16-06-2020 WASHINGTON/ BERLIN:US President Donald Trump has confirmed plans to withdraw 9,500 American troops from bases in Germany. He accused Germany of being “delinquent” in its payments to Nato, and said he would stick with the plan unless Berlin changed its course. Trump has long complained that European members of …
Read More »‘Doctors Without Borders’ pulls out of Afghan attack hospital
16-06-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Medical charity Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres, or MSF) has announced its decision to cease operations and withdraw from a hospital in Afghanistan’s capital, where gunmen last month killed at least 24 people – including mothers and young children …
Read More »Coronavirus cases exceed 8 million worldwide
16-06-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies + Int’l Monitoring Desk LONDON/ PARIS/ NEW YORK/ BEIJING/ ISLAMABAD/ WELLINGTON: More than 8 million people have been confirmed to have the coronavirus around the world. More than 3.8 million have recovered, while at least 435,662 have died, according to data …
Read More »No lockdown extension, Etala Rajender announces Corona tests prices
Hyderabad, June 15 (PMI): Health Minister E Rajender today said that there will be no lockdown extension in Telangana despite rise in positive cases in five districts. He announced the prices for Corona and other tests in private labs and hospitals which cannot violate guidelines. Talking to press persons here Rajender said …
Read More »Taliban killed, wounded over 400 Afghan forces in one week
By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The Taliban has killed or wounded more than 400 Afghan security personnel over the past week, the interior ministry said, accusing the group of increasing attacks in the run-up to expected peace talks. Violence dropped across much of Afghanistan since …
Read More »Racism rallies go ahead across Australia
By SJA Jafri (Bureau Chief Australia) + Agencies MELBOURNE/ SYDNEY: Thousands of people have gathered at a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Perth, as fewer numbers of people gathered for similar events in other cities, including for rallies not given permission to go ahead. Deputy Prime Minster Michael McCormack had one …
Read More »Australian sentenced to death in China for drug smuggling
By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies BEIJING/ CANBERRA: An Australian man has been sentenced to death in China for drug smuggling, the Australian government has confirmed. The man was named in Australian media as Karm or Cam Gilespie. He is believed to have been arrested at an airport …
Read More »Atlanta Police Chief resigns over another black man’s murder
14-06-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ATLANTA (GEORGIA)/ SAINT PAUL/ NEW YORK: Atlanta’s Police Chief has resigned after the fatal shooting of an African-American man who had fallen asleep in his car at a drive-through restaurant. Rayshard Brooks, 27, was shot by a police officer during a …
Read More »Record rise in coronavirus cases in India
14-06-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ LONDON/ PARIS/ ISLAMABAD/ BEIJING: India has announced 11,929 new confirmed cases of coronavirus – the highest one day infection total since the virus was first detected in the country in late January. China reported 57 new confirmed – and nine …
Read More »TRS LEADERS OPENLY SUPPORTING LAND GRABBERS IN ALWAL
Hyderabad June 13 (Newslines): The Sri Venkateshwara Mahila Mandali Grab 150 sq yards land long back which belonged to Raja Prem Gopal Saincher the grandson of late sir Maha Raja Kishan Pershad the then Prime Minister of HEH Nizam Government of Hyderabad Deccan. In the year 1993 Late Raja Prem …
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