Anti-Taliban march in London 29-08-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies LONDON/ KABUL/ WASHINGTON/ TEHRAN/ BAGHDAD/ DOHA/ ISLAMABAD:  US President Joe Biden warned that conditions in Kabul during the final days of the US evacuation remain “extremely dangerous” and said his military commanders had informed him during a briefing on …

29-08-2021 Bureau Report KARACHI: A record holding Pakistani miniature artist, Ahsan Qayyum has claimed another record in Guinness World Records, by making the world’s smallest vacuum cleaner. The globally recognised miniature artist is known for his tiny pieces of art made with pencils and pencil lead and he used the …

29-08-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: A 120-year-old woman, Dholi Devi, from district Udhampur of India-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, was administered the second jab of the COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, reported Indian Today. A video of Devi getting vaccinated at her home was posted by Union Minister of State Dr Jitendra …

Bureau Report MELBOURNE: Australian authorities say they will extend a lockdown of the country’s second-biggest city, Melbourne, as they struggle to quell a coronavirus outbreak driven by the highly infectious Delta variant. The announcement on Sunday came as the number of COVID-19 infections in Victoria State, of which Melbourne is …

29-08-2021 WASHINGTON/ TAXES: Thousands of people are demonstrating in the United States capital and in several cities across the country to demand voting rights protection amid a barrage of state-level legislation that would impose ballot restrictions. Held on the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr’s historic 1963 March on Washington, organizers …

28-08-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies WASHINGTON/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The United States forces helping to evacuate Afghans desperate to flee Taliban rule were on alert on Saturday for more attacks after an ISIL-affiliated suicide bombing killed at least 175 people. Thirteen US service members and 162 Afghans …

28-08-2021 COPENHAGEN: A group of scientists say they have discovered by luck what they believe is the world’s northernmost island off Greenland’s coast. In July, the scientists flew to collect samples to what they thought was Oodaaq Island, that has been known since 1978 but when they checked their position …

28-08-2021 JERUSALEM/ KABUL: As Western troops race to evacuate as many people as possible and get out of Afghanistan by August 31, the US pull-out deadline, an Israel-based organization said it is working to evacuate Afghans on private flights from Kabul airport. The organization is chartering private flights to Kabul …

28-08-2021 WUHAN/ BEIJING: Arriving at the gate to the Hubei Wildlife Rescue Centre on the east side of the Chinese city of Wuhan near its famous lakes, you can hear the continuous squawking of birds and a cacophony of noises from the other animals inside. On the building to the …

27-08-2021 WASHINGTON/ KABUL: President Joe Biden has promised to hunt down the jihadists behind an attack in Kabul which killed at least 90 people – including 13 US troops. Biden warned the US would “not forgive” the perpetrators. The twin blasts, claimed by a local branch of Islamic State (IS), …