04 August, 2019 By SJA Jafri MEXICO CITY/ MELBOURNE: Mexico, considered one of the most dangerous countries to be a journalist, has witnessed 10 such deaths this year. Three more journalists have been killed in Mexico in less than a week, including two on Friday, bringing to ten the total number of …
Read More »20 more dead during another “white terror” attack in Texas
04 August, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies TEXAS/ MELBOURNE: Twenty more people have been killed and 26 injured in a mass shooting (“another white terror attack) in the Texas City of El Paso. Governor Greg Abbott described it as “one of the most deadly days in the history of …
Read More »‘British mother’ jailed for life for murdering her two children
03 August, 2019 LONDON: A 23-year-old woman found guilty of the murders of her two young daughters 17 days apart did so because they “got in the way” of the life she wanted, a UK court has heard. Louise Porton was sentenced to 32 years in jail for the murders …
Read More »Modi & Imran are fantastic; Trump again offers to mediate on Kashmir
By SJA Jafri + Agencies WASHINGTON/ NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: It is up to India and Pakistan to resolve the Kashmir dispute, US President Donald Trump said Thursday, adding that he was ready to assist if the two South Asian neighbours wanted his help in resolving the decades-old issue. Trump was …
Read More »Aal-e-Saud allows Saudi women to travel independently
02 August, 2019 By SJA Jafri RIYADH/ MELBOURNE: In continuation of the violations of human rights particularly world most barbarian oppressions on Shia Muslims, women and children, aged, ill and disable persons under the direct supervision of Aal-e-Saud (regime/rulers) in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and as per an open …
Read More »Massive gas pipeline explosion in America
01 August, 2019 KENTUCKY: One person is dead and at least five were injured in central Kentucky after a gas line ruptured and produced a fireball that could be seen around the region early Thursday. The 30-inch gas line in Lincoln County breached around 150 feet from a mobile home …
Read More »China warns Hong Kong protesters with army video
01 August, 2019 BEIJING/ VICTORIA CITY China’s army in Hong Kong has released a three-minute video showing troops carrying out “anti-riot” exercises, in what is being seen as a thinly veiled warning to pro-democracy protesters. The video, posted to social media, begins with a soldier shouting: “All consequences are at …
Read More »Dutch burqa ban comes into force
01 August, 2019 AMSTERDAM: A burqa ban has come into effect in the Netherlands but the police and other institutions say they will not enforce it. After around 14 years of debate, a burqa ban has come into effect in the Netherlands. Clothing that “covers the face” such as burqas …
Read More »Dozens ‘killed’ in Houthi attack on Yemeni military parade
01 August, 2019 ADEN/ SANAA: Rebels launch medium-range ballistic missile, armed drone at military parade in the southern city of Aden, sources claimed. An explosion in Aden, the seat of Yemen’s internationally recognised government, has killed dozens of people and wounded many others, according to reports. The Houthi rebel movement, …
Read More »‘Son of Osama Bin Laden has died’
01 August, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies WASHINGTON/ ISLAMABAD: Hamza Bin Laden, the son of al-Qaeda founder Osama Bin Laden, died in an air strike, sources had not confirmed the claims of US media till the filing of this report (like the killing of OBL, Aiman-az-Zawaheri, Baitullah Mehsud etc …
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