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In an almost anticlimactic end to the complex arguments advanced during the six-day hearing on triple talaq, the Constitutional Bench led by Chief Justice JS Khehar asked whether a clause could be inserted in the nikahnama, the Muslim marriage contract, restraining the husband from pronouncing instant divorce. Since the Muslim marriage is contractual and the bride’s consent is essential, it is within the Islamic precept to specify the nature of her consent. The ulema, specifically the All India Muslim Personal Law Board, could easily have taken this simple step decades ago, in response to demands made by some Muslim women’s groups, but they let the controversy simmer. Now, the board must carry out the direction of the Supreme Court lest it lose its autonomy to govern the affairs of the community through a legislation brought in by a right-wing government. Interestingly, the Supreme Court’s directive has served to underline the progressive nature of the Muslim marriage, and the agenc...

Nearly 23,000 terror suspects may be at large across Britain, the country’s intelligence community say after the deadly Manchester attack by a Libyan-origin man who was on the radar of the UK’s spy agencies. The scale of the challenge has emerged in the aftermath of the Manchester suicide bombing that claimed 22 lives and injured 119 others. Reports that Libyan-origin Salman Abedi had been on the radar of intelligence services had added pressure on MI5 to reveal what they knew. Now government sources have told sections of the UK media that they believe 23,000 people with extremist tendencies are living in the UK. About 3,000 people from the total group are judged to pose a threat and are under investigation or active monitoring in 500 operations being run by police and intelligence services. The 20,000 others have featured in previous inquiries and are categorised as posing a “residual risk”. Meanwhile, Greater Manchester Police have released CCTV images showing suicide bomber A...

Earlier Jio Summer Surprise offer was closed by reliance Jio on the Order of TRAI. In place of Summer Surprise offer Jio introduced Jio Dhan Dhana Dan offer in which user was offered 3 Months free data at 1GB per day with unlimited vouce calls in ₹309. But its look rival telecom provider are bot doing well and instead of working on there own new plans they are just filing complaint in court against Jio to stop Jio storm in the Market. Recently Vodafone has file a complaint againts Jio that Jio Dhan Dhana Dan offer is againts the norms of TRAI and Reliance Jio is still providing Free services and as per TRAI rules a company can provide free services only for a period of 90 Days and Jio is providing free service from September 2016 till 15th april after that Jio Dhana Dhana dan offer was introduced and Jio for the first time closes its freebie and become commercial in telecom market. Vodafonr has made allegation in Delhi High Coart that Jio is providing free Voice call servuce beyond th...

MINYA, Egypt: The Islamic State group on Saturday claimed responsibility for the attack on a bus carrying Christians on their way to a remote desert monastery south of the Egyptian capital, Cairo, which killed 29. Egypt responded to Friday's attack by launching a series of airstrikes that targeted what it said were militant bases in eastern Libya in which the assailants were trained. On Saturday, the military said on its official Facebook page that the airstrikes were continuing "day and night" and that they have "completely" destroyed their targets. It gave no details. "What you've seen today will not go unpunished. An extremely painful strike has been dealt to the bases. Egypt will never hesitate to strike terror bases anywhere," President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said in a televised address to the nation late Friday. He said the attacks on Christians aimed at driving a wedge between them and the country's Muslim majority. He also appealed t...

How do I describe Kanwar Pal Singh Gill? A friend? Not really. His goal, like mine, was to put a stop to Khalistani terrorism, but his approach to the problem and philosophy of policing was diametrically opposed to mine. He once ventured to tell my wife that I was too soft to be a policeman in Punjab! Only a Jat Sikh, like him, knew how to handle other Jat Sikhs, who incidentally formed the bulk of the terrorist cadres we were fighting. KPS was certainly not an enemy. We were brothers-inarms, fighting on the same side for the same cause. Besides, nobody, including me, would dare to count among his opponents a man called K P S Gill. Every police officer and man I met in my three years and a half in Punjab was afraid of him, to a greater or lesser extent. Apart from his physical presence, which was imposing, he had the seeds of ruthlessness that his juniors smelt and dreaded. For their own good they obeyed and followed. When KPS first approached me with his offer to serve with me in t...

Washington: US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and one of his senior advisers, is under FBI scrutiny in the investigation into ties between Russia and the Trump campaign. After NBC News and the Washington Post reported that the FBI’s ongoing investigation includes a look at Mr Kushner’s meetings with Russian officials in December, a move that would not only place the probe inside the White House, but on the cusp of the Trump family circle, Mr Kushner’s attorney said that he was willing to cooperate with federal investigators. “Mr Kushner previously volunteered to share with Congress what he knows about these meetings. He will do the same if he is contacted in connection with any other inquiry,” the statement said. Mr Kushner, a key White House adviser, had meetings late last year with Russia’s ambassador to the US, Sergey Kislyak, and Russian banker Sergey Gorkov. Investigators believe Mr Kushner has significant information relevant to their inquiry, officials said. That does ...

From the US state department, Pakistan stands to receive $190 million less than in 2016 — going down from $544 million to $334 million. (Reuters file picture)

Describing the United Nations as a “partner” in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Beijing on Thursday dismissed a UN body’s report which warned that the flagship China-Pakistan Economic Corridor could create tension with India and fuel political instability. China said the report by Economic and Social Commission for Asia-Pacific (ESCAP), a development arm of the UN, wasn’t specifically on the CPEC and had evaluated the BRI in a very positive way. The report, issued on Tuesday and prepared at the request of the Chinese government, said the CPEC could lead to “further political instability” in the region and “create geo-political tension with India” as it passes through PoK. India skipped the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing last week primarily because of “sovereignty” issues over CPEC passing through PoK. Foreign ministry spokesperson Lu Kang dismissed the UN’s concerns on the CPEC. “As far as I have learned, the ESCAP did not issue any specific report on the BRI. As for CPEC pas...

Legislator Junius Ho Kwan-yiu is suing a fellow solicitor ahead of his re-election bid as a Law Society council member on Friday over an article he claims has gravely injured his character and brought him into public scandal. The defamation suit filed against the convenor of the Progressive Lawyers Group, Kevin Yam Kin-fung, centres on an article Yam published on May 11 in the Chinese-language newspaper Apple Daily, headlined "Cast No Vote for Ho Kwan Yiu". Ho is demanding an unspecified sum in damages, an injunction order to restrain further publication and mandatory orders requiring Yam to remove the article and publish a retraction, correction and apology. Leave public out of Law Society's internal fight But Yam remained defiant. "I am bewildered and disappointed that a public figure would see fit to sue on the expression of views over factual matters of public record," he said. "I will firmly defend these proceedings." The article, as quoted ...

Spain's Supreme Court on Wednesday confirmed a 21-month jail sentence and two-million-euro ($2.2-million) fine imposed on Lionel Messi for tax fraud, months after the Barcelona football star lodged an appeal.

The most important thing is that experienced rational politicians are at the helm in the country. This is particularly significant since Iran is likely to be dragged into a major regional and global crisis," she said. Gulriz Sen specifically mentioned President Hassan Rouhani, who was recently re-elected for a second term, and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, saying that the fact that they are in power is a "positive trend" for Iran during this "momentous and complex period in time." "Regardless of how deep the crisis in Iran's relations with the United States becomes, these politicians have resources to easily engage in dialogue with the European Union," she said. "Iran is likely to continue developing relations with the EU, Russia and China as a counterbalance to the United States and the increasingly active anti-Iranian coalition in the region. The political analyst said that the anti-Iranian coalition includes the United States,...

New York, May 23(Just Earth News): Despite the “promising” steps in Syria that followed diplomatic talks in the Kazak capital, Astana – a nationwide ceasefire announced last December, and the de-escalation zones created inside Syria to deepen that effort – a United Nations envoy on Monday warned of ongoing hostilities between the Government and armed opposition groups in several areas, such as Hama, Homs, and Damascus. “Astana produced, in my modest opinion, a promising step,” said Staffan de Mistura during a briefing to the Security Council in New York via video-teleconference from Geneva. A meeting in Kazakh capital, led by Russia, Turkey and Iran, saw agreement on a ceasefire between warring parties in Syria in late December 2016. The Astana talks began shortly after to bolster the ceasefire agreement brokered by the so-called “guarantor” countries. Five months later, a deal was struck to set up “de-escalation zones” in Syria to prevent incidents and military confrontation betwe...

New York, May 23(Just Earth News): Despite the “promising” steps in Syria that followed diplomatic talks in the Kazak capital, Astana – a nationwide ceasefire announced last December, and the de-escalation zones created inside Syria to deepen that effort – a United Nations envoy on Monday warned of ongoing hostilities between the Government and armed opposition groups in several areas, such as Hama, Homs, and Damascus. “Astana produced, in my modest opinion, a promising step,” said Staffan de Mistura during a briefing to the Security Council in New York via video-teleconference from Geneva. A meeting in Kazakh capital, led by Russia, Turkey and Iran, saw agreement on a ceasefire between warring parties in Syria in late December 2016. The Astana talks began shortly after to bolster the ceasefire agreement brokered by the so-called “guarantor” countries. Five months later, a deal was struck to set up “de-escalation zones” in Syria to prevent incidents and military confrontation betwe...

New York, May 23(Just Earth News): Despite the “promising” steps in Syria that followed diplomatic talks in the Kazak capital, Astana – a nationwide ceasefire announced last December, and the de-escalation zones created inside Syria to deepen that effort – a United Nations envoy on Monday warned of ongoing hostilities between the Government and armed opposition groups in several areas, such as Hama, Homs, and Damascus. “Astana produced, in my modest opinion, a promising step,” said Staffan de Mistura during a briefing to the Security Council in New York via video-teleconference from Geneva. A meeting in Kazakh capital, led by Russia, Turkey and Iran, saw agreement on a ceasefire between warring parties in Syria in late December 2016. The Astana talks began shortly after to bolster the ceasefire agreement brokered by the so-called “guarantor” countries. Five months later, a deal was struck to set up “de-escalation zones” in Syria to prevent incidents and military confrontation betwe...

New York, May 23(Just Earth News): Despite the “promising” steps in Syria that followed diplomatic talks in the Kazak capital, Astana – a nationwide ceasefire announced last December, and the de-escalation zones created inside Syria to deepen that effort – a United Nations envoy on Monday warned of ongoing hostilities between the Government and armed opposition groups in several areas, such as Hama, Homs, and Damascus. “Astana produced, in my modest opinion, a promising step,” said Staffan de Mistura during a briefing to the Security Council in New York via video-teleconference from Geneva. A meeting in Kazakh capital, led by Russia, Turkey and Iran, saw agreement on a ceasefire between warring parties in Syria in late December 2016. The Astana talks began shortly after to bolster the ceasefire agreement brokered by the so-called “guarantor” countries. Five months later, a deal was struck to set up “de-escalation zones” in Syria to prevent incidents and military confrontation betwe...

New York, May 23(Just Earth News): Despite the “promising” steps in Syria that followed diplomatic talks in the Kazak capital, Astana – a nationwide ceasefire announced last December, and the de-escalation zones created inside Syria to deepen that effort – a United Nations envoy on Monday warned of ongoing hostilities between the Government and armed opposition groups in several areas, such as Hama, Homs, and Damascus. “Astana produced, in my modest opinion, a promising step,” said Staffan de Mistura during a briefing to the Security Council in New York via video-teleconference from Geneva. A meeting in Kazakh capital, led by Russia, Turkey and Iran, saw agreement on a ceasefire between warring parties in Syria in late December 2016. The Astana talks began shortly after to bolster the ceasefire agreement brokered by the so-called “guarantor” countries. Five months later, a deal was struck to set up “de-escalation zones” in Syria to prevent incidents and military confrontation betwe...

New York, May 23(Just Earth News): Despite the “promising” steps in Syria that followed diplomatic talks in the Kazak capital, Astana – a nationwide ceasefire announced last December, and the de-escalation zones created inside Syria to deepen that effort – a United Nations envoy on Monday warned of ongoing hostilities between the Government and armed opposition groups in several areas, such as Hama, Homs, and Damascus. “Astana produced, in my modest opinion, a promising step,” said Staffan de Mistura during a briefing to the Security Council in New York via video-teleconference from Geneva. A meeting in Kazakh capital, led by Russia, Turkey and Iran, saw agreement on a ceasefire between warring parties in Syria in late December 2016. The Astana talks began shortly after to bolster the ceasefire agreement brokered by the so-called “guarantor” countries. Five months later, a deal was struck to set up “de-escalation zones” in Syria to prevent incidents and military confrontation betwe...

New York, May 23(Just Earth News): Despite the “promising” steps in Syria that followed diplomatic talks in the Kazak capital, Astana – a nationwide ceasefire announced last December, and the de-escalation zones created inside Syria to deepen that effort – a United Nations envoy on Monday warned of ongoing hostilities between the Government and armed opposition groups in several areas, such as Hama, Homs, and Damascus. “Astana produced, in my modest opinion, a promising step,” said Staffan de Mistura during a briefing to the Security Council in New York via video-teleconference from Geneva. A meeting in Kazakh capital, led by Russia, Turkey and Iran, saw agreement on a ceasefire between warring parties in Syria in late December 2016. The Astana talks began shortly after to bolster the ceasefire agreement brokered by the so-called “guarantor” countries. Five months later, a deal was struck to set up “de-escalation zones” in Syria to prevent incidents and military confrontation betwe...

As President Trump continues his tour of the Middle East, it seems that domestic political scandals around him are gathering strength. Radio Sputnik commentator Ilya Kharlamov reviews the arguments being used by those backing calls for impeachment and warns of the dangers of the so-called 'Arab Spring' and 'colored revolutions'.

South Korea's newly elected President Moon Jae-in announced his picks for foreign and finance ministers, security adviser and other key posts in his administration, media reported Sunday.

A top adviser to Chinese state leaders on the implementation of Hong Kong's mini-constitution says the 25 per cent growth in the population since the end of British colonial rule is evidence of the city's success. Basic Law Committee vice-chairwoman Elsie Leung Oi-sie said at a university seminar on Saturday that the "one country, two systems" formula under which Hong Kong is governed had been working because if it had not, more people would have left. The former Hong Kong justice secretary said the principle of letting the city maintain its capitalist system and way of life while being part of communist China had borne fruit. She said human rights had been protected by the Basic Law and "had not decreased but increased" in line with new laws passed since the handover in 1997, such as those providing for a statutory minimum wage and outlawing racial discrimination. "If one country, two systems had not been successful, I think more people would have...

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — US arms sales to Saudi Arabia may reach $350 billion over the next 10 years, Deputy White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said Saturday. According to Sanders, at a ceremony in Riyadh, to be attended by US President Donald Trump and State Secretary Rex Tillerson later on Saturday, the sides will sign a joint vision statement and nine defense cooperation agreements, including eight letters of acceptance and one letter of intent. Trump arrived in Riyadh on Saturday, making Saudi Arabia the first country he visited as the President of the United States. During the visit, Trump is expected to hold bilateral talks with King Salman bin Abdulaziz, as well as a meeting with the leaders of six Arabian monarchies of the Gulf Cooperation Council (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates), and take part in the summit of the leaders of Arab and Muslim countries along with some 50 other heads of state or government. The Stockholm Internat...

While Russia is pressing ahead with the development of the Tupolev Tu-160M2 supersonic strategic bomber, work on the PAK DA new generation stealth bomber could be temporarily put on the back burner. As much as Russia wants to field the state-of-the art PAK DA stealth bomber, financial considerations dictate that it take one step at a time and concentrate on the development of the Tu-160M2 before proceeding with the PAK DA. The Tu-160M2, a modernized version Russia’s much-acclaimed Tu-160 strategic bomber, will carry an impressive arsenal of Kh-555 and Kh-101 cruise missiles, and also the latter’s nuclear-tipped version, the Kh-102. The Kh-555 boasts an advance flight control system allowing the missile to change curse on the go. The Kh-555 carries a cluster or fragmentation/incendiary warhead and has an effective range of over 2,000 kilometers (over 1,240 miles). The Kh-101 is even deadlier, capable of taking out targets up to 5,500 kilometers away (3,400 miles). Both missiles h...

Mumbai:The Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd (BCCL), which owns TimesNow TV channel, has lodged a police complaint against new rival channel Republic TV alleging infringement of Intellectual Property Rights and other charges, a spokesperson said here on Wednesday. The complaint was lodged on Tuesday against Republic TV Chief Editor Arnab Goswami, who is the Managing Director of Messrs ARG Outlier Media Asianet News Pvt. Ltd., and his colleague, reporter Prema Sridevi, additionally accusing them of "theft, criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of property". When contacted, Goswami virtually laughed off the charges saying "it's interesting to see them get so nervous". "I think they instinctively know they (TimesNow) have lost their audience (to Republic TV)," Goswami told IANS. "It's amusing to see them get paranoid. Goliath is down to his knees, crying," guffawed Goswami. In its complaint to the Senior Inspector of Police, Azad...

Poland will try to convince the European Union to give up its plans to force the country into accepting refugees under the EU emergency relocation scheme, Krzysztof Szczerski, the foreign policy adviser to Polish President Andrzej Duda, said Wednesday.

Students honored for analyzing data to create visually compelling stories. (PRWEB) May 16, 2017 Pearson today announced the winners of its inaugural National StatCrunch Contest. The winners represent college and university students who have been enrolled in introductory statistics courses at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Bunker Hill Community College, and The Ohio State University. The contest required these learners to analyze a provided data set combined with another data set of their choosing to tell a compelling story with data. Students were asked to submit a written report through http://www.StatCrunch.com, including visualizations and their additional data set to enhance their story. Three winners were chosen to present their data stories, based on the following criteria: Collect – Most creative use of an additional data set selected by contestant. Crunch – Best insights from the data. Communicate – Best visualizations and presentation in the final re...

LONDON (Sputnik) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on the international community on Thursday to allocate an additional $900 million by the end of the year for the thousands of Somali civilians suffering from drought, starvation and endless conflicts. "The drought is the most pressing priority. This morning, we presented a revised Humanitarian Response Plan seeking an additional $900 million through the end of the year. We also need to address the damage caused by climate change and conflict," Guterres said opening an international conference on Somalia hosted by UK Prime Minister Theresa May in London. According to Guterres, over six million Somalis, or nearly half of the country's population, need humanitarian assistance, while some 275,000 malnourished children are at risk of starvation. Earlier in the day, the World Health Organization (WHO) called on the international community for immediate action to save lives in the crisis-torn country. According...

The Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor has been cut off from the world by a three-year-long Daesh siege, but its residents have defied the odds by finding hope and joy amid extreme conditions. RIA Novosti photojournalist Mikhail Alaeddin spent two weeks in the embattled but unbroken city. Here is what he saw.

New York: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will soon launch a political organisation aimed at funding "resistance groups" that oppose Donald Trump's policies. After 2016 failed presidential bid, Clinton is working with former donors and aides to form a political action committee that will look to fund and invest in groups that stand up to President Trump. The political action committee (PAC) will be launched as soon as next week with minimum staff. Clinton's PAC will be designed to lift politicians and groups that energise the anti-Trump resistance campaign. Having identified herself as a part of the so-called resistance, "I'm now back to being an activist citizen and part of the resistance," Clinton told CNN in an interview this week. "Activism is more important than ever, and it's working, form the women's marches across the country to helping bring down the Republicans' terrible health care bill, "Clinton had said i...

The Indian Space Research Organisation is all set to launch the $ 70.02 million South Asia Satellite on Friday, aimed at providing cost-effective and improved communications for South Asian countries. New Delhi (Sputnik) – The GSAT-9 is being launched with an objective to provide different communication applications in Ku-band with coverage over South Asian countries, the ISRO stated. The 28-hour countdown for the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-Mk II) or more commonly referred as GSAT-9 satellite began on Friday afternoon around 12.57 Indian Standard Time. The GSAT-9 will be launched from the second launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. The South Asia Satellite is Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet project tied to the larger foreign policy objective of India's 'Neighbourhood First' approach. First mooted in 2014 after Modi's inauguration, the PM on Sunday reiterated that the satellite would set a new mi...

President Donald Trump's nominee to be the U.S. ambassador to China says that China can do more to push North Korea to curb its nuclear program. May 3rd 2017 13 hours ago /video/video.news.com.au/News/ Activity resumes at North Korea's nuclear site. Picture: 38 North SATELLITE images indicate activity has resumed at North Korea’s nuclear test site, US-based analysts said Tuesday, as tensions remain high over fears of an sixth atomic test by the reclusive state. Images of the Punggye-ri site captured on April 25 appear to show workers pumping out water at a tunnel believed to have been prepared for an upcoming nuclear test, monitoring group 38 North said. It also noted that a large number of personnel were seen throughout the facility, with some groups possibly playing volleyball, in what is very likely a propaganda scene. Activity resumes at North Korea's nuclear site. Picture: 38 North “It is unclear if this activity indicates that a nuclear test has been cance...