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 …

20-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies JERUSALEM/ WASHINGTON/ DUBAI/ RIYADH/ ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia says it will not follow the United Arab Emirates in establishing diplomatic ties with Israel until it has signed an internationally-recognized peace accord with the Palestinians. The UAE last week became the first Gulf …

Hyderabad Aug 20 (Newslines): Rueyat-e- Hilal Mah-e- Muharram 1442(H) confirmed by Moulana Ali Hyder Farishta Qibla President Majama-e- Olama wo Khutaba and Moulana Syed Nisar Hussain @ Hyder Aga President All India Majlis-e- Olama wo Zakireen, both the Olama declared  tomorrow Friday  will be 1st Muharram 1442(H) correspondence to 21st August 2020. From Lucknow Shia Markazi Chand …