International

11 September, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies MELBOURNE/ TEHRAN: The Australian government said on Wednesday that three of its citizens had been arrested in Iran, the latest Westerners to be held by authorities in Tehran. “The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is providing consular assistance to the families …

10 September, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + News Desk MELBOURNE/ KARBALA/ TEHRAN/ MUZAFFARABAD: Millions took to streets across world on Tuesday marking the tenth day of Muharram, the day when Imam Hussain (Alaihiss Salam/AS), the grandson of Prophet of Islam Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) was martyred more than 14 …

08 September, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + News Desk MELBOURNE/ KABUL/ WASHINGTON: The US President Donald Trump says he has cancelled a peace deal with the Taliban. Trump tweeted he had been set to meet Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and senior Taliban leaders on Sunday. But he cancelled …

Another Pakistani Human Rights Activist in hot water 07 September, 2019 By SJA Jafri + News Desk MELBOURNE/ KARACHI: Ninety five percent (95%) of sectarian violence all over the world was focused on the Shia community, according to a report released by Global Extremism Monitor (GEM). The report was published …

05 September, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + News Desk KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Another deadly attack of Taliban kills at least 10 people near American embassy in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul but neither the ‘peace deal’ could finalized yet nor all Taliban groups especially anti-Pakistan Taliban are still ready to become …

05-10-2019 TEHRAN: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the country’s third step to suspend more of its nuclear commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers would be taken on Friday. According to Rouhani, the third step will be taken on September 6 after talks between Iran and …

05-10-2019 NASSAU/ LOS ANGELES: Hurricane Dorian is expected to bring a “life-threatening storm surge” up the US east coast after causing widespread destruction in the Bahamas. Residents from Florida all the way up to Virginia are warned to listen to emergency advice as the category two hurricane slowly moves north. …

04 September, 2019 CITY OF VICTORIA/ BEIJING: Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has said she will withdraw the highly controversial extradition bill which triggered months of protests. The proposal, introduced in April, would have allowed criminal suspects to be extradited to mainland China. The bill was suspended in June when …

04 September, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies MELBOURNE/ NEW DELHI: An Indian journalist says he and his family are living in fear after police filed criminal cases against him for exposing corruption in a school midday meal scheme in Uttar Pradesh state. Police have filed four criminal cases against …

04 September, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies DAMASCUS/ RIYADH/ NY: The United Kingdom (UK), United States of America (USA), and France may be complicit in possible war crimes in Yemen over their support for parties to the conflict there, UN experts say. A new report warns the countries they …