They will replace Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland, whose terms end on 31 December. In a secret ballot, the elected countries secured the required two-thirds majority of Member States present and voting in the 193-member General Assembly. The new members will join existing non-permanent members Algeria, Guyana, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone and…
Desecration of Holy Quran will be punishable by 2 years imprisonment and fine, Photo: File Beijing/Copenhagen: Denmark has passed new legislation that aims to make burning and desecrating the Holy Quran in public places illegal and a punishable offence. According to the World News Agency, the Minister of Justice of Denmark Peter Himmelgaard said in…
—File photo Denmark plans to ban desecration of Quran According to the news agency, the Minister of Justice of Denmark, Peter Himmelgaard, has said in a statement that we will present a bill to ban inappropriate treatment of things of religious importance. The Minister of Justice has said that the aim is to prevent the…
Ukrainian pilots will also be trained to fly the F-16, Photo: File Cafe: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s hard work paid off and he was finally assured of F-16 fighter jets in the war against Russia, which Russia has expressed deep anger over. According to the World News Agency, since the beginning of the war, President…
Another sad incident of desecration of the Holy Quran has occurred in Denmark, protesters desecrated the Holy Quran in front of the Iraqi embassy. The same group called Danish Patriots desecrated the Holy Quran in Copenhagen last week. Before this, there has been an incident of desecration of Holy Quran in Sweden as well. Thousands…
A Danish arms store, stocking a variety of rifles and pistols. Denmark’s caretaker government has lifted an arms embargo on Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates. After the embargo was lifted, Denmark implemented a policy of ‘presumption of denial’, according to which arms exports to the three countries would be allowed only after…
The development would represent a key measure to tackle past injustices and create a more inclusive society, said UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, José Francisco Cali Tzay, in a statement at the end of a 10-day visit to the two countries. Inuit people comprise nearly 90 per cent of the population…
