International

10-01-2022 WASHINGTON: The United States is ready to discuss with Russia the two countries’ missile systems and military exercises, in talks that could begin as early as Sunday in Geneva, a senior White House official said Saturday. USA and Russian diplomats are meeting in Switzerland to try to defuse tensions …

10-01-2022 By SJA Jafri + BBC MELBOURNE: A bid by the Australian government to delay Novak Djokovic’s appeal against deportation has been rejected by a judge overseeing his case. The government had requested the tennis star’s court hearing be postponed until Wednesday, but it will instead begin as scheduled on …

10-01-2022 TEHRAN/ SANA’A/ RIYADH: Saudi Arabia launched a new round of airstrikes against various areas across Yemen, as Riyadh and its allies continues the brutal siege against the impoverished Arab nation. Saudi jets carried out four air raids against the outskirts of the northwestern Yemeni city of Sa’ada early on …

10-01-2022 WASHINGTON: It’s done. The biggest astronomical mirror ever sent into space is assembled and ready for focusing. The golden reflector, the centerpiece of the new James Webb telescope, was straightened out on Saturday into its full, 6.5m-wide, concave shape. The mirror had been folded like a drop-leaf table for …

10-01-2022 By SJA Jafri + Agencies ABUJA: Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) also known as Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), both are same but work in different styles under the umbrella of Daesh and all these organizations were created by al-Qaeda while the Taliban either …

09-01-2022 Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: An infant boy handed in desperation to a soldier across an airport wall in the chaos of the American evacuation of Afghanistan has been found and was reunited with his relatives in Kabul on Saturday. The baby, Sohail Ahmadi, was just two months old when …

09-01-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report MELBOURNE: Once again, the Press Media of India (PMI) is being exposed an occupied state after Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), the second world’s worst ‘Human Rights Violator’ known as Australia, a so-called ultramodern, highly educated, civilized, self-made & self-declared and one of …

09-01-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India has reported 141,986 new daily COVID-19 cases, the most since the end of May as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus overtakes the Delta version in major cities. The health ministry on Saturday also reported 285 new deaths, taking the total to 483,463 and …

09-01-2022 By SJA Jafri + BBC BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA: A “White” father and son convicted of killing a “Black” jogger have been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. A jury found Travis and Gregory McMichael and their neighbor, William Bryan, guilty of murdering Ahmaud Arbery in February …

09-01-2022 TEHRAN: Iran has said it is ready to hold bilateral talks with all the countries whose citizens were among the 176 victims when an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) air defence battery shot down Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 on January 8, 2020. The Iranian foreign ministry said in …