‘Jasmeen Kaur’s body will send back to India from Australia’ 03-04-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ADELAIDE/ MELBOURNE: Family and friends of a young woman whose body was found in a shallow grave in the South Australian outback have held a memorial at the site to remember her. Jasmeen …
Read More »Al-Qaeda linked Al-Shabab attacks two Somali Army Bases
03-04-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report MOGADISHU/ CANBERRA/ ISLAMABAD: Al Shabaab militants attacked two military bases belonging to the Somali National Army early on Saturday morning, witnesses and the militants said. Al Shabaab, which is linked to al-Qaeda (ISIS / ISIL / Taliban / Daesh) is made up of …
Read More »US, Iran will revive 2015 nuclear deal in Vienna next week
03-04-2021 PARIS/ TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON: United States and Iranian officials will go to Vienna next week in a bid to revive the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and global powers, however, they will not hold direct talks, diplomats said Friday. Even without face-to-face talks, which Tehran has ruled out, the presence …
Read More »Capitol attack again raises security questions
03-04-2021 WASHINGTON: After the deadly January 6 insurrection, the US Capitol became a fortress. On Friday, when some, but not all, of those security procedures were still in place, a knife-wielding assailant allegedly rammed into Capitol police officers with his car. The incident reinvigorates questions about how to protect the Capitol, and …
Read More »Deal with Israel ‘extremely helpful’ for region: Saudi Arabia
02-04-2021 RIYADH/ JERUSALEM: A normalization deal between Saudi Arabia and Israel would benefit the region, the kingdom’s foreign minister has said, adding that a potential deal “depends to a large extent on the progress of the peace process”. Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, during an interview …
Read More »Dozens killed after Taiwan train derails in tunnel
02-04-2021 TAIPEI: At least 36 people were reported killed and dozens injured after a packed express train derailed in a tunnel in eastern Taiwan on Friday morning, authorities said, in the worst train crash on the island in at least 40 years. The transport ministry said some 40 injured passengers …
Read More »India opens up COVID vaccination for persons above 45
02-04-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India opened up its coronavirus inoculation program to people above 45 on Thursday as infections surge, which will delay vaccine exports from the world’s biggest maker of the drug. The country, with the most number of reported COVID-19 cases after the United States and Brazil, …
Read More »Iran warns US not to delay complying with JCPOA
02-04-2021 TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON: President of Iran Hassan Rouhani reminded the US that any further delay in honoring the 2015 nuclear deal will be to its own detriment. In remarks after inaugurating a number of national industrial projects via videoconference on Thursday, President Rouhani said it is now up to the …
Read More »Iraqi PM seeks to boost ties with Saudi Arabia
01-04-2021 RIYADH. BAGHDAD: Iraq will never become a launch-pad for attacks on Saudi Arabia, Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi pledged on Wednesday during a long-awaited visit to the kingdom aimed at forging closer economic and security ties. In January, explosive-laden drones crashed into the main royal palace in Riyadh, with American …
Read More »Anti-Shia Terrorist Groups shift their networks to Africa
01-04-2021 By Syed Jaffer Abbas Jafri (SJA Jafri) ABUJA/ MAPUTO/ ADDIS ABABA/ KARACHI: Anti-Shia Terrorist Organizations, Groups and Networks particularly al-Qaeda, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Tehreek-e-Taliban Afghanistan (TTA), Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM), Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), Jihad Against …
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