portland police arrested 19 people after hundreds of protesters tried to gather in Shemanski Park in the city’s downtown, late on Saturday. The standoff between the police and [Continue]
The head of the Hezbollah executive council says the resistance movement is fully prepared to counter any Israeli threats against Lebanon’s sovereignty. (JNN04′dec 2011) Sayyed Hashem Safi al-Din made the remark on Saturday, a day after Hezbollah members discovered an Israeli espionage device planted in south Lebanon. “This is clear [Continue]
Ayatollah Javadi Amoli, one of the most senior religious clerics andjurisprudents in Iran, voiced support and solidarity with the Pakistani nation in the confrontation with international pressures. (JNN 04′dec 2011) Ayatollah Javadi Amoli, one of the most senior religious clerics and jurisprudents in Iran, voiced support and solidarity with [Continue]
