15-10-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KANDAHAR/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Shia’s blood had not only been declared the “world most cheapest human blood but neither the American, African, European, Asian and Australian regimes could accept this reality yet nor believe that dozens of terrorist organizations including Daesh, ISIS, …

15-10-2021 NEW DELHI: The arrest of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan in a drug case following a raid on a luxury cruise ship earlier this month has been making headlines in India for nearly two weeks now. Aryan, 23, and seven others were detained on October 2 …

15-10-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ KANDAHAR/ ISLAMABAD: Multiple casualties are feared in Afghanistan’s Kandahar after a bomb blast targeted a mosque in the city Friday. According to a local political leader, many casualties are feared in the bomb blast. Meanwhile, dozens Shia people were killed in a …

15-10-2021 PYONGYANG: A shirtless soldier smashes two glass bottles together, adding to a pile of shards on the ground as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un looks on, grinning. The man lies down on the debris and a comrade puts a thick concrete block on his chest, before smashing it …

14-10-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + BBC ISLAMABAD/ KABUL/ ASADABAD: Seventeen-year-old Israr was fast asleep when his phone rang. It was 2am and the teenager was exhausted. He’d been working all day as a guard. On the other end of the line was his brother, who told Israr …

14-10-2021 KAOHSIUNG/ TAIPEI CITY: A fire in a residential building in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung has killed at least 46 people and injured dozens, according to officials. The blaze in the 13-floor building in Kaohsiung’s Yancheng district broke out in the early hours of Thursday and was extinguished …

14-10-2021 DUBAI/ JERUSALEM: An Israeli has been arrested in Dubai on Wednesday on a drugs charge and may seek repatriation for any trial or resulting prison term, his lawyer said. The suspect denies wrongdoing. His Israeli lawyer, Ori Ben-Nathan, said the suspect was arrested on October 5 at a Dubai …

14-10-2021 PARIS: With about six months to go, the 2022 presidential election is already a major talking point in France. Much of the French media is not focused on Macron’s chances of becoming the first president to be re-elected since Jacques Chirac in 2002, but rather on the rise of …

14-10-2021 JERUSALEM: Israel “reserves the right” to act against Iran, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid has said, suggesting that “force” may be necessary to stop the Iranian nuclear program. Speaking at a joint news conference in Washington, DC with his Emirati and US counterparts on Wednesday, Lapid said the “civilized …

14-10-2021 OSLO: A man armed with a bow and arrows has killed five people and injured two others in the southeastern Norwegian town of Kongsberg, local police said. The suspect was arrested, police said, but the motives behind the attacks on Wednesday remain unclear. “The man has been apprehended … …