U.S. has invited Myanmar military in Cobra Gold, the world’s largest multinational military field exercise between US and Thailand, which is scheduled to be held in February, 2018, after terming Myanmar’s military cracked down on Muslim Rohingya from Rakhine state as ‘ethnic cleansing’.

Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, said on Sunday that his government has removed the restriction on Muslim women from performing Haj alone, following which hundreds of women have applied to travel alone for the pilgrimage, Times of India reported.

The Jewish entity’s mass arrests against Palestinians increased dramatically in December, the Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs revealed yesterday, noting that 95 per cent of the new prisoners are youths. “Israeli forces’ violations and arbitrary measures against the prisoners have neglected the age differences,” the committee pointed out.

Last Friday, 22nd of December 2017 saw Malaysian political rivals put aside their differences to unite behind the “Solidarity to Save Baitul Maqdis” rally here at Putra Mosque in Putrajaya. Thousands were present in support of the rally including religious authority officers and opposition parties. Najib, the Prime Minister of Malaysia gave a very strong speech in the rally - “We will not budge,