International

27 July, 2019 MANILA: An earthquake and aftershock struck islands off the north of the Philippines on Saturday, killing eight people and injuring 60, the national disaster agency said. Both tremors hit the province of Batanes, a group of sparsely populated islets north of the nation’s largest Luzon Island. The …

HYDERABAD DECCAN/ LAKHNOW: 26 Jul (PMI): Allama Mirza Muhammad Ashfaq, a world renowned Shia Muslim scholar, researcher, priest, writer, poet and the president of All India Shia Muslims Personal Law Board (AISMPLB) passed away this morning due to heart attack. He was the younger brother of Mirza Muhammad Athar late, who …

FARUK’S CONVICTION QUASHED OVER ‘LAWYER-X’ SCANDAL 26 July, 2019 By SJA Jafri (Courtesy Messenger) CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE: At last, one again, Messenger’s reporting proved hundred percent correct but despite the Messenger’s worth, its credibility and weight and beside the concerned journalist’s significance, professional talent and vision, “the entire Australian police, prosecution, …

26 July, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies TRIPOLI/ MELBOURNE: Up to 115 Europe-bound migrants, including women and children, are missing and feared drowned after the boats they were travelling in capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya. A top UN official described the shipwreck as “the worst Mediterranean tragedy” …

26 July, 2019 WASHINGTON: The US federal government is to resume executing death-row inmates after a 16-year hiatus, the justice department has announced. Attorney General William Barr said in a statement he had directed the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to schedule the executions of five inmates. Mr Barr said the …

25 July, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies WASHINGTON/ RIYADH/ TEHRAN: American President Donald Trump has vetoed a trio of congressional resolutions aimed at blocking his administration from selling billions of dollars of weapons to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, last …

25 July, 2019 By SJA Jafri TEHRAN/ LONDON: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday said his country might be willing to release a UK-flagged ship if Britain releases an Iranian oil tanker that the British Royal Navy seized earlier this month. His remarks could create an opening to reduce tensions in the …

25 July, 2019 By SJA Jafri MELBOURNE/ KARACHI: Three activists of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) which is also known as Daesh (created by a rabble group al-Qaeda for slaughtering Shia Muslims all over the world and partially converted in Islamic State of Iraq and Levant/ ISIL) who …

24 July, 2019 LONDON: Boris Johnson has finalized all steps to become new British Prime Minister and prepared to enter 10 Downing Street accordingly. Boris Johnson’s key allies have said his government will take a unifying approach that looks beyond Brexit, as Theresa May’s successor finalized plans for his first …

24 July, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Jerusalem Post JERUSALEM/ DAMASCUS: Syrian state television said on Wednesday there were reports of an Israeli attack on a strategic area in southern Syria where Western intelligence sources previously said Iranian-backed militias are known to be based. According to Ynet, explosions began around …