Asian Lite News Archive

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  • Asian Lite Daily Digital – October 29, 2020 – US POLLS: The Fight Enters Final Phase

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    US POLLS: The Fight Enters Final Phase; Chai With High Commissioner;  US Senators Grill Big Tech Bosses; Al-Qaeda Sets Focus on Kashmir; China shifts focus to Taiwan – all in Asian Lite Daily Digital – please click here to read.

  • UN mourns loss of late Amir of Kuwait

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    United Nations General Assembly President Volkan Bozkir praised the late Amir as a pioneer of preventive diplomacy, due to his commitment to peace and conflict resolution through dialogue…Reports Asian Lite Newsdesk Nations mourned the passing of the late Amir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, during a United Nations General Assembly special session on…

  • Fashion Industry Affected as Saudi delays Turkish Imports

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    As the regional tussle between Turkey and its rivals, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates gathers heat, the flow of goods and merchandises between these countries is taking a hit. Various fashion brands which house their production facilities in Turkey and import the finished goods to the lucrative markets in the…

  • Azerbaijan, Armenia Agree on Ceasefire

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    Russia announced that Azerbaijan and Armenia agreed today to a ceasefire in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, starting at noon the same day, after long negotiations that took place in Moscow between the foreign ministers of the two countries, the Saudi Press Agency reported. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in a statement that the ceasefire will…

  • Canada suspends arms exports to Turkey

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    “Canada continues to be concerned by the ongoing conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh resulting in shelling of communities and civilian casualties said Champagne …Reports Asian Lite News Canada has suspended its arms export permits to Turkey after it was claimed that Ankara was using drone-sensor technology created by an Ontario company in the fight between Armenia and…

  • Saudi,Israel accuse Turkey of hostile acts

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    Israel, which generally avoids public criticism of Turkey, lashed out at Istanbul for disrupting peace efforts and asked NATO members to rein it in…Reports Asian Lite News Saudi Arabia has blamed Turkey for hostility towards its leadership and asked citizens to boycott everything Turkish after Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Arab countries of destabilising…

  • Kuwait emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah dies at 91

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    The emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, has died aged 91. Sheikh Sabah was the ruler of Kuwait since 2006 .Reports Arab News He was admitted to hospital in July and underwent surgery, before travelling to the US for further treatment. His death brought an outpouring of grief and condolences from both the Gulf,…

  • Palestine castigates Arab, Israel normalization

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    A senior Palestinian official said that the US-brokered normalization between the two Arab states and Israel is intended for political interests of American President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain normalize their ties with Israel to support Trump’s re-election campaign and improve Netanyahu’s internal political situation,”…

  • TRAVEL: Zipline Magic in Ras Al Khaimah

    TRAVEL: Zipline Magic in Ras Al Khaimah

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    Ras Al Khaimah, one of the seven emirates of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is an oasis of adventure and sport. Ras Al Khaimah in Arabic means “head of camp”. This emirate is truly located at the top of the country, with its high mountains part of the Hajar mountain range, located at the most…

  • No more US troops to fight ISIS: Obama

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     US President Barack Obama said that local forces should be the main forces to fight the extremist group the Islamic State (IS) and currently there was no plan for his administration to send more troops abroad….reports Asian Lite News. Obama  told reporters after being briefed by US military leadership on the status of US-led coalition…

  • A Good News -Now join the bandwagon

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    If you can’t beat it, join with it. Every third person in world overweight….reports Asian Lite News More than a third of the world’s population – 37 percent of men and 38 percent of women – is overweight, says a study published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organisation (WHO). Between 1980 and 2013,…

  • Iran, P5+1 to aim nuke deal on July 7

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    US Secretary of State John Kerr says Iran and P5+1 aiming to finish nuclear talks on July 7….reports Asian Lite News Iran and the P5+1 group of world powers aimed to finish the latest round of nuclear talks “in the timeframe” that all parties have set out, said US Secretary of State John Kerry in Vienna. “That’s our…

  • ISIS test Israel by firing rockets

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    An ISIS affiliate has claimed responsibility for firing three rockets into Israeli territory. “Three rockets were launched from Sinai Peninsula bordering Israel and Gaza,” The Jerusalem Post quoted an Israeli Defense Force (IDF) source as saying. The IDF source said the affiliate, which calls itself Sinai Province, in a statement posted on Twitter on Friday, confirmed…

  • India stay neutral in UNHRC vote against Israel

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    Marking a significant change in stance, India abstained on a United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution condemning Israel over a UN report into the alleged war crimes committed during the 2014 Gaza conflict….reports Asian Lite News. But India stated that “there is no change in New Delhi’s long-standing position on support to the Palestinian…

  • BBC sticks to ‘Islamic State’

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    The BBC has refused to stop using the name Islamic State to refer to the Sunni radical group that has been sweeping through Syria and Iraq. The refusal was made by Lord Hall of Birkenhead, BBC’s director general, after a petition submitted by 120 members of parliament called upon the broadcaster to desist from using…

  • Consider Syria ISIS strikes: Fallon to MP’s

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    The defence secretary is to say that MPs should consider allowing Britain to bomb Islamic State targets in Syria. The RAF has been carrying out strikes in Iraq since September but Michael Fallon will say Parliament should look at the case for missions in Syria too reports BBC. The UK does not need the backing…

  • Progress in latest round of n-talks

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    Iran and six world powers are making progress in the latest round of talks over Iran’s long-disputed nuclear programme, said top diplomats of the US and Iran here….reports Asian Lite News. “We have some very difficult issues, but we believe we are making progress and we are going to continue to work because of that,”…

  • US releases National Military Strategy

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    Chairman of US Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey has released the country’s National Military Strategy which provides the blueprint for how the military will use its forces to protect and advance US national and security interests. “This strategy addresses these dynamics and our strategy to ensure that our force remains the best-led, trained…

  • Prince Waleed Pldges $ 23 billion to charity

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    Saudi Arabia’s billionaire Prince Al Waleed Bin Talal pledged his entire $32-billion fortune to charitable projects over the coming years. At a press conference in Saudi Capital Riyadh, he said his pledge was modeled on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and other philanthropic funds in the United States….reporst Asian Lite News. Alwaleed said his…

  • 60 killed in Egyptian attacks

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    At least 60 people, including army and police personnel and civilians, were killed in a series of suicide attacks and bombings on several security checkpoints in Egypt’s northern Sinai Peninsula, security officials said….reports Asian Lite News. Islamic State-affiliated Wilayat Sina (Sinai Province) terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attacks, while clashes between security forces and…

  • Bibi smuggled in delivery truck for Cancer check

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    Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was smuggled into hospital twice during the country’s elections earlier this year for secret cancer checks, it has been claimed. The 65-year-old leader was apparently bundled inside a pita bread delivery truck for one set of tests, then taken in a pet control van for the second, with guards dressed…

  • Why parents blame others for their fault?

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    While trumpeting their own innocence over their children’s association with extremism, Muslim parents simultaneously protest that the authorities did nothing.  If the families really had no knowledge of such activities, why should the police or schools or social services?….writes Manzoor Moghal As the lethal cycle of British involvement in jihadism deepens, so the cries of…

  • Iran nuclear talks gets into final hours

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    The contentious nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1 group of world powers resumed here, the last day of the self-imposed deadline by the participants, following the arrival of Iranian chief negotiator Mohammad Javad Zarif in the Austrian capital….reports Asian Lite News. Zarif met US Secretary of State John Kerry at the Palais Coburg Hotel,…

  • Sisi pledges stronger anti-terror laws

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    Egypt is determined to amend laws with the aim of achieving justice as soon as possible, President Abdel Fattah El Sisi said….reports Asian Lite News. Attending the funeral ceremony of Egypt’s prosecutor general Hisham Barakat, who died after a bomb attack on his motorcade on Monday, Sisi said the prosecutor general was Egypt’s voice that…

  • Poor Greece: Tsipras Slipped

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    Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras threatened to resign if he fails to win the referendum on Sunday….reports Asian Lite News Mr Tsipras said a clear vote against austerity would help Greece negotiate a better settlement to the crisis. Otherwise, he warned, he would not stay in office to oversee more cuts. Greece’s bailout expires on…

  • UK to tackle radicalisation at schools, prisons

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    Prime Minister David Cameron vows to defeat terrorism and unveiled new measures to prevent radicalisation at schools and prisons…. reports Kaliph Anaz The prime minister was addressing the House of Commons in the wake of attack in Tunisia. Cameron announced new measures to make all public bodies – from schools to prisons to local councils – to…

  • Please stop the Blame Game

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    While trumpeting their own innocence over their children’s association with extremism, Muslim parents simultaneously protest that the authorities did nothing.  If the families really had no knowledge of such activities, why should the police or schools or social services?….writes Manzoor Moghal As the lethal cycle of British involvement in jihadism deepens, so the cries of…

  • Afzal seeks review of UK policies

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    Labour leader Afzal Khan MEP, one of the most influential British Asian politician, has called for an new approach to tackling the spread of radicalisation across Europe and for a greater understanding of the grievances behind it….reports Asian Lite News Speaking in the European Parliament at the Foundation for European Progressive Studies’ conference on ‘Islam in…

  • Stopping the crimson tide ….

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    Terrorism is a long battle and has nothing to do with retaking lost territory nor does a battle plan for this fight have parameters. It is fluid, nebulous and almost impossible to eliminate for the enemy is unseen…writes Bikram Vohra The plumes of violence continue to spread insidiously. The attacks in Kuwait, Tunis and France…

  • How can we stem radicalisation of Muslim youths?

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    How we can prevent Muslim youths from turning their backs on British values, rather than choosing a life of radicalisation and extremism….Sajjad Karim MEP explores for Asian Lite News Islam for many people in the UK and even across the western world has become a word associated with the likes of Al-Qaeda or foreign wars…

  • IS guns down 146 people in Syria

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    At least 146 civilians were killed and more than 200 others wounded over the last 24 hours by the Islamic State (IS) terrorists in Syria’s predominantly-Kurdish city of Kobane. Medical sources in Kobane in northern Syria said 146 civilians were gunned down by the IS terrorists since Thursday morning, the time when the IS group…

  • British Imams go digital to stem Daesh

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    British Imams will provide personal videos to offer spiritual guidance and support to young British Muslims….reports Asian Lite News As millions of British Muslims observing Ramadan – the holiest month in the Islamic calendar, male and female Imams and scholars from across the UK are taking part in a digital campaign titled ‘Ramadan Reminders’ to…

  • BBC, PM urged to rename ISIS

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    Cross party MPs including Boris Johnson, Keith Vaz call on Government and BBC to rename ISIL/ ISIS as ‘Daesh’….reports Asian Lite News  More than 120 Members of Parliament from across the political spectrum have signed letters calling for the BBC and the Government to stop referring to the terrorist organisation as “the Islamic State”. The…

  • Gurudwara holds Iftar for Muslims in UAE

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    A gurudwara in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) held an Iftar party for Muslims fasting in the holy month of Ramadan, a media report said . The gurudwara in Jebel Ali organised the iftar for the second consecutive year. The guests of honour were people from Al Manar – a Quran study Centre, the Khaleej…

  • Israel retaliate Gaza rocket attack

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    Israelis forces struck a target in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip in retaliation to a rocket attack from Gaza on southern Israel, authorities said. A rocket was fired from the coastal territory of Gaza on Tuesday to an open area near southern Israel’s Ashkelon city. No injuries have been reported. “In response to this attack, the…

  • Al-Jazeera journalist accuses Germany of Sisi link

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    Egyptian-British Ahmed Mansour, from the Al-Jazeera channel’s Arabic service, says Germany has joined hands with Cairo’s SiSi regime …reports Asian Lite. Egyptian-British journalist Ahmed Mansour on Al-Jazeera’s broadcast service detained in Berlin on an Egyptian arrest warrant has accused Germany of acting as a tool of Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s regime. Mansour is being…

  • Islamic nations join International Yoga Day

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    By Chaitanya Mallapur There are 47 Islamic nations among the 177 countries of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) that officially co-sponsored with India a resolution to establish June 21 as “International Day of Yoga”. Yoga is a 5,000-year-old physical, mental and spiritual practice rooted in Hindu tradition, a religious origin that has caused disquiet…

  • Bradford family to meet Vaz

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    Home Affairs Committee chairman Keith Vaz is due to meet the husbands of two of three Bradford women thought to be in Syria with their nine children. It is claimed they were encouraged to contact their brother – thought to be fighting with extremists in Syria. West Yorkshire Police said it rejected the suggestion officers…

  • Iraqi forces kill 182 IS terrorists

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    Iraqi government forces backed by air power have engaged militants from the Islamic State terrorist group during various clean-up operations across the crisis-hit country and killed at least 182 extremists. According to a statement released by the Iraqi defence ministry on Friday, a total of 124 IS militants died when Iraqi security forces, supported by…

  • ‘Iran n-talks may go on beyond deadline’

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    Iran’s foreign minister says Tehran is not pressed for time in reaching a nuclear agreement with the P5+1 group, adding that the talks are very likely to continue beyond the self-imposed June 30 deadline. “We believe that a good agreement should be reached so it means that we do not feel pressed for time,” Mohammad…

  • Zohra Dawood said she ‘didn’t like UK’

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    The missing Bradford sister believed to be in an ISIS-controlled part of Syria told a friend she ‘did not want her daughters to grow up in England’. The woman, who wished to remain anonymous, said Zohra Dawood ‘didn’t like the UK’ as it was becoming ‘more like America’. Ms Dawood along with her sisters Khadija…

  • Cameron draws flak from MP, MCB

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    The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), Britain’ largest Islamic forum, Yasmin Qureshi, Labour MP from Bolton, slammed Prime Minister David Cameron for  claiming Muslims ‘quietly condone’ terrorism’….reports Asian Lite News Mrs Qureshi said ‘white population’ is never asked to apologise for atrocities carried out by racists, the Daily Mail reported. The Labour leader said she…

  • Emirates Goes Blue in UK’s Burj

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    Emirates Airlines plan to brand the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth, the 170-metre tall sail structure similar to Burj Al Arab of Dubai, was forced to abandon after the local football fans see RED – the colour of arch rival neighbouring Southampton…reports Asian Lite News The Dubai-based airlines agreed to change its colour to blue.Blue is…

  • Warsi raps Cameron, MCB

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    Baroness Sayeeda Warsi said Cameron is undermining the efforts to stem extremism and the MCB is not reflecting the views of the Brtiish Muslims…reports Asian Lite News Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, the former chairperson of the Conservative party, said Prime Minister David Cameron wrong to target British Muslims over radicalisation, the Guardian reported. She also criticised the…

  • ‘Missing’ British women and children in Syria

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    Three sisters from Britain’s Bradford city, who along with their nine minor children were reported missing after a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia, have entered Syria, a media report said , citing an Islamic State (IS) smuggler. Khadija, Sugra and Zohra Dawood — all in their 30s — and their nine children were split into two…

  • The US Must Stop Enabling Israel

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    By Dr Alon Ben-Meir No one can deny the close, abiding, and unparalleled friendship between the United States and Israel. This tight bond has served both countries well, especially Israel, which has benefitted politically, economically, and militarily from the US’s unwavering support, helping Israel to become a powerhouse second to none in the Middle East.…

  • AHLAN RAMADAN – Gallery

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    Muslims across the world begin Ramadan fasting yesterday. Asian Lite News capture a selection of images

  • UK appeals to Ramadan Donors

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    Britain’s Charity Commission encourages donors to give safely this Ramadan…reports Asian Lite News The Charity Commission is encouraging people to make checks before they give to charity this Ramadan. The regulator recognises that many people give generously to good causes at this time of year, and urges those doing so to take some simple steps to…

  • US admits to slow response against ISIS

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     US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter admitted that they did not act fast enough to prepare Iraqi forces for the threat posed by the Islamic State militant group. “We … determined that our equipping of the Iraqi security forces had proceeded too slowly,” Carter said in a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday…

  • Israel mulling hosting Syrian refugees

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    Israel is considering the possibility of hosting refugees from Syria, particularly from neighbouring Druze villages, even though it is technically at war with that country. Israeli chief of staff Gen. Gadi Eisenkot instructed the Israeli armed forces to remain vigilant in securing the border with Syria, which has been mired in conflict for four years…