News: 8th September 2014, Arab League Secretary-General urges members to confront ISIL (Source: AP) The head of the Arab League urged its members to confront the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) "militarily and politically," issuing an apparent call to arms as President Barack Obama prepares to unveil his own plan to stop the extremists. Backing from the 22-country Arab League could provide crucial support across the Middle…

Only the Khilafah "Caliphate" will Secure the Muslims and Non-Muslims of Drought Afflicted Thar Thirty-year-old Marubhat, a resident of Samo Bheel village - a two-hour drive from Chhachhro, Pakistan- decided to end her life on 23 August 2014, after she had failed to provide food for her children, as reported by Dawn Newspaper on 2nd September. In previous years, twenty four such suicide cases were reported in 2011 and 35…

News: On Saturday 23 August 2014, amidst the continuing political crisis in Pakistan, the third round of talks between representatives of the government and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf ended without any progress. Whilst the PTI leader, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, demanded that the Prime Minister resign, the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif asked for 30 days to conduct an independent investigation into allegations of election fraud. Separately, the PTI party chief, Imran Khan,…

News: On 25/08/2014, India and Bangladesh concluded a five-day BSF-BGB Director General level conference in New Delhi, India. Both countries agreed to hold joint periodical training exercises, namely "Umbrella of Joint Exercises" in which India Border Security Force (BSF) would train Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel in border management and advanced border security training skills. In the conference, the officials have also decided to make this joint training institutionalized for…