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Fake images show acquitted Christian woman leaving Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, 12 Nov 2018 [Fik/News Sources]: Pakistan’s government struggling with a crisis surrounding Aasia Bibi — a Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy charges after eight years on death row — now has to deal with “fake” images on social media purporting to show her leaving the country. Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry slammed the postings on Monday, one of which claims to show Bibi meeting Pope Francis. The photo is actually of Bibi’s daughter from two years ago. Chaudhry says the images misidentifying Bibi prompted death threats to a lawmaker in one photograph. Radical Islamists have blocked Bibi’s freedom and demanded she be publicly executed. They’ve also filed a petition to repeal her Supreme Court acquittal. The government says Bibi remains in Pakistan, at a secret location

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Violence displaces over 5,000 families in Afghanistan

KABUL, 15 Nov 2018 [Fik/News Sources]: The UN in Afghanistan confirmed on Wednesday the latest clashes in Malistan and Jaghori districts in central Ghazni province have displaced more than 5,000 families in the war-torn country. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) noted in a statement that the families are on the run, seeking shelter in relatively safer places in the neighboring provinces. “Availability of food and medicines in local markets is affected. Basic commodity prices have increased, and fuel is in short supply. Families abandoning their homes are exposed to harsh winter conditions and are in need of shelter and warmth. In Jaghori and Malistan no response has been carried out, with partners unable to access the affected population due to the fighting,” it stated. Earlier this

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Trump's excuses for Saudi Arabia false: influence group

WASHINGTON, 22 Nov 2018 [Fik/News Sources]: The U.S. has continuously supported Saudi Arabia because of oil, Iran and terrorism, however, these reasons are becoming increasingly indefensible, according to a foreign policy expert. The Eurasia Group Foundation (EGF)'s Mark Hannah responded to U.S. President Donald Trump's support for Saudi Arabia, despite reports the CIA concluded with high confidence that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist and columnist for The Washington Post, went missing after entering the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2. After initially saying he had left the consulate alive, weeks later the Saudi administration admitted he was killed there. Trump maintained in a statement the U.S. needs Saudi Arabia because

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