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‘Extremism & violence’: Iran joins Pakistan in blasting Norway for Koran burning stunt under the pretext ‘freedom of expression’ Tehran has summoned its Norwegian envoy to voice “strong protest” over the burning of a Koran at an anti-Muslim rally in Norway, joining Pakistan in condemning what it deemed an incitement of hatred and division. The Iranian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Monday warning the Koran-burning could have “dangerous consequences in spreading extremism and violence,” and insisted that the perpetrator faces punishment. It is impossible to insult the beliefs and sanctities of over 1.5 billion Muslims in the world under the pretext of freedom of expression. //www.youtube.com/em...

A cute shot from an acute angle: Watch Paulo Dybala's stunning free-kick winner for Juventus in the UEFA Champions League (VIDEO) Juventus playmaker Paulo Dybala produced a moment of magic from a tight angle to fire the Serie A side to a 1-0 win over La Liga side Atletico Madrid in their UEFA Champions League clash in Turin. Juve had already qualified for the knockout stages of Europe's premier club competition, but Atletico were battling to secure the second spot in the group, which meant the Italian side were forced to stay on their guard against a side desperate to pick up a victory. It made for a tense, tight encounter in Turin that was separated by a solitary goal – and what a goal it was. This free kick doesn't even make sense ? p...

Special comeback: Jose Mourinho's Tottenham stage brilliant Champions League recovery to defeat Olympiakos Jose Mourinho's home debut as Tottenham Hotspur boss was started disastrously, but his side rallied brilliantly to turn an early 2-0 deficit into a resounding 4-2 win against Olympiakos in the UEFA Champions League. Things couldn't have gone much worse for Mourinho's Spurs side, as they fell two goals behind in the opening 19 minutes, thanks to goals from Youssef El Arabi and Ruben Sabedo fired Olympiakos into a shock two-goal lead. But Dele Alli answered back for Spurs right on half-time to give the London side hope, and skipper Harry Kane fired the Premier League club level five minutes after the break. Goal - KANEAssist - BALL B...

‘Malicious and ill-intentioned’: Beijing accuses US of trying to sabotage major infrastructure project with Pakistan China has accused the US of trying to “drive a wedge” between it and Pakistan by insisting that an ambitious $60 billion infrastructure and energy project between the two countries is only beneficial to Beijing. Washington has been warning that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will inflict a heavy debt burden on Islamabad, but its assessment has been repeatedly rejected by both the Chinese and Pakistani foreign ministers. Speaking to media on Tuesday, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said the US “ignores the facts and continues to use the so-called debt issue to disrupt CPEC development and drive a wedge betwe...

‘Pete Buttigieg is a lying MF’ trends on Twitter after column on past ‘racism’ goes viral While he may be enjoying a surge in the Iowa polls, Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is trending on Twitter for an entirely different reason, after a column entitled ‘Pete Buttigieg Is A Lying MF’ went viral. In the column for the Root, senior writer Michael Harriot scathingly addresses a recently resurfaced video of Buttigieg claiming that black kids in low-income neighborhoods fail at school in high numbers because there “isn’t someone who they know personally who testifies to the value of education.” Buttigieg made the comment in 2011, while he was running for mayor of South Bend, Indiana. “Kids” from “lower income, minority neig...

'Imposing collective punishment’:Employees of Israeli spyware company NSO Group countersue Facebook for deplatforming Eight employees of infamous Israeli spyware company NSO Group are countersuing Facebook after it took their accounts offline while suing NSO for spying on thousands of users of its subsidiary WhatsApp through a security exploit. The current and former NSO Group employees slammed Facebook’s “barbarous and unilateral” decision to block their private accounts “just because the company they work for or previously worked for was sued by Facebook,” claiming in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday that the deplatforming violates Facebook’s own terms of service. The platform, the suit says, is only allowed to block users who have “severely or repeated...