23-08-2021 BAGHDAD/ DAMASCUS: More than 12 million people in Syria and Iraq are losing access to water, food and electricity, 13 aid groups warned in a report as they called for urgent action to combat the severe water crisis. Rising temperatures, record low levels of rainfall, and drought are depriving …

23-08-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The Taliban has said “hundreds” of its fighters were heading to the Panjshir Valley, one of the few parts of Afghanistan not yet controlled by the group. Since the Taliban overran Afghanistan, flickers of resistance have begun to emerge …

23-08-2021 NEW YORK: Hurricane Henri was on course to make landfall on the US east coast on Sunday, with millions in New England and New York’s Long Island preparing for flash flooding, violent winds and power outages. A swath of the northeastern coastline, including New York City, was under alert …

Hyderabad Aug 21 (PMI): The Mahfil-e- Musalema under the title of monthly Mahfil-e- Radeef held on 11th Muharram 1443 Hijiri correspondence to 21st August 2021 at AASHIYANA-E- RAZIA Panjetan Colony Dar-ul-Shifa, hyderabad. Poets (Shura-e- Karam) of Bazm-e- Firdous-e- Adab and belonging to others  Bazm’s participated in Musalema and recited mourning …

22-08-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies MELBOURNE: The Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police said yesterday’s anti-lockdown protests in Melbourne’s CBD were among the most violent he has seen in two decades. Chief Commissioner Shane Patton described the rally, which attracted thousands of people, as “disgraceful”. “What we saw …

22-08-2021 KABUL/ LONDON: Britain said Sunday that seven Afghans have died in the chaos near Kabul airport as the British defence secretary expressed support for extending Washington’s end-of-the-month deadline to permit the evacuation of so many people. The United States and its allies have been struggling to cope with the …

22-08-2021 SANA’A: Alongside a grinding seven-year navy battle, Yemen’s authorities and the Huthi rebels are locked in battle on one other entrance, a foreign money conflict that has opened up a gulf in riyal values. Each the federal government and the Iran-backed Huthis used the identical notes till late 2019 …

22-08-2021 WASHINGTON/ KABUL: The US has warned its citizens to avoid Kabul airport amid concerns about the potential for attacks by Afghanistan’s branch of the Islamic State (IS) group. A security alert on Saturday told US citizens to stay away due to possible “security threats outside the gates”. Only those individually …

22-08-2021 GAZA/ JERUSALEM: Israeli gunfire has wounded 26 Palestinians, including a 13-year-old boy who was shot in the head, health officials said, as protesters threw stones and burned tyres during a demonstration along the border fence with Israel. Hamas, which rules Gaza, had called a protest on Saturday to mark …

21-08-2021 Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Desperation deepened around Kabul’s airport on Saturday with evacuation operations in chaos and US President Joe Biden warning he could not predict the outcome of one of the “most difficult airlifts in history”. Six days after the Taliban took back power in Afghanistan, the flow …