24-08-2020 KENOSHA/ WASHINGTON: Protests have erupted in the US state of Wisconsin after police shot a black man many times while responding to what they said was a domestic incident. The man, identified as Jacob Blake, is in a serious condition in hospital. Video posted online appears to show Blake …

24-08-2020 DAMASCUS/ TEHRAN: A suspected attack on a pipeline in Syria has caused a nationwide blackout overnight, the state news agency quoted authorities as saying on Monday. According to SANA, Electricity Minister Zuhair Kharbotli said a pipeline blast in the Damascus area late Sunday “led to an electricity blackout across …

24-08-2020 TEHRAN: Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei slammed the US government as a model of complete failure, saying human values like health, justice and security are being trampled on in the United States more than anywhere else. Ayatollah Khamenei on Sunday attended a videoconference with the …

23-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies + Int’l Monitoring Desk CHRISTCHURCH/ MELBOURNE: The ‘Australian White Terrorist’ who killed 51 Muslim worshippers at two mosques in New Zealand (NZ) last year will face survivors of his attack on Monday at a sentencing hearing. Australian Brenton Tarrant is likely …

23-08-2020 WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK: President Donald Trump’s older sister, a former federal judge, has been heard sharply criticizing her brother in a series of recordings, at one point saying the president “has no principles”. Maryanne Trump Barry was secretly recorded by her niece, Mary Trump, who recently released a book …

23-08-2020 WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has hinted at the possibility of “completely” decoupling the American economy from China as tensions between the economic giants continue. In a video excerpt for Fox News for an interview airing today, Trump initially told interviewer Steve Hilton “we don’t have to” do business with China, and …

22-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies + Int’l Monitoring Desk NEW DELHI/ LONDON/ MELBOURNE/ NEW YORK/ GENEVA: India confirms 69,878 new infections – the fourth straight day above 60,000. Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, said he would shut down the United States to contain its coronavirus …

22-08-2020 UNITED NATION/ TEHRAN: The United States was further isolated on Friday over its bid to reimpose international sanctions on Iran, with 13 countries on the 15-member United Nations Security Council expressing their opposition and arguing that Washington’s move is void given it is using a process agreed under a …

21-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies LONDON/ PARIS/ NEW YORK/ NEW DELHI/ DACCA: Millions of women and girls globally have lost access to contraceptives and abortion services because of the coronavirus pandemic, as they bear the brunt of the global calamity, warned an international aid group. Across …

21-08-2020 WASHINGTON/ UNITED NATIONS/ TEHRAN: The administration of US President Donald Trump has formally notified the United Nations that it wants all UN sanctions on Iran restored, claiming significant Iranian violations of the 2015 nuclear deal, in a move that drew swift rejections from countries that remain part of the …