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USA: Egyptian Yaser Abdel Said faces trial after 12 years on the run, had killed his 2 daughters for dating non-Muslim boys

OpIndia Staff - 4 August, 2022

Accused Yaser Abdel Said is an Egyptian who lived in Texas. He killed his teenage daughters because both the daughters had non-Muslim boyfriends.

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Spain bans ACs in commercial establishments from dropping below 27 degrees, up to 6 lakh euros fine

OpIndia Staff - 4 August, 2022

Spain is not the only European country to put such restrictions. During the ongoing energy crisis, other European countries like France, Germany and Lithuania have also imposed various restrictions.

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Uganda: Islamist mob attacks Christian evangelists with weapons after 8 Muslims agree to leave Islam in conversion camp, 1 person dead, Bibles burned

OpIndia Staff - 4 August, 2022

The deceased man named Robert Bwenje accompanied Assistant Pastor Ambrose Mugisha to an event in a village where 8 Muslims agreed to become Christians. Pastor Mugisha has survived the attack.

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Sandy Hook defamation case: Alex Jones’ lawyers sending all his texts to the opposing lawyer, the ‘insurrection committee’ and perjury

OpIndia Staff - 4 August, 2022

Alex Jones is being sued by Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, the parents of 6-year-old victim Jesse Lewis who had lost his life in the massacre, along with 19 other students and 6 teachers.

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‘Love Jihad’ in Greece? 30-year-old Pakistani man on the run after brutally killing 17-year-old girlfriend in Athens

OpIndia Staff - 3 August, 2022

The body of the dead girl was sent for medical examination which confirmed that the victim was suffocated to death. The perpetrator might have pressed his hand on the girl's face disallowing her to breathe for life.

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Baloch freedom fighters claim responsibility for Pakistan Army helicopter crash, say military is lying by calling it ‘accident due to bad weather’

OpIndia Staff - 3 August, 2022

Baloch Raaji Aajoi Sangar (BRAS) an umbrella organization of Baloch armed groups claimed responsibility for shooting down the low-flying Pakistan military helicopter on Monday.

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US-China tensions: As Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan, NSC says the US does not support Taiwan’s independence

OpIndia Staff - 3 August, 2022

Top US govt official has stated that they do not support Taiwan's independence.

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PML-Q leader asks for expulsion of Ahmadis from Khushab in Pakistan: Here is how the area has been notorious for Ahmadi persecution

Jhankar Mohta - 2 August, 2022

On July 30, PML-Q leader Malik Ilyas Awan wrote to the deputy commissioner of Khushab, a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan, urging him to evict the people of the minority Islamic sect of Ahmadis from the district

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