25-09-2021 TEHRAN/ NEW YORK: Iran will return to negotiations on resuming compliance with the 2015 Iran nuclear deal “very soon,” Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian told reporters on the sidelines of the UNGA. “We are not seeking to quit the negotiating table,” Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said. “We will certainly …

25-09-2021 By SJA Jafri UNITED NATIONS/ DAMASCUS: At least 300,000 Shia people among 350,209 Muslims have been killed in Syria’s 10-year war, the United Nations human rights office has said, calling the tally an “under-count” as it released its first report since 2014 on the conflict’s death toll. The figure …

24-09-2021 WASHINGTON/ NEW DELHI: The White House has declined to include India in a new security alliance comprising the US, UK and Australia, ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with President Joe Biden. The Indian prime minister is in the US to attend the first in-person summit of the Indo-Pacific …

24-09-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: There have been reports of divisions among the Taliban leadership, raising questions about the unity within the group which took over the country last month. The public’s doubts about the group’s unity only increased earlier this month, when Mullah …

24-09-2021 BEIJING: The various unilateral sanctions or restrictions on Afghanistan should be lifted as soon as possible, said China’s State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Economic sanctions on Afghanistan must end, the Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement, citing Wang at a virtual G20 foreign ministers meeting on Afghanistan …

24-09-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report MELBOURNE: Australian rulers have once again proved that they are only the world’s worst regime but also deal nastiest with citizens and try to be smart unnecessary like they have been indulging in irrelevant matters and non-concerned issues since a long, sources and …

23-09-2021 By SJA Jafri + BBC ISLAMABAD/ NEW DELHI/ CANBERRA/ NEW YORK: By signing the Aukus pact last week, Australia revealed where it stands in the world: It is taking the side of the US over China. It’s a definitive move for a country in the Asia-Pacific region, experts say. …

23-09-2021 NEW YORK: US President Joe Biden on Tuesday said that a sovereign and democratic Palestinian state is the “best way” to ensure Israel’s future. “We must seek a future of greater peace and security for all people of the Middle East”, Biden said his first United Nations address. “The …

23-09-2021 BEIJING: China will not build new coal-fire projects abroad, a move that could be pivotal in tackling global emissions. President Xi Jinping made the announcement in his address at the United Nations General Assembly. China has been funding coal projects in countries like Indonesia and Vietnam under a massive …

23-09-2021 HAITI: Angry scenes broke out at Haiti’s main airport after migrants were deported to the country from the US. On Tuesday, migrants at the airport in Port-au-Prince rushed back towards the plane they had arrived on, while others threw shoes at the jet. Last weekend, the US started flying …