International

21-11-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies GHAZNI/ KABUL/ DUBAI/ ISLAMABAD: Al-Qaeda Chief and Egyptian national Ayman Al-Zawahiri has died in Afghanistan from natural causes, Arab media reported on Friday late night. The news reports came a few days after social media carried speculation that the Al-Qaeda Chief had passed away. …

20-11-2020 CAPE TOWN/ JOHANNESBURG:  The South African (SA) police have fired tear gas at opposition activists protesting against alleged racism at a Cape Town school where a so-called “whites-only” year-end dance party was allegedly hosted last month. Anti-riot police on Friday fired tear gas and water cannon towards nearly 2,000 …

20-11-2020 LONDON/ WALES: Mouthwash has emerged as a ray of hope against the coronavirus, with a study discovering it can kill the virus within 30 seconds of exposure. Scientists at Cardiff University found that mouth that contained at least 0.07 percent cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) showed “promising signs” of reducing transmission …

20-11-2020 By SJA Jafri+ Bureau Report + Agencies HEART/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD/ CANBERRA: Haji Abdul Baqi has one lasting memory of Australian forces in Afghanistan, the day they killed his two brothers, Saifullah and Bismillah, and two of his cousins, Mohammadullah and Juma Khan. It was more than nine years ago, …

19-11-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE/ KABUL/ KARACHI/ ISLAMABAD: Once again, another news regarding the brutal murdering, worst infringement of human and civil rights, violation of Geneva Convention, most horrible intolerance of religious freedom, biased attitude and behavior, breaches of cultural, moral, legal,  sectarian and …

19-11-2020 WELLINGTON/ MELBOURNE: Women police officers in New Zealand will now be able to wear a hijab as part of their official uniform, media reported on Wednesday. The move is aimed at encouraging more Muslim women to join the force and to create an “inclusive” service reflecting the country’s “diverse community”, …

19-11-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report CANBERRA/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Australia said on Thursday that its special forces had carried out 39 unlawful killings in Afghanistan, as it released a long-awaited report into alleged crimes committed by some members of its military in the South Asian nation. Australia launched the …

18-11-2020 By SJA Jafri KARACHI/ RIYADH/ NEW DELHI: An Indian plane flying from Saudi Arabia made an emergency landing here in Pakistan’s port city as a passenger aboard the flight died of a heart attack, sources said. Sources at the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) informed PMI that the private Indian …

18-11-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Report KARACHI/ WASHINGTON: In his recently-released memoirs, former US president Barack Obama has revealed that he deliberately kept Pakistan out of the attack launched on Osama bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad. According to report published in Dawn,  the book titled “A Promised …

18-11-2020 DAMASCUS/ TEHRAN/ JERUSALEM/ WASHINGTON: Israel has launched air raids on Syria, killing and injuring dozens more soldiers and civilians, in what the Israeli army called a retaliatory attack after it found explosive devices along its northern border. The air strikes were against what it called a wide range of …