International

27-01-2021 JERUSALEM/ DUBAI/ RABAT: Israel on Tuesday announced the re-opening of its diplomatic mission in Morocco, two decades after the office closed, following an agreement between the two countries to restore diplomatic ties. Head of Mission David Govrin, who was Israel´s ambassador to Egypt from 2016 to 2020, has arrived …

27-01-2021 Bureau Report RIYADH/KARACHI: A specialized team of Arab men under a supervisor cleaned the Holy Kaaba’s roof in a record 40 minutes, the management of the Masjid al-Haram, or the Great Mosque of Makkah in Saudi Arabia, stated on Tuesday. In a message posted on Twitter, the Masjid al-Haram’s management …

27-01-2021 JERUSALEM/ TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON: Israel’s top general warned attack plans against Iran were being revised and said any US return to the 2015 nuclear accord with Tehran would be “wrong”. Israeli Lieutenant-General Aviv Kochavi made the remarks on Tuesday in an address to Tel Aviv University’s Institute for National Security …

27-01-2021 LONDON/ NEW YORK/ NEW DELHI: The number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide has passed 100 million. The bleak milestone was reached on Tuesday, according to Johns Hopkins University data, just more than a year after the first case was reported in Wuhan, China. During the past 12 months, the …

26-01-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report SYDNEY: Dozens of people have been arrested for breaking COVID rules protesting against the culturally sensitive Australia Day holiday. At least fifty-two arrests were made in Sydney at a rally attended by around 2,000 people, despite rules limiting the numbers allowed to gather …

26-01-2021 By SJA Jafri KARACHI: Prof Dr Rehan Azmi, world-renown poet of mourning literature has passed away in Karachi. He was 63 years old. According to his family, Dr Azmi had been ill for a long time. They said he was rushed to a private hospital in Karachi where his …

25-01-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies CANBERRA/WELLINGTON: Australia has suspended a travel bubble with New Zealand after its first COVID case in months was confirmed to be the South African variant. The infected patient had served 14-days in quarantine and tested negative twice before developing symptoms later. Travellers coming from New …

25-01-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies BEIJING/ NEW DELHI: The stand-off between Indian and Chinese troops seems far from over as troops from both countries once again clashed at the Naku La area in northern Sikkim, as soldiers from both sides sustained injuries. The confrontation, according to Indian media reports, took …

25-01-2021 ANKARA/ JERUSALEM/ RIYADH: Two years ago, relations between Turkey and Saudi Arabia stood at one of the lowest points in the history of the two regional powers following the murder in Istanbul of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. His killing in October 2018 at the hands of Saudi agents in the …

25-01-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ DUBAI/ JERUSALEM: In December last year, following Minister for Foreign Affairs Shah Mahmood Qureshi’s visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), he said the Emirati leadership apprised him of their position during his visit. He said he in turn apprised the Emirati …