25-11-2020 DAMASCUS/ DUBAI/ RIYADH/ SANA’A: Blast off the coast of Shuqaiq near Yemen border hits a Maltese-flagged, Greek-managed vessel. An explosion has damaged an oil tanker off the coast of Saudi Arabia in the Red Sea near the border with Yemen, according to a private security firm. The blast on …
Read More »Australia revokes citizenship of another Muslim
25-11-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report CANBERRA/ SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE: A convicted terrorist has been stripped of his citizenship ahead of his release from Victorian prison. Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton confirmed Algerian-born Abdul Nacer Benbrika, spiritual leader of Australia’s largest terror network, had his Australian passport cancelled on November …
Read More »America is back & ready to lead world: Biden
25-11-2020 WASHINGTON/ WILMINGTON: Declaring “America is back,” US President-elect Joe Biden introduced selections for his national security team Tuesday, his first substantive offering of how he’ll shift from Trump-era “America First” policies by relying on foreign policy and national security experts from the Democratic establishment to be some of his …
Read More »Dozens more Shia Muslims martyr in Afghanistan
24-11-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ BAMIYAN/ ISLAMABAD: Dozens more Shia Muslims martyred and injured when two explosions ripped through the city of Bamiyan in central Afghanistan, according to officials. Police Chief of Eponymous province Zabardast Safai said on Tuesday the explosives were hidden at the side of …
Read More »China slams Pope Francis over remark on Uighur minority
24-11-2020 BEIJING/ VATICAN CITY: China has criticised Pope Francis over a passage in his new book in which he mentions the suffering of China’s Uighur Muslim minority group, saying his remarks have “no factual basis at all”. “People of all ethnic groups enjoy the full rights of survival, development, and …
Read More »Saudi Arabia denies meeting b/w MBS & Netanyahu
24-11-2020 RIYADH/ JERUSALEM: Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister has denied reports that a meeting took place between Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday. “I have seen press reports about a purported meeting between HRH the Crown Prince and Israeli officials during the recent visit …
Read More »Trump agrees transition to Biden admin can begin
24-11-2020 WASHINGTON: United States President-elect Joe Biden has been formally given the go-ahead by a federal agency to begin his transition to the presidency, shortly after the battleground state of Michigan certified him as the winner there. With the rapid-fire developments on Monday, President Donald Trump’s already languishing efforts to …
Read More »“26,000 Afghan children killed during 15 years”
23-11-2020 KABUL/ ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI: An average of five children have been killed or wounded every day for the past 14 years in war-torn Afghanistan, a charity has found. Data from the UN showed at least 26,025 children were killed or maimed from 2005 to 2019, said Save the Children. The …
Read More »Terrorists kill 5 in Nigeria mosque, kidnap dozens
23-11-2020 ABUJA: Gunmen killed five worshippers and kidnapped at least 18 in an attack on a mosque in northwestern Nigeria’s Zamfara state, police said. Speaking to AFP news agency on Sunday, state police spokesman Mohammed Shehu said: “The bandits killed five worshippers and kidnapped 18 others, including the imam.” According …
Read More »Netanyahu & Pompeo’s secret meeting with MBS in Riyadh
23-11-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report JERUSALEM/ RIYADH/ WASHINGTON/ ISLAMABAD: American Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have secretly visited Riyadh and met with Mohammad Bin Salman (MBS), the Crown Prince of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) on Sunday and finalized a clandestine plan …
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