On 18th Feb 2018, Sunday, a number of people from different walks of life gathered at Matta Chowk in Khwazakhela and Nishat Chowk in Mingora against what they called unnecessary checking on security check posts in Swat. They also demanded removal of unnecessary check posts.

Last week, Crown Prince Muhammed bin Salman (MBS) went on record to state that Saudi Arabia would obtain a nuclear bomb if Iran acquired one. MBS’s statement does not only have huge implications for the longevity of Iranian nuclear deal agreed in 2015 [cbsnews], but it also weakens the efforts of the Islamic world to end Western dominance.

CNBC reported on the 13th of March, 2018, that European Commissioner for trade, Cecilia Malmstrom, addressed a trade forum “with a thinly-veiled reference to the current incumbent of the White House, insisting that Europe would "stand up to bullies" and would not be intimidated by threats,” and further disclosed that an unnamed Brussels think-tank director said that Europe would not give in to blackmail by making any concessions in order…

The Russian authorities have arrested Sister Jannat Bespalova from her home since November 2017 on charges of belonging to Hizb ut Tahrir, which has been classified by Russia as a terrorist organization whose sentences against its members can reach up to twenty years imprisonment, and her trial will be on 16 of this month.