‘US should adopt policy of total isolation against Pakistan’
Washington: The US should adopt a policy of “total isolation” against Pakistan to send a signal that it faces the prospect of becoming a “second North Korea” if it continues destabilising Afghanistan by supporting the Taliban and Haqqani network, a former top American diplomat has said.
Islamophobic abuse up 300 times in UK: Report
london: Islamophobic abuse and attacks in Britain’s public areas registered a whopping 326 per cent rise in 2015 with women in Muslim outfits emerging as the most vulnerable group, a new report claimed today. Women were disproportionately targeted by mostly teenage perpetrators and more than one in 10 of all incidents took place in educational establishments and public transport and in city centres, another cluster area, Tell MAMA monitoring found in its research.
Malala a millionaire with book sales
london: Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai and her family have become millionaires as a result of income from her memoir describing life under Taliban rule in Pakistan’s picturesque Swat valley and appearances on the lecture circuit around the world.
French probing new Charlie Hebdo threats
Paris: French police are probing new threats against satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, the target of a jehadi attack in 2015, a legal source said on Wednesday. The publication has received a series of threatening messages on its Facebook page since June 8, and on June 22 a hand-written letter was posted to the newsroom containing the same threats and the words “Allahu akbar” (God is greatest).