26 March, 2020 NEW YORK/: The situation in New York, the United States of America’s state with the highest numbers in both infections and deaths. The United States of America (USA), once again become top all over the world with rapid increase in coronavirus cases where nearly 10,000 new cases …
Read More »Daesh kills 25 in raid on Kabul Sikh Temple
25 March, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Afghan forces have killed gunmen who attacked a Sikh religious complex in the capital Kabul, ending the hours-long siege that has killed 25 people, the Ministry of Interior has said. The deadly attack was claimed by the Daesh/ ISIL (ISIS) …
Read More »Saudi forces torture & disappear Yemeni civilians: HRW
25 March, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies RIYADH/ NEW YORK/ SANA’A: Human Rights Watch (HRW) has condemned Saudi Arabia and Saudi-backed forces in war-torn Yemen for carrying out a series of abuses against Yemeni civilians in the furthermost eastern province of al-Mahra. In a report published on Wednesday, the New …
Read More »Australia limits funerals to just 10 people
25 March, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Reports CANBERRA/ SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE: A maximum of 10 people will be allowed to attend funerals and five to attend weddings in Australia under new curbs in the fight against coronavirus. Prime Minister Scott Morrison emerged from a cabinet meeting to announce a …
Read More »WHO warns coronavirus pandemic ‘accelerating’ worldwide
24 March, 2020 GENEVA/ NEW YORK/ LONDON: The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the coronavirus disease pandemic is “accelerating”, with more than 300,000 cases now confirmed. It took 67 days from the first reported of Covid-19 to reach 100,000 cases, 11 days for the second 100,000, and just …
Read More »IMAM HUSAIN A.S. LEAVES MADINA 28th Rajab 60 AH- Imam Hussain(a.s.) Leaves Madina for his final abode
the day Karbala began. Udao qaq saron per hussain jate hain Rajab 28th 60 AH – Start of Journey of Imam Hussain(a.s.), his family members and companions towards Iraq, (via Makkah). After hatching the conspiracy and achieving ultimate martyrdom of Imam Hasan(a.s.), Maria started campaigning openly for the succession of …
Read More »India locks down over 100 million people
23 March, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Reports + Int’l Monitoring Desk NEW DELHI/ RIYADH/ DUBAI/ ISLAMABAD/ LONDON/ NEW YORK: The novel coronavirus in India rose 324 on Monday, according to Health Ministry data, out of them 41 are foreign nationals and Maharashtra is worst hit with 63 confirmed cases. …
Read More »Corona-cases cross 300,000 with 13,000 deaths globally
22 March, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Reports ROME/ NEW DELHI/ MELBOURNE/ KARACHI: Globally, 186 countries have been affected, more than 13,000 people have died and more than 300,00 infected by the disease as it spreads rapidly to new territories while 92,000 people have recovered. The epicentre of the …
Read More »Pakistan urges America to halt sanctions on Iran
21 March, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has called on the US to lift “unjust” sanctions on Iran so its western neighbor can focus on winning the battle against the coronavirus pandemic. “I would stress and insist to the international community to …
Read More »Total cases 250,000: Recovered 80,000: Deaths 10,000
20 March, 2020 LONDON/ PARIS/ NEW YORK/ KARACHI/ SYDNEY: Death toll passes 10,000, confirmed cases near 250,000, more than 80,000 recovered UK policies to limit the spread of coronavirus would be needed for “at least most of a year” Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon urges Scots to obey health advice …
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