International

27 July, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies NEW YORK/ JERUSALEM/ RIYADH: Neither any European and American nor Eastern or Arab Media flashed the report issued by the United Nations Organizations (UNO) regarding the state terrorism of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and Israel where the innocent men and women …

27 July, 2019 MUMBAI/ NEW DELHI: Around 700 people have been rescued in India after flooding left them trapped on a train near Mumbai. Helicopters, boats and diving teams were deployed by the Indian authorities after the Mahalaxmi Express became stranded on Friday night close to the town of Vangani. …

27 July, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies WASHINGTON/ ISLAMABAD: Pentagon notifies the Congress of decision to approve military sales worth $125 million. Days after the meeting between President Donald Trump and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, the Pentagon notified the Congress on Friday of its decision to approve military …

27 July, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies BEIRUT/ TEHRAN: In response to an Israeli claims that Hezbollah rules Lebanon, Syed Hassan Nasrallah, the Secretary General of Hezbollah said that the Israeli assert is not only baseless but also completely false and incorrect while the similar allegations upon Hezbollah and …

27 July, 2019 CALIFORNIA/ WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court has said that President Donald Trump can use $2.5 billion (£2 billion) of Pentagon funds for a section of wall on the southern border. The court ruled by five votes to four to block a ruling by a federal judge in …

27 July, 2019 MANILA: An earthquake and aftershock struck islands off the north of the Philippines on Saturday, killing eight people and injuring 60, the national disaster agency said. Both tremors hit the province of Batanes, a group of sparsely populated islets north of the nation’s largest Luzon Island. The …

HYDERABAD DECCAN/ LAKHNOW: 26 Jul (PMI): Allama Mirza Muhammad Ashfaq, a world renowned Shia Muslim scholar, researcher, priest, writer, poet and the president of All India Shia Muslims Personal Law Board (AISMPLB) passed away this morning due to heart attack. He was the younger brother of Mirza Muhammad Athar late, who …

FARUK’S CONVICTION QUASHED OVER ‘LAWYER-X’ SCANDAL 26 July, 2019 By SJA Jafri (Courtesy Messenger) CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE: At last, one again, Messenger’s reporting proved hundred percent correct but despite the Messenger’s worth, its credibility and weight and beside the concerned journalist’s significance, professional talent and vision, “the entire Australian police, prosecution, …

26 July, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies TRIPOLI/ MELBOURNE: Up to 115 Europe-bound migrants, including women and children, are missing and feared drowned after the boats they were travelling in capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya. A top UN official described the shipwreck as “the worst Mediterranean tragedy” …

26 July, 2019 WASHINGTON: The US federal government is to resume executing death-row inmates after a 16-year hiatus, the justice department has announced. Attorney General William Barr said in a statement he had directed the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to schedule the executions of five inmates. Mr Barr said the …