International

19-04-2021 SJA Jafri + Bureau Report DHAKA/ NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of members and supporters of an Islamist group, including its influential leader, have been arrested in Bangladesh over the past week, officials said, over deadly protests against the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month for the …

18-04-2021 CAIRO: Hundreds of passengers were injured when some train carriages derailed in Egypt’s Qalyubia province north of Cairo, the health ministry said in a statement. More than 50 ambulances rushed to the site and moved the injured to three hospitals in the province, it said on Sunday. Local media …

18-04-2021 KENOSHA (WASHINGTON): During a current and continuous wave of “White Terrorism” in America, three more dead and two injured as claimed by sources closed to Capitol Hill police. Three people were killed and two were left wounded early Sunday in a shooting at a tavern in southeastern Wisconsin, sheriff’s …

18-04-2021 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ BAGHDAD/ TEHRAN/ RIYADH: Senior Saudi and Iranian officials held direct talks in a bid to repair relations between the two regional rivals, according to a report in the Financial Times which quoted officials briefed on the discussions. The first round …

18-04-2021 Bureau Report CANBERRA/ SYDNEY: Australia is in no hurry to reopen its international borders and risk the country’s nearly coronavirus-free lifestyle, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday. Australia closed its borders to all non-citizens and non-residents in March 2020 and has been permitting only limited international arrivals in …

18-04-2021 TEHRAN/ VIENNA/ WASHINGTON: Another round of talks in Vienna to restore Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers has concluded on a hopeful note as different sides said progress is being made. The Joint Commission of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) convened on Saturday in the Austrian …

18-04-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies LONDON: The Duke of Edinburgh has been laid to rest in an intimate funeral at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle. The Dean of Windsor paid tribute to Prince Philip’s “kindness, humour and humanity” during the ceremony. The congregation wore masks and was socially distanced …

18-04-2021 PARIS/ KIGALI: A Rwandan priest was arrested in France this week on charges of providing, among other things, food to militiamen who massacred members of the Tutsi minority in his church during the 1994 genocide in the African country, authorities said Friday. Marcel Hitayezu, who was born in 1956, …

17-04-2021 TEHRAN: Iran’s foreign ministry has condemned a request by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to include its demands in the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, accusing them of trying to derail the continuing talks in Vienna. Foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh denounced the “irresponsible and immature” statement earlier …

17-04-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: New Delhi went into a weekend lockdown on Saturday as India faces a ferocious new coronavirus wave, with daily cases hitting another record increase of 234,692 nationwide and families clamoring for drugs and hospital beds. The health ministry said the latest number is the eighth …