International

16-01-2021 By SJA Jafri + Agencies NEW YORK/ WASHINGTON: After Capitol Hill attack in United State of America (USA), the “White Terrorists” have exposed around the world while the aggression, cruel, oppressions, hypocrisy, anti-Islamic and anti-Muslim activities of “White Terrorists” have also proved as revealed and highlighted by Messenger and …

15-01-2021 CAPITOL HILL/ WASHINGTON: US prosecutors now believe supporters of President Donald Trump planned to “capture and assassinate elected officials” in their siege of the Capitol building last week, according to a new court filing. The filing, submitted by Justice Department lawyers late on Thursday, sought the detention of Jacob …

15-01-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report JERUSALEM/ TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON: Israel is apparently revisiting its military options for possible war against Iran, an Israeli newspaper reported on Thursday, as US President-elect Joe Biden is set to replace Republican Donald Trump on January 20. The move reportedly comes based on Israeli …

15-01-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report PESHAWAR/ ISLAMABAD: Pakistani authorities have sacked a local police chief and 11 other policemen for failing to protect a Hindu temple that was set on fire and demolished last month by a mob led by hundreds of supporters of a religious party, police …

15-01-2021 JAKARTA: A 6.2-magnitude earthquake on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island killed at least seven people and injured hundreds on Friday (Jan 15), the country’s disaster mitigation agency (BNPB) said, as panicked residents fled to safer areas after many buildings were damaged. The epicentre of the quake was 6km northeast of Majene city, …

15-01-2021 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Report TEHRAN/ XINJIANG/ BEIJING/ ISLAMABAD/ WASHINGTON: China has possibly committed “genocide” in its treatment of Uighurs and other minority Muslims in its western region of Xinjiang, a bipartisan commission of the United States Congress has said in a new report. The Congressional-Executive …

14-01-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ BEIJING: Even as the standoff between Indian and Chinese armies continues in the Himalayan region of Ladakh for eight months now, the local administration’s decision to reopen the Pangong Tso lake for tourism has come as a glimmer of hope for the local …

14-01-2021 WASHINGTON: Donald Trump has officially been impeached for the second time. What just happened? The US House of Representatives has just voted to impeach for the second time, with the final tally at 232 in favor and 197 against. He was charged with “incitement of insurrection” following last week’s …

14-01-2021 ADDIS ABABA: More than 80 civilians, including children as young as two years old, have been killed in the latest attack to afflict western Ethiopia, according to the country’s national human rights commission. Aaron Maasho, spokesman and senior adviser for the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC), told media the …

13-01-2021 TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA/ WASHINGTON: The US government executed convicted murderer Lisa Montgomery, the only “White Woman” on federal death row, on Wednesday, after the Supreme Court cleared the last hurdle by overturning a stay. Montgomery was the first female prisoner to be executed by the US government since 1953. …