International

15-04-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ NEW DELHI/ PARIS: Top intelligence officers from India and Pakistan held secret talks in Dubai in January in a new effort to calm military tension over the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, people with close knowledge of the matter have …

15-04-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ AHMADABAD/ HYDERABAD DECCAN: India has reported a record 200,739 COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours, according to the health ministry, as Delhi government announces weekend lockdowns in the capital and hospitals treating patients report severe shortages of beds and oxygen supplies. Deaths stood at …

15-04-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies UNITED NATIONS/ TEHRAN/ RIYADH/ ISLAMABAD: Iran has “almost completed preparations” to launch 60 percent uranium enrichment, the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog has said. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Wednesday said Iran had said it will activate 1,024 more IR-1 centrifuges, its older first …

15-04-2021 MINNEAPOLIS: A white police officer who shot dead a black motorist in Minnesota has been charged with second-degree manslaughter, prosecutors say. Officer Kim Potter has been arrested and will be held in custody. Potter says she shot Daunte Wright accidentally, having mistakenly drawn her gun instead of her Taser. …

15-04-2021 By SJA Jafri + Agencies NIAMEY/ ISLAMABAD: The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which known as ISIS or IS previously that also recognized as pro-Taliban/ Daesh simply means the “Anti-Shia Terrorists” have burned-alive 20 pre-school Nigerian children but neither the local government nor the world or …

14-04-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ LAHORE/ KARACHI: Pakistan’s government will move to ban the far-right Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) party, which has held days of violent countrywide protests resulting in the deaths of at least two police officers, the country’s interior minister says. Protests by the TLP continued …

14-04-2021 BEIJING: A Chinese man with Down’s syndrome was kidnapped and killed as part of an elaborate body swap scheme. There is a ban on burials in many parts of China to get around this, one family hired someone to provide them with a substitute body, which was cremated in …

14-04-2021 DUBAI/ BEIRUT: A commercial vessel owned by an Israeli firm was attacked off the coast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Gulf waters, pro-Iran media and an Israeli television channel said on Tuesday. Israel’s Channel 12 quoted unnamed Israeli officials as blaming arch foe Iran for the assault, …

14-04-2021 By SJA Jafri + Agencies MINNEAPOLIS: The Police Chief of the city where a black motorist was killed has resigned along with the officer who shot him. Police Chief Tim Gannon and Officer Kim Potter quit the Brooklyn Center force two days after the death of Daunte Wright sparked …

14-04-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies WASHINGTON/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: United States President Joe Biden will leave US troops in Afghanistan past the current May 1 deadline but will withdraw them by September 11, US officials said on Tuesday. “After a rigorous policy review, President Biden has decided to draw down the …