International

02-05-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report LONDON/ ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI: The UK High Court of Justice has ordered the British government to provide Halal food to a Pakistani family at the time of sehri and iftar during their 10-day mandatory quarantine, a decision that will be applicable to thousands of …

02-05-2021 ISTANBUL/ BRUSSELS/ LONDON/ MADRID: Turkish police have arrested more than 200 people for holding unauthorized protests on May Day, which has seen rallies across the world despite the continued spread of COVID-19. The protesters in Turkey’s largest city, Istanbul, were caught breaching restrictions imposed to curb a third wave …

01-05-2021 Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Afghan authorities on Saturday increased the security in Kabul as the country is expecting a reaction from the Taliban over Joe Biden’s failure to meet the May 1 troop withdrawal deadline agreed by his predecessor in 2020. An increased military presence and security at checkpoints …

01-05-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ GIJRAT: A fire in a COVID-19 hospital ward in western India killed 18 patients as the country grappling with the world’s worst outbreak stepped up a vaccination drive for all adults even though some states say they do not have enough jabs. India on Saturday …

01-05-2021 BUENOS AIRES: Football icon Diego Maradona received inadequate medical care and was left to his fate for a “prolonged, agonizing period” before his death last year, an expert medical panel has concluded. The 60-year-old Argentinian succumbed to a heart attack on November 25, just weeks after undergoing brain surgery on a blood …

01-05-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies WASHINGTON/ NEW DELHI: The United States will restrict travel from India starting from May 4, the White House said on Friday, citing a devastating rise in COVID-19 cases in the country and the emergence of potentially dangerous variants of the coronavirus. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said …

01-05-2021 Bureau Report CANBERRA/ SYDNEY: Australian citizens returning home from India could face up to five years in jail and fines after the government made the journey temporarily illegal. The health ministry said the ruling had been made “based on the proportion of people in quarantine who have acquired a …

01-05-2021 Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: A powerful suicide truck bombing struck a guest house in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least 31 people and wounding as many as 91, the Interior Ministry said. No one immediately claimed responsibility for Friday’s bombing in Pul-e-Alam, the capital of Logar province, and there was …

01-05-2021 Bureau Report MELBOURNE: Australian supermarket Woolworths has scrapped a plan for an alcohol mega-store near three dry Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory. The Dan Murphy’s store in Darwin would have stood close to three communities which ban selling and drinking alcohol – Bagot, Kulaluk and Minmarama. The Northern …

By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report 01-05-2021 ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI/ GENEVA/ UNITED NATIONS/ GUANTANAMO BAY (CUBA): A Guantanamo Bay inmate alleges he was tortured by his American captors after the September 11 attacks and will file a complaint with the United Nations over his unending 19-year detention, his lawyer has said. …