(Int’l Monitoring Desk) 30-10-2020 ISTANBUL: A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit the Aegean Sea on Friday afternoon, jolting western Turkey and destroying buildings in coastal cities there. People in the Turkish city of Izmir have gathered in the streets after fleeing their buildings to seek safety. At least 20 buildings were destroyed …
Read More »Missing Australian spy returned to Iran’s Evin prison
30-10-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Report CANBERRA/ TEHRAN: Neither Islamic nor non-Islamic counties like Australian citizens because of their hypocrisy and disloyalty, selfishness and opportunistic-ism, loose character and greediness, traditional worst attitude and behavior and proud-ness while neither the Australian don’t have any extraordinary skills or expertise …
Read More »America seizes Iranian missiles
30-10-2020 WASHINGTON/ DUBAI/ TEHRAN: The United States (U.S.) revealed on Thursday it had seized Iranian missiles shipped to Yemen and sold 1.1 million barrels of previously seized Iranian oil that was bound for Venezuela, in the Trump administration’s latest move to increase pressure on Tehran less than a week before …
Read More »New Zealand votes ‘yes’ to legalization of euthanasia
30-10-2020 Bureau Report WELLINGTON/ MELBOURNE: New Zealand has voted to legalize euthanasia but could reject recreational cannabis use following two referendums that were part of this month’s general election, the country’s Electoral Commission said on Friday. New Zealanders were asked whether they agreed with the End of Life Choice Bill, …
Read More »India upset by Kashmir depiction on Saudi note
30-10-2020 NEW DELHI/ RIYADH: India on Thursday described the map of Kashmir in a new currency note of Saudi Arabia as a “gross misrepresentation” of sovereign territory. Official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs Anurag Srivastava said during the weekly briefing that Delhi has taken up the issue at …
Read More »140 Europe-bound migrants drown off Senegal coast
30-10-2020 DAKAR: As many as 140 Europe-bound migrants have drowned off the coast of Senegal in the deadliest shipwreck recorded this year, the United Nations migration agency said on Thursday. The boat carrying 200 passengers caught fire and capsized on Saturday a few hours after leaving the fishing town of …
Read More »“Al-Qaeda still ‘heavily embedded’ within Taliban”
29-10-2020 By Syed Jaffer Abbas Jafri (SJA Jafri) UNITED NATIONS/ KABUL/ DOHA/ RIYADH/ DUBAI/ BAGHDAD/ DAMASCUS/ ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI: Last but not least, no to Press Media of India (PMI) or Messenger but only to BBC (PMI treats it as discrimination rather than to issue an official handout for all media …
Read More »Why insulting Islam’s Prophet allowed but doubting Holocaust a crime? Khamenei
29-10-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report TEHRAN/ PARIS/ ANKARA/ ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ali Khameini questioned the dual standards around gagging media when it comes to questioning the Holocaust but not doing the same when the Holy Prophet Muhammad Mustafa Peace Be Upon …
Read More »Deadly knife attack near church in French
29-10-2020 PARIS/ NICE: An attacker with a knife killed at least three people and wounded several others at a church in the French city of Nice on Thursday, officials said, in an incident the city’s mayor described as “terrorism”. Mayor Christian Estrosi, a former MP with the right-wing Republicans party, …
Read More »Another “Black-Man” shot dead by “White American Policemen”
29-10-2020 PHILADELPHIA/ WASHINGTON: Hundreds of protesters marched through the US city of Philadelphia for a second night, demanding racial justice after police fatally shot a black man. The family of Walter Wallace Jr says he was suffering a mental health crisis when officers opened fire on him. Police say they …
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