MAKKAH (AFP): Pilgrims were performing the last major ritual of the Hajj — the stoning of the devil — on Friday, as Muslims around the globe celebrated the beginning of Eid-ul-Adha. Pakistan will celebrate Eid-ul-Adha tomorrow (Saturday). Starting before daybreak, the more than 1.6 million pilgrims taking part in the Hajj threw seven stones at […]
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SAUDI ARABIA (Kashmir English): Live Hajj 2025 Sermon: Sheikh Dr Saleh bin Abdullah bin Humaid, the Imam of Masjid al-Haram and a member of Saudi Arabia’s Council of Senior Scholars, delivered the Hajj 2025 sermon from Masjid al-Namirah on Thursday. Speaking to the vast gathering of pilgrims at Mount Arafat, he urged Muslims to embrace
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JAKARTA (Kashmir English): Indonesia is currently weighing a possible deal to buy China’s J-10 fighter jets, mainly because of their lower cost and advanced features. At the same time, the country is still considering final steps toward a deal for American-made F-15EX aircraft, according to a senior official. Deputy Defence Minister Donny Ermawan Taufanto, a
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MAKKAH (Kashmir English): The spiritual journey of Hajj 2025 is set to begin from today, with millions of pilgrims from all over the world eagerly waiting to perform Hajj. As of today, pilgrims from various countries and ethnicities will arrive in Mina before noon, where they will stay until Thursday morning and engage in worship. Today,
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ISTANBUL (Reuters): Russia and Ukraine said they had agreed at peace talks on Monday to exchange more prisoners of war and return the bodies of 12,000 dead soldiers. The warring sides met for barely an hour in the Turkish city of Istanbul, for only the second such round of negotiations since March 2022. Turkish President
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MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): India’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Anil Chauhan, has caused an uproar after openly admitting that Pakistani forces destroyed several Indian jets and people making resignation demands, including advanced Rafale aircraft, during clashes in May 2025. His comments, made during interviews with Bloomberg and Reuters in Singapore, at the Shangri-La Dialogue,
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MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): The World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday urged governments around the world to ban all flavours in tobacco and nicotine products to help protect young people from addiction and health risks. The appeal came on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day. WHO, a United Nations agency based in Geneva, said that
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DHAKA (Kashmir English): Bangladesh has effectively removed the image of the country’s founding father and former president, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, from new banknotes. The move marks the first time in decades that the Bangladeshi notes no longer include portrait of any human figure. The country released a new series of banknotes on Sunday that
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SINGAPORE: An Indian Army General on Saturday confirmed that they lost an unspecified number of fighter jets in clashes with Pakistan last month. In an interview with Bloomberg TV at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Chief of Defense Staff of the Indian Armed Forces, Anil Chauhan, said, “What is important is that, not the jet being down,
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LONDON (Kashmir English): Half the global population faced an extra month of extreme heat over the past year because of man-induced climate change, a new study released on Friday found. The study highlights how the continued burning of fossil fuels is harming health and well-being on every continent, the authors said. “With every barrel
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