20-09-2020 (With input from wires) TEHRAN/ GENEVA: The world community should oppose the United States’ use of sanctions to impose its will as a “bully,” or expect to face sanctions itself, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday. Separately, the chief of the country’s elite Revolutionary Guards rejected …
Read More »Military trucks roll into Belarus’s capital
20-09-2020 MINSK: Military trucks and vehicles have rolled into the centre of Belarus’s capital, Minsk, before a planned opposition march, as anonymous hackers leaked what they said was the personal data of more than 1,000 police officers in retaliation for a crackdown on anti-government demonstrations. The protest movement calling for …
Read More »40 Taliban, 11 civilians killed in Afghan airstrikes
20-09-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Almost 11 civilians were killed and more than 10 others wounded on Saturday in twin air strikes on a Taliban base in the northeastern Afghan province of Kunduz, a provincial official said. The Taliban issued a statement accusing Afghan forces of …
Read More »Iran’s Guards vow Soleimani’s revenge will target only ‘those involved’
20-09-2020 TEHRAN: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards chief said Saturday that Tehran will avenge the US killing of its top commander General Qasem Soleimani by targeting only those involved, in an “honourable” retaliation. Soleimani, who headed the Guards elite Qods Force, was killed in an American air strike near Baghdad airport in …
Read More »UAE gets American drones as China ramps up sales
20-09-2020 DUBAI/ WASHINGTON: The White House’s recent decision to allow the sale of advanced weapons systems to the United Arab Emirates highlights the deliberate shift in US policy towards the UAE after it signed “normalization” accords with Israel. Why would the UAE want American drones as it already has dozens …
Read More »Heavy showers bring relief to fire-struck Oregon
19-09-2020 GATES, OREGON: Heavy and intermittent showers were good news for residents of the state on Friday as it helped firefighters subdue the deadly flames further after nearly two weeks of carnage caused by the wildfires. Oregon was especially hard hit by scores of wind-driven wildfires that erupted all at …
Read More »‘Queen is above the law & immune to arrest’
19-09-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report LONDON/ MELBOURNE: British Queen Elizabeth-II cannot be arrested and her staff are immune to civil arrest. There is only one person above the law in the UK and that is the monarch, as the Government, police, courts and prison system all act in …
Read More »Thousands Chinese test positive for bacterial disease
19-09-2020 BEIJING: After a leak from a state-owned biopharmaceutical plant that was manufacturing animal vaccines last year, thousands in north-west China tested positive for a bacterial disease. Health officials in Lanzhou city said 3,245 people had contracted brucellosis, a disease often caused by close contact with infected animals or animal …
Read More »RUYAT-E- HILAL MAH-E- SAFAR-UL-MUZFFAR CONFIRMED MOON SIGHTED: MAULANA FARISHTA AND MAULANA HYDER AGA QIBLA
Hyderabad Sep 18 (Newslines): Rueyat-e- Hilal Mah-e- Safar-ul-Muzaffar 1442(H) confirmed by Moulana Ali Hyder Farishta Qibla President Majama-e- Olama wo Khutaba and Moulana Syed Nisar Hussain @ Hyder Aga President All India Shia Majlis-e- Olama wo Zakireen, both the Olama declared tomorrow Saturday will be 1st Safar 1442(H) correspondence to 19 September 2020. Further Maulana Ali …
Read More »Australia to ease border limits, allow more citizens home
18-09-2020 Bureau Report CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE/ SYDNEY: Scott Morrison, the prime minister of Australia, has said his government will increase the number of citizens allowed to return home each week to 6,000 people. Speaking to reporters after a cabinet meeting on Friday, Morrison said states have agreed to boost quarantine capacity …
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