International

By SJA Jafri + Agencies MELBOURNE/ TORONTO: After four people were injured Monday in a shooting during the Toronto Raptors’ NBA Championship celebration, Canadian officials urged the public to not let it undermine a mostly peaceful commemoration of a historic win. “I hope all those injured in today’s shooting have a speedy …

By SJA Jafri + Agencies MELBOURNE/ CAIRO: Egypt’s former president, Mohammed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood leader who rose to office in the country’s first free elections in 2012 and was ousted a year later by the military, has collapsed in court during an espionage trial and died, according to state …

In Syria, twelve civilians were killed in a rocket fire in a regime-held village in northwestern region. State news agency SANA has blamed former Al-Qaeda affiliate Hayat Tahrir al-Sham for the attack. The news agency said 15 people were also wounded in the attack late yesterday, on Al-Wadihi village south …

A massive blackout left more than 44 million people without electricity in Argentina and Uruguay yesterday after an unexplained failure in the neighboring countries’ interconnected power grid. Authorities were working frantically to restore power but only about a half a million in Argentina had electricity back. Argentina’s power grid is …

By SJA Jafri + ABC News CANBERRA: Expect to hear more noise from the crossbench when Parliament resumes, as pressure ramps up on the Federal Government to resettle refugees currently on Manus Island and Nauru. Just over 530 people have already been sent to the United States under the resettlement deal, …

Chosen by SJA Jafri MELBOURNE/ CHRISTCHURCH: At the age of 45, Christchurch widow Ambreen Naeem is learning to drive. Once a week she meets with an instructor and volunteer from The Salvation Army for a free lesson on the quiet suburban streets of Christchurch. Her husband Naeem Rashid and eldest …

By SJA Jafri MELBOURNE/ CHRISTCHURCH: At the age of 45, Christchurch widow Ambreen Naeem is learning to drive. Once a week she meets with an instructor and volunteer from The Salvation Army for a free lesson on the quiet suburban streets of Christchurch. Her husband Naeem Rashid and eldest son …

By SJA Jafri (Bureau Chief Australia) MELBOURNE/ CHRISTCHURCH: Brenton Tarrant, the Australian ‘white terrorist’ charged over the Christchurch mosque killings, has pleaded not guilty to 51 charges of murder. In a hearing at the High Court in Christchurch, Tarrant also pleaded not guilty via his lawyer to 40 charges of attempted …

By SJA Jafri + Agencies MELBOURNE/LONDON: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) founder Altaf Hussain has been released on bail in London. Altaf Hussain was arrested from his London residence on Tuesday morning and kept at the police station overnight. According to reports published in Pakistani ‘local media’ and on-aired by …