International

01-11-2020 MANILA: A super typhoon has barreled into the eastern Philippines bringing “catastrophic” winds and intense rains as about a million people were evacuated in its projected path including in the capital, Manila, where the main international airport was ordered closed. “There are so many people who are really in …

01-11-2020 BAGHDAD: Iraqi security forces have reopened a key bridge in Baghdad and cleared out tents from a sit-in in the capital’s Tahrir Square, the epicenter of an anti-establishment protest movement that erupted a year ago to demand basic services, employment opportunities and an end to corruption. Some 600 protesters …

01-11-2020 LYON/ PARIS: A Greek Orthodox priest has been seriously wounded in a shooting in the French city of Lyon, officials say. The gunman fled the scene, sparking a manhunt. A suspect resembling witness descriptions was later taken into custody. The motive for the attack remains unclear. Authorities have opened …

01-11-2020 PARIS/ DOHA: French President Emmanuel Macron says he understands the feelings of Muslims who are shocked by the displaying of cartoons of Prophet Muhammad but added that the “radical Islam” he is trying to fight is a threat to all people, especially Muslims. In an exclusive interview to Al …

31-10-2020 MILWAUKEE/ ROCHESTER/ WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump and his challenger Joe Biden on Friday rushed to the Midwestern states where the coronavirus has roared back, with the republican leader falsely accusing doctors of profiting from COVID-19 deaths while Biden claiming that the US leader had surrendered to the pandemic. …

31-10-2020 ANKARA/ ATHENS: Rescue teams have ploughed through concrete blocks and the debris of eight collapsed buildings on Saturday in search of survivors of a powerful earthquake that struck Turkey’s Aegean coast and north of the Greek island of Samos on Friday, killing at least 25 people. More than 800 …

31-10-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies OTTAWA: Canada plans to bring in more than 1.2 million new immigrants over the next three years, the federal immigration minister said on Friday, as the country tries to fill gaps in its labour market and boost the economy, both hard hit by the …

(Int’l Monitoring Desk) 30-10-2020 ISTANBUL: A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit the Aegean Sea on Friday afternoon, jolting western Turkey and destroying buildings in coastal cities there. People in the Turkish city of Izmir have gathered in the streets after fleeing their buildings to seek safety. At least 20 buildings were destroyed …

30-10-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Report CANBERRA/ TEHRAN: Neither Islamic nor non-Islamic counties like Australian citizens because of their hypocrisy and disloyalty, selfishness and opportunistic-ism, loose character and greediness, traditional worst attitude and behavior   and proud-ness while neither the Australian don’t have any extraordinary skills or expertise …

30-10-2020 WASHINGTON/ DUBAI/ TEHRAN: The United States (U.S.) revealed on Thursday it had seized Iranian missiles shipped to Yemen and sold 1.1 million barrels of previously seized Iranian oil that was bound for Venezuela, in the Trump administration’s latest move to increase pressure on Tehran less than a week before …