23-11-2020 ABUJA: Gunmen killed five worshippers and kidnapped at least 18 in an attack on a mosque in northwestern Nigeria’s Zamfara state, police said. Speaking to AFP news agency on Sunday, state police spokesman Mohammed Shehu said: “The bandits killed five worshippers and kidnapped 18 others, including the imam.” According …

23-11-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report JERUSALEM/ RIYADH/ WASHINGTON/ ISLAMABAD: American Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have secretly visited Riyadh and met with Mohammad Bin Salman (MBS), the Crown Prince of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) on Sunday and finalized a clandestine plan …

23-11-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE/ SYDNEY: The omnipresent pandemic has wreaked havoc on the Australian airline industry, causing massive job cuts and career devastation. In this article, we will explore creative and innovative ways that Qantas and Virgin Australia pilots have adapted to their wings being …

22-11-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Report DOHA/ DUBAI/ RIYADH/ ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister says Riyadh is seeking a way to resolve the three-year rift with its Gulf neighbour Qatar. Commenting on the dispute on Saturday, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said Saudi Arabia is continuing …

22-11-2020 ALGIERS: The al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) group has chosen a new leader to replace Abdelmalek Droukdel, who was killed in June by French forces, the SITE monitoring group reported. Algerian Abu Obaida Yusuf al-Annabi, head of AQIM’s “Council of Dignitaries”, was named as Droukdel’s successor, SITE said. …

22-11-2020 ISTANBUL/ RIYADH: In a rare phone call since the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed ways of enhancing ties with King Salman of Saudi Arabia, his office said. The phone call came on the eve of the G20 leaders’ summit hosted by Riyadh on …

22-11-2020 PARIS: Thousands of people in France’s capital and other cities have protested against a new bill by the government that would make it a crime to circulate an image of a police officer’s face. Under the draft law, tabled in Parliament by President Emmanuel Macron’s governing La Republique En …

22-11-2020 PENNSYLVANIA/ WASHINGTON: The court in Pennsylvania has dismissed a lawsuit from the Trump campaign that sought to invalidate millions of mail-in votes in the battleground state. Judge Matthew Brann said the suit, which rested on allegations of irregularities, was “without merit”. The move paves the way for Pennsylvania to …

22-11-2020 RIYADH: In a first for the Arab nation, Saudi Arabia kicked off the G20 summit on Saturday, with the virtual moot focused on debating the global response to the coronavirus pandemic as well as the worst economic recession witnessed in decades. The two-day meeting of the world’s wealthiest nations …

21-11-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: A rocket barrage slammed into the heavily fortified Green Zone where many embassies and international firms are based in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing and injuring dozens civilians on Saturday. Tariq Arian, spokesman for the interior ministry, said “terrorists” …