28-10-2020 WASHINGTON: Democratic White House challenger Joe Biden blasted President Donald Trump as a conman during a campaign foray into traditionally Republican territory. In Georgia, Biden said that Trump’s handling of coronavirus amounted to a “capitulation”. Trump kept blitzing the swing states that he won in 2016, warning in Michigan …
Read More »Crucial defence deal b/w India & America signed
27-10-2020 NEW DELHI/ WASHINGTON: India and the US have signed a military agreement on sharing sensitive satellite data amid Delhi’s tense border standoff with Beijing. Access to such data is considered vital for hitting missiles, drones and other targets with precision. The deal was announced after the annual “2+2” high-level …
Read More »Deadly bombing at Pakistani religious school
27-10-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report PESHAWAR/ ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI: An explosion at a religious school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar has killed dozens people and wounded 109 others, police and health officials say. The blast occurred at the Speen Jamaat mosque, which also serves as a religious school …
Read More »Another mosque attacked by “White Terrorists” in Australia
27-10-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report MELBOURNE/ SYDNEY/ ANKARA/ KARACHI: One or more male “White Terrorists” attacked another mosque in Australia and escaped from the scene easily while neither the police nor any other Law Enforcement Agency (LEA) could arrest the attackers even none of one country’s official, authority …
Read More »Airstrike kills 50 more Syrian rebel fighters
26-10-2020 DAMASCUS/ BEIRUT: An airstrike on a rebel training camp in northwestern Syria on Monday killed more than 50 Turkish-backed fighters and wounded nearly as many, a Syrian opposition spokesman and a war monitor said. The airstrike in the northwestern part of Idlib province, the last rebel enclave in Syria, …
Read More »Muslim world condemns Macron, France over treatment of Islam
26-10-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ ANKARA/ DHAKA/ TEHRAN/ BAGHDAD/ DAMASCUS: The backlash over French President Emmanuel Macron’s critique of Islam has intensified after Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan questioned his counterpart’s mental health, while Muslims in several countries are demanding a boycott of France. Marking his second …
Read More »Melbourne sees first day of no cases since June
26-10-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE/ DOHA: Victoria in Australia has recorded no new Covid-19 cases for the first time since Melbourne – the state capital – went into lockdown 111 days ago. The state was the epicentre of Australia’s second wave, accounting for over 90% of …
Read More »Pope Francis names first African cardinal Wilton Gregory
Pope Francis names first African cardinal Wilton Gregory 25-10-2020 VATICAN CITY/ ROME: Pope Francis has said he will appoint 13 new Roman Catholic cardinals, among them the first African-American clergyman. The Pope announced the 13 cardinals from eight nations in a surprise address from his window overlooking St Peter’s Square …
Read More »Anti-government protests resume in Iraq
25-10-2020 BAGHDAD: Protesters have gathered in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square to mark one year since a second wave of anti-government protests erupted and gripped Iraq. Iraqi security forces fired water cannon and tear gas at the protesters during Sunday’s demonstrations to prevent those crossing fences on a bridge leading towards government …
Read More »Macron encourages Islamophobia by attacking Islam: Imran
25-10-2020 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD/ PARIS: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan slammed French President Emmanuel Macron over his anti-Muslim attitude on Sunday, criticizing him for hurting the sentiments of millions of Muslims around the world. The French president is being criticized with protests breaking out in several cities across the …
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