International

24-10-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies DUBAI /KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan will shortly collapse into chaos unless the international community acts rapidly, Pakistani and Swedish ministers warned on Saturday. Afghanistan plunged into crisis after the Taliban drove out the Western-backed government in August triggering the abrupt end of …

24-10-2021 Bureau Report MELBOURNE/ CANBERRA: In a world racing to reduce pollution, Australia is a stark outlier. It is one of the dirtiest countries per head of population and a massive global supplier of fossil fuels. Unusually for a rich nation, it also still burns coal for most of its …

24-10-2021 ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan moved to expel the ambassadors of 10 Western countries who appealed for the release of a jailed civil society leader. Seven of the ambassadors represent Turkey’s NATO allies and the expulsions, if carried out, would open the deepest rift with the West in …

24-10-2021 RIYADH: One of the world’s largest oil producers, Saudi Arabia, announced it aims to reach “net zero” greenhouse gas emissions by 2060, joining more than 100 countries in a global effort to try and curb man-made climate change. The announcement on Saturday, made by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman …

23-10-2021 By SJA Jafri LAHORE/ ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI: Dozens of cops and people have been killed and injured while hundreds detained in clashes between protesters and members of a religious cum political party during last two days while the panic and fear also spread across Pakistan, sources and victims told PMI. …

23-10-2021 RIO GRANDE/ WASHINGTON: The US says more than 1.7 million migrants were detained along its border with Mexico in the past 12 months, the highest number ever recorded. More than one million of them were expelled to Mexico or their native countries, according to data from US Customs and …

23-10-2021 By SJA Jafri + Al-Jazeera ISLAMABAD/ KABUL: Thousands of Pakistani and Afghani journalists, media workers and outlets are at high risk of Taliban, Daesh, ISIS, ISIL and many other terrorist organizations not only because of neutralism but also due to reporting against these extremists or without their permission, sources …

23-10-2021 ABUJA: ISIL linked group’s gunmen have attacked a prison in southwestern Nigeria, freeing dozens of inmates, according to an official. Olanrewaju Anjorin, a spokesman of the Oyo correctional centre in Oyo state, told The Associated Press news agency on Saturday that the gunmen attacked the facility late on Friday …

23-10-2021 JERUSALEM: Israel has issued a military order designating six prominent Palestinian human rights groups as “terrorist organizations”, in a move swiftly condemned by the Palestinian Authority, rights groups, and the United Nations. The Israeli Ministry of Defence claimed on Friday that the groups were linked to the Popular Front …

23-10-2021 MAKKAH: After the Saudi government relaxed COVID-19 restrictions pertaining to holy sites, Muslims are flocking to the Grand Mosque in Makkah today to offer Jumma (Friday) prayers en masse. Todays will be the first Friday prayer to be offered in months at the Grand Mosque with a full strength …