International

01-07-2020 WASHINGTON: In its first big abortion ruling of the Trump era, the United States Supreme Court on Monday struck down a Louisiana law regulating abortion clinics, reasserting a commitment to abortion rights over fierce opposition from dissenting conservative justices. Chief Justice John Roberts joined with his four more liberal …

29-06-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON/ LYON (FRANCE): Iran has issued an arrest warrant and asked Interpol for help in detaining President Donald Trump and dozens of others it believes carried out the drone strike that killed a top Iranian general in Baghdad. Tehran prosecutor Ali …

29-06-2020 By SJA Jafri KARACHI: At least seven people have been killed after gunmen stormed the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) in the southern city of Karachi, firing indiscriminately as they entered the building complex, rescue officials say. Four attackers stormed the building at 10am (05:00 GMT) Monday morning as trading began, carrying …

29-06-2020 By SJA Jafri (Bureau Chief Australia) SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE/ CANBERRA: An Australian clean-energy lobby group outlined a road map to the sector creating one million jobs, in response to calls from the country’s powerful fossil fuel industry for a gas-powered economic revival from coronavirus. The plan by Beyond Zero Emissions …

29-06-2020 NEW YORK/ NEW DELHI/ LONDON: More than 500,000 people worldwide have now lost their lives as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, according to Johns Hopkins University in the US. Since the virus emerged in China late last year, there have been more than 10 million cases, Johns Hopkins …

28-06-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD: Construction of the first Hindu temple in the Pakistani capital Islamabad began on Tuesday, as a long-standing demand of the minority community was fulfilled by the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan. The site of the Shri Krishna Mandir (temple) complex, will …

29-06-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies HOUSTON/ AUSTIN/ NEW YORK: The spread of coronavirus infections has taken a “swift and very dangerous turn” in the US state of Texas, Governor Greg Abbott has warned. “Over just the past few weeks, the daily number of cases have gone …

28-06-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies MOSCOW/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Russia has rejected as “baseless” accusations that it offered Taliban-linked militants rewards to kill US and other NATO troops in Afghanistan. The New York Times and Washington Post cited US officials as saying a Russian military intelligence unit …

28-06-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KARTARPUR/ NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: India has rejected an offer made by Pakistan on Saturday for the reopening of the Kartarpur Corridor for Sikh pilgrims on June 29, saying that cross-border travel has been suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak, India media reported. The …

28-06-2020 HOUSTON/ LOS ANGELES/ NEW YORK: The United States on Friday recorded the largest single-day increase of infections after it recorded 45,242 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of Americans who have tested positive to at least 2.48 million. The new record for positive COVID-19 tests comes as several …