10-06-2021 MOSCOW: A Russian court has outlawed the organizations founded by Alexey Navalny by labeling them “extremist”, a move criticized by the opposition leader’s supporters as part of a campaign to muzzle President Vladimir Putin’s opponents months before parliamentary elections. The Moscow City Court’s ruling on Wednesday, effective immediately prevents people …
Read More »ISIL abducted dozens of children in Mozambique
10-06-2021 Fighters linked to ISIL (ISIS/ Taliban/ Daesh/ IS/ al-Qaeda/ Boko Haram) in conflict-hit northern Mozambique abducted dozens of children during raids in 2020, according to a new analysis by Save the Children. The charity said in a report on Wednesday the “abduction of children has become a new and alarmingly …
Read More »Court finds UK gov’t acted unlawfully over COVID contract
09-06-2021 LONDON: The United Kingdom’s High Court has ruled that the government acted unlawfully when it handed a contract to a company run by associates of Dominic Cummings, the prime minister’s former aide. The court said on Wednesday the government had shown “apparent bias” in awarding more than 560,000 pounds …
Read More »Fears of violence grows as Netanyahu clings to power
09-06-2021 JERUSALEM: fter the fourth election in two years and the ever-more-likely departure of Benjamin Netanyahu as the country’s prime minister, the situation in Israel is becoming increasingly volatile and Netanyahu himself is once again pouring fuel on the fire. Netanyahu faces nothing less than the loss of power on …
Read More »Man who slapped Macron ‘subscribes to far-right YT channels’
09-06-2021 PARIS: The man alleged to have slapped French President Emmanuel Macron in the face subscribes to several far-right YouTube (YT) channels and is a fan of medieval swordsmanship, media reports and sources close to the investigation said on Wednesday. A police source identified the suspect as 28-year-old Damien Tarel, who …
Read More »Another Pakistani family targeted in Canada
08-06-2021 By SJA Jafri + Agencies OTTAWA/ CITY OF LONDON: Police in the Canadian province of Ontario say a driver intentionally struck a Pakistani family because they were Muslim, killing four people and seriously injuring a nine-year-old boy in what has been denounced as an “act of unspeakable hatred” and …
Read More »Taliban demand ‘remorse’ from fearful Afghan interpreters
07-06-2021 Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The Taliban said Monday that Afghans who worked with foreign forces in the past had nothing to fear once international troops leave, as long as they show “remorse.” America and NATO forces are continuing to pull out, after US President Joe Biden set Sept. 11 …
Read More »India reopens major cities as COVID hits two-month low
07-06-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Key Indian cities re-opened for business on Monday, with long queues for buses in the financial hub of Mumbai while traffic returned to the roads of New Delhi after a devastating second wave of coronavirus that killed hundreds of thousands. The 100,636 new infections of …
Read More »Israeli police bar right-wing march through Jerusalem’s Old City
07-06-2021 JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: Right-wing pro-settler Israeli groups have scrapped a controversial march that was to take place this week in Jerusalem after police refused to authorize it, arguing that neither the format nor the timing of the event was suitable given the current levels of tension in Israel. The …
Read More »Dozens killed as two trains collide in Pakistan
07-06-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KARACHI/ DHARKI: At least 40 people have been killed and more than 120 injured after a train collision near the southern Pakistani town of Dharki, officials say, with rescue work still under way to find survivors trapped in the debris. The collision took …
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