International

28-09-2020 NASHVILLE/ WASHINGTON: A Muslim teenage girl says she was “angry” after a match referee, citing the school’s rulebook, gave her a choice to either remove her hijab during volleyball or be disqualified. She chose to sit it out. According to CNN, first-year student Najah Aqeel studies at Valor Collegiate Prep …

28-09-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI: Student visa services for Pakistan will resume on October 1, Thursday, the US embassy in Pakistan said in a statement on Monday, after it had been halted due to the coronavirus pandemic. According to a statement, the services will be commenced at …

28-09-2020 WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK: The New York Times has reported that US President Donald Trump paid only $750 in federal income taxes in both 2016 and 2017, citing tax return data. Trump also paid no income taxes in 10 of the last 15 years, the newspaper reported on Sunday, despite …

27-09-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD/ UNITED NATIONS: India will use its resources “for all humanity” in the battle against coronavirus, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the United Nations on Saturday. In his address to the virtual UN General Assembly Modi made no direct mention of …

27-09-2020 TEHRAN: Condemning the United States, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday said people should blame Washington for the “crimes and pressure” facing the country, as waves of US sanctions impact the struggling economy. “They prevented the purchase of medicines and food by imposing unjust, illegal, and inhuman sanctions,” Rouhani …

27-09-2020 Bureau Report MACQUARIE/ MELBOURNE: A total of 108 surviving pilot whales have been released back into the sea after a mass stranding in Australia, marine experts say. They believe Macquarie Harbour on Tasmania’s west coast is now clear of live whales but about 350 whales died in what is …

26-09-2020 GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the global death toll from COVID-19 could more than double to two million before a successful vaccine is widely used – and could be even higher without concerted action to curb the pandemic. “Unless we do it all, (two million …

26-09-2020 NEW DELHI/ WASHINGTON: Close to 44 Indian banks have been flagged in a series of Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) filed by the US banks to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) for carrying out suspicious transactions worth more than $1 billion, reported the Indian Publication ‘The Indian Express’. The publication …

26-09-2020 BEIRUT: Lebanon’s prime minister-designate resigned Saturday amid a political impasse over government formation, dealing a blow to French President Emmanuel Macron’s efforts to break a dangerous stalemate in the crisis-hit country. The announcement by Mustapha Adib nearly a month after he was appointed to the job came following a meeting …

26-09-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Int’l Monitoring Desk ISLAMABAD/ NEW DELHI/ UNITED NATIONS: In a speech to the United Nations, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan called India’s Hindu-nationalist government a sponsor of hatred and prejudice against Islam, while denouncing its moves to cement control of Muslim-majority Kashmir. …