International

10-07-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ BEIJING/ WASHINGTON: The Trump administration’s abrupt changes to foreign student visa rules have upended the plans of more than a million international students currently enrolled in institutions across the United States, with many fearing for their future. The US …

10-07-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies NEW YORK/ WASHINGTON: In a pair of historic rulings, the U.S. Supreme Court has rejected President Trump’s claim of absolute immunity under the law. The vote was 7 to 2 in two decisions Thursday involving grand jury and congressional subpoenas for …

10-07-2020 WASHINGTON/ BEIJING: The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on Chen Quanguo, a member of China’s powerful Politburo, and three other senior officials, accusing them of serious human rights abuses against the Uighur Muslim minority in a move likely to further increase tensions between Washington and Beijing. Chen is …

09-07-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies NEW YORK/ KARACHI: Adeel Rana, Pakistani-American has become the first Muslim police officer to be appointed as a local precinct in the New York Police Department (NYPD) on 5th July. Fausto Pichardo, the NYPD Chief of Patrol, confirmed the appointment of Captain Adeel Rana as the …

09-07-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies WASHINGTON/ KARACHI: The American government’s new rules for international students studying in the country will force tens of thousands of students to leave the country if their classes move online amid the coronavirus pandemic. Two of the country’s most elite universities, Harvard University …

09-07-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani court has dismissed a set of petitions seeking a halt to the construction of a Hindu temple in the capital Islamabad, with the matter now referred to the country’s Council of Islamic Ideology, government officials say. The Islamabad High Court …

09-07-2020 BAGHDAD: NEW YORK/ WASHINGTON/ TEHRAN: The United States lashed out on Wednesday at a United Nations probe into the American drone attack that killed a top Iranian general, saying it gave “a pass to terrorists”. US President Donald Trump ordered the killing of Iran’s General Qassem Soleimani in a January attack near …

08-07-2020 ADDIS ABABA: The death toll from demonstrations and ethnic violence that erupted in Ethiopia last week following the murder of a popular singer from the Oromo ethnic group has risen to 239, according to police. Pop star Haacaaluu Hundeessaa, a hero to many Oromo who saw him as the voice …

08-07-2020 CITY OF VICTORIA/ BEIJING: China has opened an office to “safeguard national security” in Hong Kong, turning a hotel near a hotspot for pro-democracy protests and the annual vigil marking the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown into its new headquarters. Carrie Lam, the chief executive of Hong Kong, called the …

08-07-2020 By SJA Jafri (Bureau Chief Australia) MELBOURNE: The Australian state of Victoria has confirmed 134 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, as its borders were closed and it moved to impose a six-week lockdown in Melbourne. Australia’s coronavirus emergency cabinet is to consider limiting the number …