International

26-01-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report SYDNEY: Dozens of people have been arrested for breaking COVID rules protesting against the culturally sensitive Australia Day holiday. At least fifty-two arrests were made in Sydney at a rally attended by around 2,000 people, despite rules limiting the numbers allowed to gather …

26-01-2021 By SJA Jafri KARACHI: Prof Dr Rehan Azmi, world-renown poet of mourning literature has passed away in Karachi. He was 63 years old. According to his family, Dr Azmi had been ill for a long time. They said he was rushed to a private hospital in Karachi where his …

25-01-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies CANBERRA/WELLINGTON: Australia has suspended a travel bubble with New Zealand after its first COVID case in months was confirmed to be the South African variant. The infected patient had served 14-days in quarantine and tested negative twice before developing symptoms later. Travellers coming from New …

25-01-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies BEIJING/ NEW DELHI: The stand-off between Indian and Chinese troops seems far from over as troops from both countries once again clashed at the Naku La area in northern Sikkim, as soldiers from both sides sustained injuries. The confrontation, according to Indian media reports, took …

25-01-2021 ANKARA/ JERUSALEM/ RIYADH: Two years ago, relations between Turkey and Saudi Arabia stood at one of the lowest points in the history of the two regional powers following the murder in Istanbul of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. His killing in October 2018 at the hands of Saudi agents in the …

25-01-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ DUBAI/ JERUSALEM: In December last year, following Minister for Foreign Affairs Shah Mahmood Qureshi’s visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), he said the Emirati leadership apprised him of their position during his visit. He said he in turn apprised the Emirati …

24-01-2021 Bureau Report + BBC AMSTERDAM/ MELBOURNE: Police in the Netherlands have arrested the alleged head of one of the world’s biggest drugs gangs, on a warrant issued by Australia. Tse Chi Lop – a Chinese-born Canadian national – is said to be the head of The Company, which dominates …

24-01-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies WASHINGTON/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: In continuation of negotiations, talks and meetings as well as pacts, ‘orders’ and actions against innocent Afghan people (not Taliban) particularly Shia Afghani Muslims belonging to Hazara Community and hypocritically agreements, deals and hidden conspiracies with Taliban and …

24-01-2021 MOSCOW: Russian police have arrested more than 3,000 people and used force to break up rallies around the country, a monitoring group said, as tens of thousands of protesters demanded the release of Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny, whose wife was among those detained. Navalny had called on his supporters …

23-01-2021 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Larry King, giant of American broadcasting, has died at the age of 87 in Los Angeles. He died on Saturday at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, according to Ora Media, a production company he co-founded. During his six-decade career, which included 25 years hosting his own CNN …