24-05-2022 ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopian authorities have arrested more than 4,000 people in the northern Amhara region, local state media said on Monday, as part of a wider crackdown against militia fighters, journalists, judges, critics and judges. Gizachew Muluneh, spokesperson for the Amhara regional administration and federal government spokesperson Legesse Tulu …

24-05-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ BENGALURU: Making allegations against judges has become a fashion in India these days, the Supreme Court said today while expressing concern over increasing cases of targeting of judges. This is most prevalent in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, it said while refusing to interfere with an …

24-05-202 TAIPEI/ WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden has said he would use force to defend Taiwan if it was attacked by China, appearing to signal a shift away from Washington’s decades-long policy of so-called strategic ambiguity towards the East Asian democracy. Biden made the remarks on Monday while visiting Japan, …

24-05-2022 GENEVA/ UNITED NATIONS: More than 100 million people have been driven from their homes around the world, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) says, citing new data about those escaping violence, conflict, persecution and human rights violations. The war in Ukraine has been one of the factors propelling millions of …

23-05-2022 TEHRAN: Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says one of its officers has been assassinated in the capital Tehran by gunmen riding on two motorcycles, according to the state news agency IRNA. Journalist Ali Hashem said that the IRGC issued a statement on Sunday saying Hassan Sayyad Khodayari …

23-05-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KARACHI/ ISLAMABAD: Once again, in different cities of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the police have registered dozens of First Information Reports (FIRs) against three main journalists/ anchor persons and other reporters through some known and unknown ‘Space Creatures’ and ‘State Characters’ as the …

23-05-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE: Professional women and voters concerned about climate change unleashed a third force in Australia’s election, taking a swath of seats that ended nine years of conservative rule even as votes for the winning Labor Party fell. Women who left successful careers in business, …

23-05-2022 TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON: Iran’s foreign ministry has rejected reports of the country’s willingness to “compromise” its stance in ongoing indirect negotiations with the United States to restore its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. Foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said late Saturday that Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, made …

23-05-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Former President Hamid Karzai in an interview with CNN said that covering faces is not Hijab and the use of the Burqa is not Afghan tradition but “Burqa has come to Afghanistan probably 200-300 years ago, and countryside women don’t wear” it. Karzai …

22-05-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report CANBERRA/ SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE: Anthony Albanese’s opposition Labor party has won Australia’s election but with votes still being counted it remained to be seen if it would achieve a parliamentary majority. Prime Minister Scott Morrison conceded defeat late on Saturday even though vote counting …