15-05-2021 TEL AVIV/ GAZA/ WASHINGTON: A US envoy has arrived in Tel Aviv for de-escalation talks as unrest between Israel and the Palestinians continues. Hady Amr will take part in talks with Israeli, Palestinian and UN officials and reinforce what US diplomats said was the need for a “sustainable calm”. …

15-05-2021 LONDON/ BEIJING: A new report warns against the use of Uighur forced labor (slaves) by China in the global supply chain of solar panel manufacturing. The study by the United Kingdom’s Sheffield Hallam University said Chinese “labor transfers” in the northwest Xinjian region, where rights groups say the Muslim-minority …

15-05-2021 By SJA Jafri + Agencies TEHRAN: Former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has once more signed up to become Iran’s next president, but the anticipated top candidates for the June election have yet to register. The ultraconservative, who was president from 2005 to 2013, tried to run again in 2017 but …

15-05-2021 BEIJING: China has successfully landed a spacecraft on Mars, state media announced early on Saturday. The six-wheeled Zhurong robot was targeting Utopia Planitia, a vast terrain in the planet’s northern hemisphere. The vehicle used a combination of a protective capsule, a parachute and a rocket platform to make the …

15-05-2021 WASHINGTON/ JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: Several Democratic members of the House of Representatives have spoken out against the United States’ military support for Israel and called for the protection of Palestinians’ rights, in contrast to other Democrats and Republicans who expressed their full support for Israel during the ongoing escalation …

Hyderabad, May 14 (PMI): The Telangana High Court today express its anger over the decision of the state government to stop the ambulances which are coming from neighbouring state Andhra Pradesh, on the borders of the state. It asked the state government as to who gave the power to the …

14-05-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies SATARA/LUCKNOW/ NEW DELHI: Ashok Khondare, a 39-year-old vegetable seller in the western Indian city of Pune, had already borrowed money to pay for his sister’s treatment when she died in a private hospital two weeks after contacting COVID-19. While trying to overcome the tragedy, he …

News delhi May 14;2021  –Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assured that the country will overcome the challenge of the Corona pandemic with our strength & dedication. He asserted that India is not a nation that will lose hope in tough times. Speaking at a virtual event after releasing the 8th …

14-05-2021 By SJA Jafri + Agencies MAPUTO/ PALMA/ LONDON: One of the world’s most believable Pakistan based English daily newspapers namely Messenger and a most credible news website www.pressmediaofindia.com (Press Media of India/ PMI) have always been reporting that neither the “Whitish” have nothing to do with “Blackish” nor they …

14-05-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL / ISLAMABAD: Dozens of more Shia people have been martyred and many other wounded in an explosion at a Shia mosque on the outskirts of Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, according to police. The blast during Friday prayers in Shakar Dara district came on the second …