International

DESECRATION OF HOLY QURAN IN NORWAY 23 November, 2019 By SJA Jafri OSLO/ ISLAMABAD/ ISTANBUL/ MELBOURNE: Social media was set ablaze with praises on Friday for a ‘Muslim hero’ who interrupted an anti-Islam rally last week to stop another man from burning a copy of the Holy Quran in Norway. …

22 November, 2019 ‘ANOTHER WHITE AUSTRALIAN TERRORIST EXPOSED’ By SJA Jafri (Bureau Chief Australia) SYDNEY/ TIKRIT/ DAMASCUS/ GHAZNI: Daesh/ ISIL/ISIS/IS vowed revenge with Aussies as well as all concerned authorities particularly present government officials including Prime Minister against a brutal attack on an innocent pregnant Muslim woman in Sydney’s café …

22 November, 2019 By SJA Jafri + SCMP BEIJING/ MELBOURNE: Navy warships have sailed near islands claimed by China in the disputed South China Sea twice in the past few days, the United States military told Reuters on Thursday, at a time of tension between the world’s two-largest economies. The busy waterway is …

22 November, 2019 By SJA Jafri + JP JERUSALEM/ MELBOURNE: A defiant Benjamin Netanyahu rejected all allegations of fraud on Thursday, vowing to stay on as the leader in Israel despite being indicted on a series of corruption charges. Netanyahu denounced what he called the “false” and “politically motivated” allegations, hours …

21 November, 2019 By SJA Jafri FLORIDA/ MELBOURNE: The graves of 145 people have been discovered under a high school in Tampa, in the US state of Florida. They are part of Ridgewood Cemetery, a mid-20th Century cemetery for the poor. The coffins – buried 3-5ft (1-1.5m) deep – were …

21 November, 2019 By SJA Jafri SYDNEY/ ADELAIDE/ MELBOURNE: Smoke from Australia’s bushfire crisis has blanketed the major cities of Sydney and Adelaide. In Sydney, locals woke on Thursday to smoke which appeared worse than a fire-driven haze that was seen on Tuesday. Health officials issued warnings as air quality …

21 November, 2019 By SJA Jafri TEHRAN/ MELBOURNE: Actually the America and Israel are behind the protests in Iran but it seems that neither the majority of Iranians are ready to be a part of West nor the authorities will allow protesters to create chaos in country like happened in …

20 November, 2019 By SJA Jafri WASHINGTON/ MELBOURNE: The White House attacked its own top Ukraine official as he testified to an impeachment hearing that a phone call made by the president was “improper” and had left him in “shock”. Lt Col Alexander Vindman told Congress that President Donald Trump …

19 November, 2019 By SJA Jafri + TNA TEHRAN/ ISLAMABAD/ MELBOURNE: Highest-ranking military commanders from Iran and Pakistan held a meeting in Tehran to discuss a range of issues, including the common border security and the joint action against terrorism. Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army General Qamar …

18 November, 2019 By SJA Jafri + BBC (Courtesy Messenger) MELBOURNE/ BEIJING: The conclusion of an extraordinary sensitive detailed report revealed that the relations in-between China and Australia have reached till bottom line while, the borders of both countries declared most vigilant for the citizens of both countries, hence, this …