08-03-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report RAWALPINDI/ ISLAMABAD/ KABUL/ DOHA/ WASHINGTON: Pakistani Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Monday met US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad and General Austin Scott Miller, the Commander Resolute Support Mission Afghanistan, at the General Headquarters. According to …

08-03-2021 LONDON: The allegation that there were discussions in the palace about how dark Meghan’s first baby might be is a devastating one. This is heading into ‘worst-case scenario’ territory for the palace. It is worth remembering we are currently only getting one side of the story. And Meghan has …

08-03-2021 BERN: Swiss voters have narrowly approved a proposal to ban face coverings in a decision that critics branded Islamophobic and sexist. Official results showed that 51.2 percent of voters, and a majority of federal Switzerland’s cantons, supported the proposal. Some 1,426,992 voters were in favour of the ban, while …

07-03-2021 RIYADH/ SANA’A: The Saudi-led coalition engaged in Yemen said on Sunday it had destroyed 10 armed drones launched by the Iran-aligned Houthi movement, including at least five fired towards Saudi Arabia, state television channels reported. The coalition did not specify locations in the kingdom but said the drones were …

07-03-2021 DAMASCUS/ SANA’A/ DUBAI: Fierce fighting between Yemeni pro-government forces and Iran-backed Huthi rebels has killed at least 90 more Shia on both sides in the past 24 hours, government military sources said on Saturday. The Shiite rebels launched an offensive last month to seize Marib, the last stronghold in …

07-03-2021 RANGOON (BURMA)/ NEW DELHI: Myanmar has asked neighboring India to return several police officers who crossed the border seeking refuge after refusing to carry out orders. Indian officials said the officers and their families had crossed the border in recent days. In a letter, Myanmar authorities asked for their …

07-03-2021 Bureau Report DOHA/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Washington’s special envoy to Afghanistan met with the Taliban in Qatar, the insurgents said Saturday, as efforts intensify to revive a peace process faced with mounting violence and a US troop withdrawal deadline. The envoy, Zalmay Khalilzad, held talks earlier this week with Afghan …

06-03-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has won a vote of confidence that he sought from the lower house of parliament, following a surprise electoral defeat on a Senate seat earlier this week. Khan is the leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, which …

06-03-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report BAGHDAD/ NAJAF/ KARACHI: Pope Francis has met with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, one of the most senior leaders in Shia Islam, in Iraq’s holy city of Najaf to deliver a message of peaceful coexistence, urging Muslims to embrace Iraq’s long-beleaguered Christian minority. The …

06-03-2021 GENEVA/ BEIJING: The international investigation into the COVID-19 pandemic’s origins in China will publish its report in the week of March 15, the World Health Organization’s chief has said. The report was originally due to be published in two stages: an initial summary in February, followed by the full …