International

04-02-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + BBC LONDON/ BEIJING/ CANBERRA/ WASHINGTON: The US government has said it is “deeply disturbed” by a BBC report detailing allegations of systematic rape of Uighur women in Chinese camps. “These atrocities shock the conscience and must be met with serious consequences,” a spokesperson …

04-02-2021 DAMASCUS/ JERUSALEM: Syrian forces responded late on Wednesday to “Israeli aggression” in the south of the country, the state news agency said. Israel launched missiles from the occupied Golan Heights at approximately 11pm (21:00 GMT) and caused material damage, the SANA state news agency reported, citing a military source. …

04-02-2021 BRUSSELS/ PARIS: Iranian diplomat Assadolah Assadi was convicted of attempted terrorism Thursday by a court in Belgium for his role in a 2018 bomb plot targeting an Iranian opposition group in France. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison. The court ruled that Assadi and three others sought to …

03-02-2021 Bureau Report CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE: It had all the elements of children’s’ theatre: A hero, a villain and a good deal of pantomime. Liberal MP Craig Kelly, castigated by medical experts, described as a “menace” by the opposition and apparently dressed down by the Prime Minister, played the part of …

03-02-2021 RIYADH/ CAIRO: Saudi Arabia on Tuesday suspended entry to the kingdom from 20 countries, with the exception of diplomats, Saudi citizens, medical practitioners and their families, to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, the state news agency reported. “The Ministry of Interior announced that a temporary suspension for …

03-02-2021 Bureau Report PERTH/ MELBOURNE: Firefighters have spent the night trying to contain a massive blaze burning near Perth, with temperatures across the fire ground at Wooroloo expected to climb into the mid-30s today. The bushfire has now destroyed 71 homes, Western Australia’s Department of Fire and Emergency Services confirmed …

02-02-2021 By SJA Jafri KARACHI: Once again the women’s target killing has raised in Pakistan particularly in Karachi but neither the police nor any other Law Enforcement Agency (LEA) is ready to accept that women were targeted or are targeting while the victim families, area residents, eye witnesses and independent …

02-02-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies SAN FRANCISCO/ NEW DELHI: Twitter has removed the restrictions that it had allegedly placed on the coverage of India’s growing and controversial farmer protests, a local fact-checker who initially reported the development confirmed Monday evening. “All the accounts are back,” Mohammed Zubair, the co-founder of and fact-checker …

02-02-2021 TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON: Iran’s foreign minister has said a European Union official could help “synchronize” or “coordinate” efforts by Iran and the United States to return to a 2015 nuclear accord, as a standstill persists over which country will take the first step. In an interview with CNN on Monday, …

01-02-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report MELBOURNE: Another Press Media of India (PMI) news has not only verified, found hundred percent true word by word but also acknowledged by concerned Aussies Authorities that neither the Australia remained live-able for foreigners nor millions of residents of Australia prefer to live …