26-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies WELLINGTON/ CHRISTCHURCH/ MELBOURNE: The father of murdered three-year-old Mucaad Ibrahim, the youngest victim in the New Zealand (NZ) mosque shootings, told the white supremacist who gunned down his son that “true justice” awaited him in the next life and it would …
Read More »Three shot as Kenosha protests erupt in violence
26-08-2020 KENOSHA/ NEW YORK: Three people were shot, one of them fatally, as gunfire broke out on the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin, early Wednesday on the third straight day of unrest sparked by the police shooting of a Black man, the New York Times reported, citing law enforcement. Social media …
Read More »Pakistan warns about ‘spoilers’ of Afghan peace process
25-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ KABUL/ WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, in a meeting with a Taliban Political Commission (TPC) delegation on Tuesday, warned of “spoilers who did not wish to see return of peace in the region”. The TPC delegation was headed …
Read More »Clashes continue for second night in Kenosha
25-08-2020 KENOSHA: Anger over the shooting of a Black man by police spilled into the streets of Kenosha for a second night Monday, with police again firing tear gas at hundreds of protesters who defied a curfew, threw bottles and shot fireworks at law enforcement guarding the courthouse. The southeastern …
Read More »Pakistan wins rare success against COVID-19
25-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KARACHI/ ISLAMABAD/ LAHORE/ PESHAWAR/ QUETTA: Walking through the Karachi Company bazaar in the Pakistani capital Islamabad, the coronavirus pandemic seems a world away. Groups of shoppers gather at the small stalls that line the alleys of the market, selling everything from …
Read More »Protests erupt as Wisconsin police shoot black man
24-08-2020 KENOSHA/ WASHINGTON: Protests have erupted in the US state of Wisconsin after police shot a black man many times while responding to what they said was a domestic incident. The man, identified as Jacob Blake, is in a serious condition in hospital. Video posted online appears to show Blake …
Read More »Syria blackout after ISIL pipeline attack
24-08-2020 DAMASCUS/ TEHRAN: A suspected attack on a pipeline in Syria has caused a nationwide blackout overnight, the state news agency quoted authorities as saying on Monday. According to SANA, Electricity Minister Zuhair Kharbotli said a pipeline blast in the Damascus area late Sunday “led to an electricity blackout across …
Read More »America representing a truly ‘failed model’: Khamenei
24-08-2020 TEHRAN: Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei slammed the US government as a model of complete failure, saying human values like health, justice and security are being trampled on in the United States more than anywhere else. Ayatollah Khamenei on Sunday attended a videoconference with the …
Read More »‘Australian White Terrorist’ faces sentencing hearing
23-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies + Int’l Monitoring Desk CHRISTCHURCH/ MELBOURNE: The ‘Australian White Terrorist’ who killed 51 Muslim worshippers at two mosques in New Zealand (NZ) last year will face survivors of his attack on Monday at a sentencing hearing. Australian Brenton Tarrant is likely …
Read More »Trump’s sister says president is ‘phony, cruel’
23-08-2020 WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK: President Donald Trump’s older sister, a former federal judge, has been heard sharply criticizing her brother in a series of recordings, at one point saying the president “has no principles”. Maryanne Trump Barry was secretly recorded by her niece, Mary Trump, who recently released a book …
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