Parents Separation Perhaps the hardest thing about separation worrying over the impact it will have on your kids. Connections and child caring Master Justin Coulson clarifies the short and long term impacts on the children. However, many more children go through parental separation each year that are not included in figures like this, as their […]
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The four Balochi women got released
QUETTA: The detained four Balachi women got released from Khuzdar jail on Tuesday after government confronted harsh criticism from the right wings of Balochistan. The four women were booked by police on November 29, then a day later were presented to media at the jail demonstrating weapons along with them. Suri summons interior minister in […]
Hong Kong moves to protect police families from protest violence
HONG KONG: A Hong Kong court has granted an injunction to ban anyone from blocking or damaging areas used to house married police officers and other disciplined services that have been targeted in more than four months of anti-government protests. The move is the government’s latest step to try to check the protests following Chief […]
Rockets’ Harden is ‘sorry’ over GM’s HK tweet
TOKYO: Houston Rockets star James Harden on Monday apologized to China over a tweet by the team’s general manager backing Hong Kong’s democracy protests that cost the franchise TV exposure and sponsorship in the lucrative Chinese market. The team and the NBA were forced into defensive mode as China’s state broadcaster said it was yanking Rockets […]
US body voices concern on India registry of Muslims
WASHINGTON: The head of a US government advisory board voiced concern over India’s drive to register citizens in the north-eastern state of Assam, amid fears it could disenfranchise millions, most of them Muslims. Tony Perkins – chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, which issues recommendations to the government but does not […]
Aid groups warn against Kenya’s UN bid to sanction Al-Shabaab
Kenya is urging the UN to list Al-Shabaab under the same sanctions as Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State, but foreign donors say the move could leave millions in drought-stricken Somalia without aid. The proposed listing — which could take effect as soon as Thursday — comes at a critical time in Somalia, where 2.2 million […]
Northwest Syria clashes kill 51 fighters: monitor
Clashes between anti-government fighters and regime forces killed 51 combattants on both sides in northwestern Syria Tuesday, a war monitor said. Russia-backed regime fighters have for weeks been chipping away at the edges of the militant-run stronghold of Idlib — a province that borders Turkey — after bombarding it for months. But hardline rebels on […]
UNGA President briefed on Kashmir crisis: Maleeha Lodi
NEW YORK: Dr Maleeha Lodhi, Pakistan’s ambassador to the United Nations met with the President of United Nations General Assembly Maria Fernanda Espinosa. During their meeting, Dr. Lodhi gave a briefing about India’s ongoing atrocities in occupied Kashmir. The envoy briefed the UNGA president in detail about the human rights violations being perpetrated in Indian-occupied […]
Pakistan puts India on backfoot by aggressive diplomacy at UN
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistani Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi underscored the imperative need for ensuring that the crisis triggered by India’s “unlawful annexation” of Jammu and Kashmir was addressed in accordance with United Nations Security Council resolutions on Kashmir when she met the U.N.’s political affairs chief on Thursday amid intense diplomatic activity, according to informed sources. […]
UN Afghan Mission slams Taliban attack in Kabul
UNITED NATIONS: The UN Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has expressed its outrage at a Taliban attack in Kabul, that led to “scores” of civilians casualties on Wednesday. In a Tweet, the Mission said that such “indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks in heavily populated civilian areas must stop”. According to media reports, the Taliban claimed responsibility for […]