International

25-10-2020 ANKARA/ PARIS: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has launched a fresh attack on his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, saying he needed treatment and “mental checks” over his attitude towards Muslims and Islam, leading Paris to recall its ambassador in Ankara. Earlier this month, Macron pledged to fight “Islamist separatism”, which he …

25-10-2020 KUMBA/ UNITED NATIONS: Attackers have stormed a school in southwestern Cameroon with guns and machetes, killing at least eight children and wounding a dozen more, according to the United Nations. Arriving on motorbikes and in civilian clothes, the men attacked the Mother Francisca International Bilingual Academy in the city …

24-10-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: 34 people have been confirmed dead and over 77 wounded in a suicide bomb attack outside an education centre in the Afghan capital, Kabul, while another alleged attack on bus was reported, officials say. The explosion at the private facility, which …

24-10-2020 TEHRAN/ PARIS: Iran’s Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the obstinate insistence in France on insulting the Prophet of Islam, Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). In a statement on Saturday, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh vehemently condemned any offensive action against or disrespect for the divine messengers of God, particularly the seal of …

24-10-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ PARIS: Pakistan will remain on a terrorism financing watch list until it completely implements a set of preventive guidelines, a global watchdog said, urging Islamabad to improve financial controls. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an inter-governmental body, praised Pakistan for progress …

24-10-2020 KHARTOUM/ WASHINGTON/ JERUSALEM: Sudan and Israel have agreed to normalise relations, US President Donald Trump announced on Friday at the White House, a move that was denounced by Palestinians as a “new stab in the back”. Trump, who is seeking re-election on November 3, sealed the agreement in a …

23-10-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report NASHVILLE/ NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: The final debate between US presidential nominees Donald Trump and Joe Biden did not bring good news for India as the US president described the air in India as “filthy”. The reference to India was made by Donald Trump …

23-10-2020 Bureau Report CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE: Australia will allow a few hundred more citizens and permanent residents to return home from overseas each week, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday, in slight relaxation of a policy that has become the target of increasing criticism. Since July, the government has capped …

23-10-2020 DOHA/ CAIRO: Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein has spent 1,400 days in prison under arbitrary and illegal detention by Egyptian authorities without trial or conviction. An Egyptian national working for the Al Jazeera Arabic television channel in Qatar, Hussein was arrested in Cairo on December 23, 2016 while on …

22-10-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: An Afghan military air raid targeting Taliban fighters has killed at least 13 people, including children, and wounded 14 in an attack that hit a religious school and mosque in the northeastern province of Takhar, provincial officials said. In an account …