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Wellington, Mar 25: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today ordered an independent judicial inquiry into the Christchurch mosque attacks, asking whether police and intelligence services could have prevented the March 15 attack. Ardern said a royal commission — the most powerful judicial probe available under New Zealand law — was needed to find out how a single gunman was able to kill 50

Islamabad, Mar 24: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has ordered a probe into reports of abduction, forced conversion and underage marriages of two teenage Hindu girls in Sindh province and to take immediate steps for their recovery, information minister Fawad Chaudhry said on Sunday. Meanwhile, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj sought details from the Indian envoy in Pakistan into the

Islamabad, Mar 23: It would be a "mistake" for India to view Pakistan with the eye of pre-partition and its desire for peace should not be misconstrued as a sign of weakness, President Arif Alvi said on Saturday as Islamabad displayed its military might on the National Day. Arif Alvi was addressing the annual Pakistan Day Parade in Islamabad to commemorate the resolution passed by the All-India

"The terrorist attack in New Zealand represents a very dangerous tide in the West that is Islamaphobia," he said in Istanbul where the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) held an emergency meeting Friday. Certain Western officials and institutions, he said, are aiding and abetting crimes against Muslims with their silence. Zarif criticized "those who prevent citizens of Muslim countries from

Christchurch/New Zealand, Mar 22: The Imam of Masjid Al Noor has led the first Jummah prayer in Christchurch since the mosque shootings last Friday. The Friday Prayer was held at Hagley Park, directly across the road and about 100 meters from the mosque where a terrorist killed 42 worshippers. Tens of thousands of people attended the Jummah prayer in a show of solidarity with the 50 victims of the

Washington, Mar 22: The relationship between India and the US flourished under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an official in the Donald Trump administration has said, adding it expects the ties to improve after the Lok Sabha elections. The senior official also said the first ever India-US two-plus-two dialogue, held in New Delhi last year, took the relationship forward. Responding to a question on

Washington, Mar 22: India has been one of the fastest-growing large economies in the world, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said, asserting that the country has carried out several key reforms in the last five years, but more needs to be done. Responding to a question on India's economic development in the last five years at a fortnightly news conference here, IMF communications director

Christchurch, Mar 22: The Muslim call to prayer rang out across New Zealand on Friday followed by two minutes of silence nationwide to mark a week since a white supremacist gunned down 50 people at two mosques in the city of Christchurch. As the call was broadcast around the country, thousands of people -- including Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern -- stood silently in a park opposite the mosque

Geneva, Mar 21: The number of people in Zimbabwe affected by a devastating cyclone and flooding has jumped to 200,000, with most of the damage occurring near the Mozambique border, the UN said Thursday. The initial estimate of those hit in Zimbabwe was 15,000 but World Food Programme (WFP) spokesman Herve Verhoosel told reporters in Geneva that the numbers had surged following an overnight

New Delhi/London: Fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi, who was remanded in custody till March 29 by a UK court on Wednesday, is likely to be held in a separate cell in Her Majesty's Prison Wandsworth, which is one of the largest prisons in western Europe. In the prison in south London, 48-year-old Modi's inmates will include the likes of alleged Dawood henchman Pakistani-origin Jabir Moti, currently