31-08-2020 BEIRUT: An influential group of former Lebanese prime ministers has picked little-known diplomat Mustapha Adib to head the country’s next government, all but ensuring his appointment at a nomination process on Monday. Fouad Siniora, speaking on behalf of the group which met on Sunday, said Adib should rapidly form …

30-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Reports + Agencies+ Int’l News Desk KARBALA/ TEHRAN/ NEW DELHI/ HYDERABAD DECCAN/ KARACHI/ LONDON/ PARIS/ NEW YORK/ MELBOURNE/ KABUL/ KUWAIT CITY/ SAMASCUS/ SANA’A/ MADINA/ QATIF/ABUJA (NIGERIA): Millions of Muslims, wearing gloves and face masks, have marked the martyrdom anniversary of the third Shias’ Imam …

27-08-2020 BEIJING/ ISLAMABAD: China has fired two missiles, including one dubbed an “aircraft-carrier killer”, into the South China Sea, according to a news report, in a pointed warning to the United States as tensions in the disputed sea lane rise to new levels. The South China Morning Post reported on …

27-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies WELLINGTON/ CHRISTCHURCH/ MELBOURNE: The New Zealand gunman behind last year’s Christchurch massacre that killed 51 Muslim worshipers was sentenced to life imprisonment. The families of victims had demanded that he remain behind bars “until his last gasp.” The gunman who killed …

26-08-2020 TEHRAN: Iran has agreed to allow inspectors by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog to access two suspected former secret nuclear sites, after a months-long standoff between the two sides. The agreement reached on Wednesday came during a visit by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi to …

Hyderabad Aug 26 (PMI): In an ongoing drive against repeat offenders in Cyberabad Commissionerate, Sri V.C. Sajjanar, I.P.S., Commissioner of Police, Cyberabad has invoked Detention order under the P.D Act as “Goonda” against the following accused. A-1 Vupthala Anand @ Ananthi S/o Yadaiah, 27 years, occ: Lorry driver, R/O Shanthinagar, …

26-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies WELLINGTON/ CHRISTCHURCH/ MELBOURNE: The father of murdered three-year-old Mucaad Ibrahim, the youngest victim in the New Zealand (NZ) mosque shootings, told the white supremacist who gunned down his son that “true justice” awaited him in the next life and it would …

26-08-2020 KENOSHA/ NEW YORK: Three people were shot, one of them fatally, as gunfire broke out on the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin, early Wednesday on the third straight day of unrest sparked by the police shooting of a Black man, the New York Times reported, citing law enforcement. Social media …

25-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ KABUL/ WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, in a meeting with a Taliban Political Commission (TPC) delegation on Tuesday, warned of “spoilers who did not wish to see return of peace in the region”. The TPC delegation was headed …

25-08-2020 KENOSHA: Anger over the shooting of a Black man by police spilled into the streets of Kenosha for a second night Monday, with police again firing tear gas at hundreds of protesters who defied a curfew, threw bottles and shot fireworks at law enforcement guarding the courthouse. The southeastern …