15-05-2021 BEIJING: China has successfully landed a spacecraft on Mars, state media announced early on Saturday. The six-wheeled Zhurong robot was targeting Utopia Planitia, a vast terrain in the planet’s northern hemisphere. The vehicle used a combination of a protective capsule, a parachute and a rocket platform to make the …
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15-05-2021 WASHINGTON/ JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: Several Democratic members of the House of Representatives have spoken out against the United States’ military support for Israel and called for the protection of Palestinians’ rights, in contrast to other Democrats and Republicans who expressed their full support for Israel during the ongoing escalation …
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14-05-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies SATARA/LUCKNOW/ NEW DELHI: Ashok Khondare, a 39-year-old vegetable seller in the western Indian city of Pune, had already borrowed money to pay for his sister’s treatment when she died in a private hospital two weeks after contacting COVID-19. While trying to overcome the tragedy, he …
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14-05-2021 By SJA Jafri + Agencies MAPUTO/ PALMA/ LONDON: One of the world’s most believable Pakistan based English daily newspapers namely Messenger and a most credible news website www.pressmediaofindia.com (Press Media of India/ PMI) have always been reporting that neither the “Whitish” have nothing to do with “Blackish” nor they …
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14-05-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL / ISLAMABAD: Dozens of more Shia people have been martyred and many other wounded in an explosion at a Shia mosque on the outskirts of Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, according to police. The blast during Friday prayers in Shakar Dara district came on the second …
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Imran, Erdogan vow to highlight Israeli atrocities at UN 14-05-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ ISTANBUL/ RIYADH/ JERUSALEM/ WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday received a telephone call from the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to discuss several issues of mutual interest between Pakistan …
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13-05-2021 TEHRAN/ SANA’A/ RIYADH: Yemeni army forces and Popular Committees have launched a massive operation against targets in Saudi Arabia, striking the Kingdom’s Aramco oil facilities and Najran Airport as well as other critical targets, using ballistic missiles and drones, according to Yemeni military. Spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces Brigadier …
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13-05-2021 JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITIY: Israeli troops massed at Gaza’s border on Thursday and Palestinian militants pounded Israel with rockets in intense hostilities that have caused international concern and touched off clashes between Jews and Arabs in Israel. Days of violence between Jewish Israelis and the country’s Arab minority worsened overnight, …
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13-05-2021 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ JAKARTA/ RIYADH: People across Asia celebrated Eid al-Fitr with masks and prayers, but in many places COVID-19 restrictions were in place to limit the joyous mass gatherings and family reunions that usually mark the Muslim holiday. Millions of people across …
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13-05-2021 By SJA Jafri + BBC ISLAMABAD/ BEIJING/ LONDON: China has imprisoned or detained at least 630 imams and other Muslim religious figures since 2014 in its crackdown in the Xinjiang region, according to new research by a Uyghur rights group. The research, compiled by the Uyghur Human Rights Project …
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