Police in New Mexico and federal agencies were probing the murders of four Muslim men to determine if the killings, the latest of which happened on Friday evening, were linked while the state’s governor described them as “targeted killings.” Albuquerque Police Chief Harold Medina told reporters on Saturday that a “young man who is part of the Muslim community was murdered.” The victim’s name and the circumstances of the murder were not disclosed. In the previous three cases, the victims were ambushed and shot without warning, police said. Medina said the killing was possibly linked to the previous three murders. Police in New Mexico had said earlier that the other three Muslim men murdered in the state’s largest city in the past nine months appeared to have been targeted for their religion and race. “The targeted killings of Muslim residents of Albuquerque is deeply angering and wholly intolerable,” New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham tweeted late on Saturday. … [Read more...] about US: Fourth Muslim man murdered in New Mexico in ‘targeted killings’
Militants kill 6 pakistan soldiers in balochistan near iran
Israeli airstrike kills second top Islamic Jihad commander
Synopsis Gaza's ruling Hamas group, which fought an 11-day war with Israel in May 2021, appeared to stay on the sidelines for now, possibly because it fears Israeli reprisals and undoing economic understandings with Israel, including Israeli work permits for thousands of Gaza residents, that bolster its control. Israel said Sunday that it killed a senior Islamic Jihad commander in a crowded Gaza refugee camp, the second such targeted attack since it launched its high-stakes military offensive against the militant group just before the weekend. The Iran-backed militant group has fired hundreds of rockets at Israel in response, and the risk of the cross-border fighting turning into a full-fledged war remained high. Gaza's ruling Hamas group, which fought an 11-day war with Israel in May 2021, appeared to stay on the sidelines for now, possibly because it fears Israeli reprisals and undoing economic understandings with Israel, including Israeli work permits for … [Read more...] about Israeli airstrike kills second top Islamic Jihad commander
Bodies and burning villages: Inside Myanmar’s ‘ethnic cleansing’
Footage from inside Myanmar's alleged "ethnic cleansing" shows half-buried corpses, villages burning and desperate people fleeing through the mountains. The videos also appeared to contradict claims from the country's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi that security forces ended their operations on September 5. The bodies were reportedly found in Gu Dar Pyin village, in Buthidaung township — one of several sites where mass killings have allegedly occurred. Off camera, a man asks if the two corpses are male or female. "The bodies still come out [of the mud] when the rains come," said Puttanee Kangkun, a human rights specialist with the group Fortify Rights, who viewed the footage in Bangkok. The ABC received a batch of edited videos from a source whose material has been reliable in the past. Rakhine State is off limits to media — except for carefully arranged government tours — so the footage cannot be independently verified. The Myanmar army has confirmed the death of at … [Read more...] about Bodies and burning villages: Inside Myanmar’s ‘ethnic cleansing’
Embassy intact, India ups Kabul work
The newly reopened Indian Embassy in Kabul is expected to increase its operations in Afghanistan, with the “technical team” posted there in June focusing on business and trade opportunities and distribution of food and medical aid. This month, Afghanistan’s Ariana airlines will follow Kam Air, which has been operating weekly flights every Thursday between Kabul and Delhi since July, and begin a weekly service as well, confirmed officials, indicating that they expect more goods to be transported via the air cargo route. However, the embassy, which has 60 to 70 personnel so far, has not opened any visa facilitation services yet, and only a “limited number” of visas have been issued to Afghanistan citizens through the e-visa route, disappointing hundreds of students and patients requiring treatment in India. Sources told The Hindu that more than 60 personnel were now stationed at the embassy and residential compound. The group comprises five to seven officials, including a … [Read more...] about Embassy intact, India ups Kabul work