15-07-2020 NEW YORK: President Donald Trump has downplayed police violence against Black people in the United States, saying “more white people” are killed by police officers. During a CBS News interview that aired on Tuesday, the Republican president was asked why Black people were still dying at the hands of …

By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies 15-07-2020 NEW DELHI/ CITY OF VICTORIA/ MELBOURNE/ HOUSTON/ SEOUL: Nearly a dozen Indian states have imposed a partial lockdown in high-risk areas after spikes in coronavirus cases, with the country’s infections topping 900,000 just three days after crossing the 800,000 mark. India …

15-07-2020 JERUSALEM: Thousands of Israelis have protested in front of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence in Jerusalem, demanding his resignation as the government comes under fire over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Some placards carried by demonstrators on Tuesday read “Netanyahu’s corruption makes us sick” and “Netanyahu, resign”. “The …

15-07-2020 CAMBRIDGE/ MASSACHUSETTS/  WASHINGTON: The Trump administration has rescinded a rule that would have required international students to transfer schools or leave the country if their colleges hold classes entirely online next semester because of the coronavirus pandemic. United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the decision as a court …

14-07-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies TEHRAN/ KABUL/ NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: In a startling development, Iran has reportedly dropped India from a key rail project along the border with Afghanistan after New Delhi showed reluctance in joining the project due to US sanctions. The Iranian government has …

14-07-2020 TERRE HAUTE (INDIANA): US murderer Daniel Lewis Lee has been put to death, hours after the Supreme Court allowed the first executions of federal inmates in 17 years. Several executions were initially delayed when a judge ruled on Monday that there were still unresolved legal challenges. The condemned prisoners …

14-07-2020 Bureau Report SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE: Australia’s hotel quarantine system is under fire for giving celebrities exemptions to the mandatory 14-day hotel isolation while refusing critically ill and pregnant Australians. Popstar Dannii Minogue is the latest high-profile arrival exempted from hotel quarantine. The news comes just a day after A Current Affair reported …

14-07-2020 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM (CAPITAL OF AN INDIAN STATE KERALA): India’s Supreme Court on Monday upheld the right of a former royal dynasty to run the Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple, one of the world’s richest places of worship, after the state government tried to take it over when the family patriarch died. When …

14-07-2020 BEIJING/ WASHINGTON: China’s pursuit of offshore resources in parts of the South China Sea is “completely unlawful”, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said. Pompeo said he wanted to make clear that Beijing’s “campaign of bullying to control” the disputed waters was wrong. China said that the US …

13-07-2020 By SJA Jafri SANA’A/ DAMASCUS/ UNITED NATIONS/ Nearly 10 million people are facing acute food shortages in Yemen and urgent action is needed to avert a famine, the United Nations’ World Food Program (WFP) has said. The WFP said on Friday it needed $737m to the end of the …