International

11-03-2021 By SJA Jafri LONDON/ NEW DELHI/ KARACHI: Once again, another claim of Press Media of India (PMI) regarding the world’s worst British policing system has been proved while the reporting in this connection is not only being acknowledged across the globe but also the entire British judiciary as well …

11-03-2021 UNITED NATIONS/ LONDON: One year on from the declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic, the People’s Vaccine Alliance is warning that developing countries are facing critical shortages of oxygen and medical supplies to cope with COVID-19 cases. Yet, the majority has been unable to administer a single dose of a …

11-03-2021 NAYPYITAW/ MYANMAR (BURMA): 10 more people have been killed and injured in Myanmar after security forces opened fire on anti-coup protesters, according to witnesses and local media, as Myanmar’s military government accused deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi of accepting illegal payments. The violence comes after the United Nations …

11-03-2021 WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives has given final approval to a $1.9 trillion emergency spending measure designed to mitigate the financial toll of the coronavirus pandemic, putting the United States economy on a path to recovery. The House voted largely along party lines, 220-211, to send the legislation, …

11-03-2021 MANAMA: Sheikh Isa Qassim, the spiritual leader of Bahrain’s Shiite majority, warned about the death of political dissidents in the Al Khalifa regime’s prisons and demanded their immediate release. Sheikh Qassim was quoted by the Arabic-language Bahrain Mirror news website as making the remarks in a series of tweets …

10-03-2021 By SJA Jafri + Agencies BEIJING/ ISLAMABAD: A US think-tank has accused the Chinese government of committing genocide against Muslim Uighurs in Xinjiang, saying it has found “clear and convincing proof” that Beijing violated “each and every act” banned by the United Nations convention against genocide. In its Tuesday …

10-03-2021 WASHINGTON:  The US State Department on Monday announced that people whose US visa applications were rejected due to former president Donald Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’ can now reapply for it. Donald Trump had imposed a travel ban on 13 mostly Muslim-majority and African countries in 2017. President Joe Biden had …

10-03-2021 By SJA Jafri UNITED NATIONS/ KARACHI: One in three women worldwide have been subject to sexual or physical violence during their lifetime, according to a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO). The UN agency released the study on Tuesday urging governments to prevent violence, improve services for …

10-03-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ LONDON: India has rebuked UK MPs for criticizing its handling of long-running farmers’ protests in Delhi. Several Labour, Liberal Democrat and Scottish National Party MPs on Monday expressed concern over the safety of protesters and the status of press freedom in India. But India’s High …

10-03-2021 DHAKA: A news channel in Bangladesh has made history by hiring the first-ever transgender news anchor in the country. After 29-year-old Tashnuva Anan Shishir was given a chance to read the news for the first time, she got so emotional; she could not hold back her tears. Tashnuva said …