21-02-2021 NAYPYITAW/ MYANMAR (BURMA): Two people have been killed and several wounded in Myanmar’s second city of Mandalay when security forces opened fire to disperse people protesting against the country’s military coup, according to emergency service workers and other witnesses. The deaths on Saturday marked the bloodiest day in more …

20-02-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India reported on Friday its biggest jump in new coronavirus infections in three weeks, with 13,193 cases, while thousands of marshals fanned out to enforce mask wearing across the financial capital of Mumbai, which is battling a recent spurt. The tally of confirmed infections is …

20-02-2021 TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Friday once again reiterated that Tehran will “immediately reverse” actions liable on it under the nuclear deal when US Sanctions are lifted. The Joe Biden administration said on Thursday it was ready to revive a 2015 agreement between Iran and world …

20-02-2021 Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Three sticky bomb attacks in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday killed at least five people and wounded dozens, a police official said, amid a surge in violence in the war-torn country. Kabul police spokesman Ferdaws Faramarz said two explosions caused by sticky bombs attached …

19-02-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report LONDON/ KARACHI: Uber drivers must be treated as workers rather than self-employed, the UK’s Supreme Court has ruled. The decision could mean thousands of Uber drivers are entitled to minimum wage and holiday pay. The ruling could leave the ride-hailing app facing a …

19-02-2021 WASHINGTON/ TEHRAN/ PARIS: The United States (US) said it was ready to talk to Iran about both nations returning to a 2015 agreement that aimed to prevent Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons, seeking to revive a deal that Washington itself abandoned nearly three years ago. The move reflects the …

Hyderabad Feb 19 (PMI): For past four years Guroh-e-Shada-e-Shabbira.s has been organizing Majlis-e-Aza Syed-dus- Shohadaa.s and(or) Jashan at Bargah Hzt. Abbasas Dewan Dewdi on every first Thursday of Arabic calendar month as per the falling dates of mourning or birth anniversaries of 14 infallibles (14 Masoomeena.s) and other members of …

19-02-2021 ALGIERS/ PARIS: An Algerian court has sentenced a man to death over the kidnap and murder of a French mountaineer in 2014. Hervé Gourdel, 55, was abducted while exploring Djurdjura National Park in a case that sparked outrage. A graphic beheading video later emerged of his death with the …

19-02-2021 HOUSTON. NEW YORK: About 7 million people in Texas, a quarter of the United States’ second-most populous state have been told to boil their water or stop using it entirely as homeowners, hospitals, and businesses grappled with broken water mains, burst pipes and power outages. Winter storms during the …

19-02-2021 WASHINGTON: NASA’s science rover Perseverance, the most advanced astrobiology laboratory ever sent to another world, streaked through the Martian atmosphere on Thursday and landed safely on the floor of a vast crater, its first stop on a search for traces of ancient microbial life on the Red Planet. Mission …