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The whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks says it has obtained and published thousands of documents by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) that reveals the US spy agency’s hacking secrets, including its ability to penetrate encrypted communications. WikiLeaks said in a statement on Tuesday that the CIA files are the “most comprehensive” release …

“It is to the benefit and expediency of the Azerbaijani government to empathize with people’s religious sentiments, so that they may have no concerns from the government over religious issues.” On Sunday afternoon, March 5, 2017, the Azerbaijani President, Mr. Ilham Aliyev, met with Ayatollah Khamenei. During the meeting, the …

ABC News is reporting tonight that the Pentagon has been quietly deploying special forces units across the Middle East, particularly in Yemen, and in several nations around Northern Africa, moves seen as a prelude to an escalation in attacks on al-Qaeda and ISIS-linked forces across the region. Officials say that …

In the Name of the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful ‘Indeed we belong to Allah and to Him do we indeed return.’ It is with deep regret and sorrow that I have received the news on the passing away of an old friend, a comrade and companion during the struggles …

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has offered his condolences over the demise of Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. In his message on Sunday, Ayatollah Khamenei expressed grief over the sudden demise of an old friend, fellow and ally during the struggles for the …

Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has passed away at the age of 82 due to a heart condition. Ayatollah Rafsanjani was admitted to a hospital in northern Tehran on Sunday after having an acute heart attack. Born on August 25, 1934, the influential Iranian politician and writer served …

A new video has emerged showing Myanmar’s police using excessive force against Rohingya Muslims in the western state of Rakhine.  A front-page story on Monday in the state-owned Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper said that the video clip was recorded by a police constable. The footage shows Myanmar’s police beating …

PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang said he is prepared to resign as vice-president of the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) after receiving flak from the union for his visit to Tehran. “I have written a letter (of explanation) and am prepared to resign. “I’m holding the position not because …

Myanmar´s religious affairs ministry plans to write a book to prove the Rohingya are not indigenous to the country, as tensions grow over a brutal military crackdown on the Muslim minority. Almost 27,000 Rohingya have crossed into Bangladesh since the beginning of November, the UN said on Tuesday, fleeing a …

The lies of the Mainstream Media on Syria exposed eloquently by Canadian journalist, Eva Bartlett at the Permanent Mission of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations meeting on December 9, 2016   [embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueyWGyddepw[/embedyt]   Permanent Mission of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations – Press Conference, …