International

22-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + National Monitoring Desk KARACHI: A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) passenger plane crashed in a residential area near Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport on Friday less than a minute before landing. It is estimated that 97 people were aboard the plane, including 85 passengers and 12 members …

22-05-2020 RIYADH/ WASHINGTON/ ISTANBUL: The family of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi who was killed in October 2018 when he visited the country’s consulate in Istanbul said on Friday that they had forgiven those who murdered their father, his son Salah wrote in a tweet. “In this blessed night of the …

22-05-2020 BEIJING: China will propose a national security law for Hong Kong in response to last year’s sometimes violent pro-democracy protests that plunged the city into its deepest turmoil since it returned to Chinese rule in 1997, according to state news agency Xinhua, drawing condemnation from the United States. The …

21-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies TEHRAN/ BAGHDAD: Iran will support and assist all anti-Israeli groups and nations, while a close cooperation and relation will now also remain continue to all collections and powers those are against Zionist regime openly and proudly, sources claimed. Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah …

21-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies + Int’l Monitoring Desk NEW DELHI/ DHAKA/ ISLAMABAD: The eastern Indian city of Kolkata has been devastated by a powerful cyclone which has killed at least 104 people across India and Bangladesh. Storm Amphan struck land on Wednesday, lashing coastal areas …

21-05-2020 LONDON: A scheme to allow the families of immigrant health workers who die after contracting coronavirus to stay in the United Kingdom had been widely criticised for excluding dependents of support staff, until a government u-turn on Wednesday. The bereaved families will no longer face deportation, and will be …

20-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies + Int’l Monitoring Desk DHAKA/ NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: Cyclone Amphan, one of the most powerful in decades, has made landfall along the coastline of India and Bangladesh, killing at least five people and leaving a trail of devastation. In Bangladesh, officials …

20-05-2020 JERUSALEM: An Israeli court has ordered Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to appear for the opening of his criminal trial in Jerusalem on Sunday, shortly after his lawyer sought an exemption. Netanyahu had asked Jerusalem District Court to be excused from his May 24 arraignment, deeming the event a formality …

19-05-2020 DAMASCUS/ SANA’A/ NEW YORK: The United Nations Syria mediator has urged the United States and Russia to make the most of “some calm” in the war-torn country and talk to each other about a push for peace. A crackdown by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on pro-democracy protesters in 2011 …

19-05-2020 WASHINGTON/ BEIJING: President Donald Trump has lashed out again at the UN’s health body by labelling it a “puppet of China”. The comment came hours after the US said the World Health Organization (WHO) had let Covid-19 spin “out of control” at the cost of “many lives”. “There was …