He said, "10th Muharram-ul-Haram reminds us of the great sacrifices made by Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA), the grandson of Holy Prophet (PBUH), for upholding the sanctity of Islam". Hussain was decapitated and his head was taken to Damascus, the seat of the Ummayad dynasty to which Yazid belonged. Husayn ibn Ali is said to have died at the Battle of Karbala on 10 Muharram in the year 61 AH. [Full Article...]
That could of very well been the case in 2017 - when Ecuador attempted to give the Wikileaks founder a diplomatic post in Moscow, but were forced to rescind the offer after the British refused to play ball, a report says. The Ecuadorean foreign ministry could not be reached for comment. The plot was tabled after it was deemed too treacherous, but the planned escape orchestrated by the Russians r... [Full Article...]
There has been no claim of responsibility for the attack in the city of Ahvaz. IRGC spokesman Ramezan Sharif said the attackers were affiliated with a terrorist group supported by Saudi Arabia, Press TV said. At least 18 people were killed and more than 50 wounded in the 2017 attack that saw gunmen carrying Kalashnikov assault rifles and explosives storm the parliament complex where a legislativ... [Full Article...]
Gumeson, a Republican, said that times have changed, and she's glad, but that she didn't believe people should try to apply today's standards retroactively. The women declined Friday to answer questions about Ford, saying they were there to talk about Kavanaugh and how "we know the man, we know his heart". [Full Article...]
The Senate Judiciary Committee has delayed Kavanaugh's confirmation vote and invited both Ford and Kavanaugh to testify before the committee Monday about Ford's allegations. "This is nothing, it didn't happen, and he didn't rape me". "If she shows up, that would be wonderful". Ford told the Washington Post earlier this week that she did not tell her parents, or anyone else, about the alleg... [Full Article...]
CBS News rates the race as Lean Republican. The New York Times reported earlier this month that Mick Mulvaney, a top official in the Trump administration, warned a room of top Republican donors this month that Cruz could lose his re-election bid because he's not "likeable" enough. [Full Article...]
The farmhand was questioned near the South Australian border and later charged with causing cruelty to an animal, destruction of protected wildlife and traffic offences. "I've got that one too... and that one." . "This is f--ing great", the man is heard saying in the video about the attack on the birds, which a spokeswoman for an animal protection agency later described as "sickening cruelty". [Full Article...]
Earlier this week, Texas police issued a warrant for his arrest. While Taiwan has no formal extradition treaty with the US, and Wilson was not said to have been doing anything directly criminal in Taiwan, the press there reports that he was arrested without incident because the USA had revoked his passport, making his mere presence in Taiwan illegal. [Full Article...]