16-10-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISTANBUL/ RIYADH/ MELBOURNE: Saudi Foreign Minister said normalization with Israel will eventually take place within the framework of a Palestinian-Israeli peace plan. In an online interview with the Washington Institute for Near East Studies, which was broadcast late Thursday on its website, Faisal …
Read More »Indian man rescued from mortuary freezer dies
16-10-2020 CHENNAI/ NEW DELHI: A 74-year-old Indian man, who was mistakenly declared dead and put in a mortuary freezer, has died days after being rescued. Balasubramanyam was declared dead by a doctor at a private hospital in Tamil Nadu on Monday and placed in a freezer. He remained there until …
Read More »Jacinda Ardern set to win 2nd term for New Zealand PM
16-10-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report AUCKLAND/ WELLINGTON/ MELBOURNE: Jacinda Ardern is on track for a second term as New Zealand’s Prime Minister in elections that will take place on Saturday, thanks largely to her handling of the coronavirus pandemic, which has helped burnish her image as an effective …
Read More »Australian police drop probe into “Afghan war crimes reporting”
15-10-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE/ SYDNEY: Police on Thursday dropped a lengthy investigation into a journalist who exposed alleged war crimes by Australian Special Forces in Afghanistan. The Australian Federal Police said prosecutors found there were “reasonable prospects of conviction” in the case against Australian Broadcasting …
Read More »Helicopters carrying wounded troops collide
15-10-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: A collision between two Afghan army helicopters evacuating wounded soldiers in southern Helmand province has left at least nine people dead. Some were members of a highly-trained elite Air Force mission. The incident early on Wednesday in Nawa district was apparently …
Read More »Severe hunger continues in Yemen, DRC, Nigeria, Burkina Faso & Somalia
15-10-2020 KENYA (NAIROBI): The world’s response to global food insecurity has been “dangerously inadequate”, said Oxfam in a new report. The report, titled “Later Will Be Too Late”, states that in five countries – Yemen, DRC, Nigeria, Burkina Faso and Somalia – where severe hunger continues to increase, donors have …
Read More »White US Woman charged over false claim against Black Man
15-10-2020 NEW YORK: Amy Cooper, the white woman charged with filing a false police report for calling 911 during a dispute with a Black man in New York’s Central Park in May, made a second, previously unreported call in which she falsely claimed the man had “tried to assault her”, …
Read More »Japan’s Supercomputer alerts coronavirus winter threat
14-10-2020 TOKYO: A Japanese supercomputer has revealed the greater risk posed by the coronavirus contagion in dry, indoor conditions during winter months and that humidity can have a massive impact on the dispersion of the virus’s particles. The finding suggests that the use of humidifiers may help limit infections during …
Read More »Thousands flee amid fighting b/w Taliban & Afghan forces
14-10-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Tens of thousands of people in southern Afghanistan have fled their homes following days of heavy fighting between the Taliban and security forces, officials said, as violence continues to soar despite ongoing peace talks. Taliban fighters launched a series of attacks …
Read More »Saudi Arabia fails to join UN Human Rights Council
14-10-2020 UNITED NATIONS/ RIYADH: Saudi Arabia failed in its attempt to become a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the next three-year term starting on January 1, while China, Russia and Cuba were elected on Tuesday in a vote that caused an outcry among human rights …
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