International

06-06-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies BEIJING/ NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: India and China have agreed to resolve a dispute over their shared border in the Ladakh region through “peaceful” diplomatic channels, according to the Indian foreign affairs ministry. The statement on Friday came a day before top …

06-06-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies LONDON/ PARIS/ MALI: France says it has killed the leader of al-Qaeda in north Africa, Abdelmalek Droukdel, in an operation in Mali. Defence Minister Florence Parly said Droukdel along with members of his inner circle had been killed in the north …

By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies WASHINGTON/ SAINT PAUL/ NEW YORK: Ex-US Defence Secretary James Mattis has denounced President Donald Trump, saying he deliberately stokes division. He said he was “angry and appalled” by Trump’s handling of ongoing protests over the death of African American George Floyd at …

The Prime Minister expressed condolences on behalf of the people of India to the COVID-19 affected people in Australia. He also expressed gratitude for the way Australia has taken care of the Indian community and students during the pandemic. In his address, the Australian Prime Minister thanked Mr Modi for …

02-06-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies WASHINGTON/ SAINT PAUL/ NEW YORK/ KARACHI: Violence continues: Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets as protests continued overnight. The former officer who was seen with his knee on Floyd’s neck was charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter as protesters demand charges for the …

31-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies SAINT POUL/ WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK: Protests have erupted in at least 30 American cities over the death of unarmed black man George Floyd at the hands of a police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota. As unrest continued into the early hours of Sunday, …

31-05-2020 Bureau Report CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE: Mining giant Rio Tinto has apologised for blowing up 46,000-year-old Aboriginal caves in Western Australia dating back to the last Ice Age. The Juukan Gorge caves, in the Pilbara region, were destroyed last Sunday as Rio Tinto expanded an iron ore project agreed with the …

31-05-2020 JERUSALEM: Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound has reopened to worshippers and visitors after more than two months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Council of Islamic Waqf, which oversees Muslim sites on the complex, cited the virus’s slowed local spread in lifting entry restrictions on Sunday but the …

30/31-05-2020 By Syed Jaffer Abbas Jafri MELBOURNE/ JANNAT-AL-BAQI (MADINA) Where Jannat-al-Baqi is situated? Jannat-ul-Baqi is the famous cemetery located right across the Masjid-al-Nabawi (The mosque of Prophet Muhammad Peace Be Upon Him/PBUH) in the Holy City of Madina, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Children, wives and immediate relatives of Prophet …

29-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies SAINT PAUL/ WASHINGTON: A police station in Minneapolis has been set alight during a third night of protests over the death of an unarmed black man in custody on Monday. A police officer was filmed kneeling on the neck of George …