09-09-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: A roadside bomb in Kabul targeted Afghan First Vice President (VP) Amrullah Saleh on Wednesday morning, his spokesman said, but he escaped the attack unharmed. Initially, the interior ministry’s spokesman, Tariq Arian, said at least two civilians died but …
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09-09-2020 WASHINGTON: Michael Cohen, US President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, is alleging in a new book that Trump made disparaging remarks about Black world leaders including former South African President Nelson Mandela, as well as about US minorities in general, the Washington Post reported on Saturday. Cohen worked closely with Trump …
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08-09-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies BEIJING/ SYDNEY/ WASHINGTON/ MELBOURNE/ LONDON/ CANBERRA: On specific directions of America and with especial directives of country’s authorities with heavy remunerations and huge charges, dozens of Australian citizens from diverse cultures and countries in different forms and masks have been spying …
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08-09-2020 BEIJING/ NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: China and India have accused each other of firing shots on their flashpoint Himalayan border in a further escalation of military tension between the nuclear-armed Asian rivals. The relationship between the two countries has deteriorated since a hand-to-hand combat clash in the Ladakh region on …
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08-09-2020 Bureau Report MELBOURNE/ SYDNEY/ NEW DELHI: Australia says it will secure almost 85 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine if two promising trials prove successful. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the country had struck two deals that would allow free doses to be rolled out in 2021 if they …
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07-09-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies RIYADH/ WASHINGTON/ ISTANBUL: A Saudi court on Monday overturned five death sentences over dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder a final ruling in the case that saw the Washington Post columnist killed and dismembered by a Saudi hit squad. The court handed 20-year …
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07-09-2020 MINKS: Tens of thousands of people marched through Minsk calling on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to step down in mass demonstrations that showed no sign of abating nearly a month after an election his opponents say was rigged. Columns of protesters defied a government warning not to march, waving …
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07-09-2020 DHAKA: A suspected gas pipeline explosion at a mosque in Bangladesh killed 17 people and injured dozens as worshippers were about to end their prayers, officials said on Saturday. The blast, which fire service officials suspect was caused by a leak from a gas pipeline, occurred on Friday night …
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07-09-2020 TEHRAN/ DAMASCUS/ BAGHDAD/ AIN AL-HELWEH (LEBANON) Leaders of Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement and the Palestinian Hamas group met to discuss diplomatic normalization between Israel and Arab countries, the movement said. On Sunday, Hamas chief Ismail Haniya was given a hero’s welcome at Ain al-Helweh, Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp. Hezbollah-run …
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06-09-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK/ MELBOURNE: US President Donald Trump has demanded the Fox News Network fire its national security correspondent after she confirmed claims he had disparaged the military – a bombshell that has dogged him for two days. Trump came under …
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