International

27-08-2020 BEIJING/ ISLAMABAD: China has fired two missiles, including one dubbed an “aircraft-carrier killer”, into the South China Sea, according to a news report, in a pointed warning to the United States as tensions in the disputed sea lane rise to new levels. The South China Morning Post reported on …

27-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies WELLINGTON/ CHRISTCHURCH/ MELBOURNE: The New Zealand gunman behind last year’s Christchurch massacre that killed 51 Muslim worshipers was sentenced to life imprisonment. The families of victims had demanded that he remain behind bars “until his last gasp.” The gunman who killed …

26-08-2020 TEHRAN: Iran has agreed to allow inspectors by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog to access two suspected former secret nuclear sites, after a months-long standoff between the two sides. The agreement reached on Wednesday came during a visit by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi to …

26-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies WELLINGTON/ CHRISTCHURCH/ MELBOURNE: The father of murdered three-year-old Mucaad Ibrahim, the youngest victim in the New Zealand (NZ) mosque shootings, told the white supremacist who gunned down his son that “true justice” awaited him in the next life and it would …

26-08-2020 KENOSHA/ NEW YORK: Three people were shot, one of them fatally, as gunfire broke out on the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin, early Wednesday on the third straight day of unrest sparked by the police shooting of a Black man, the New York Times reported, citing law enforcement. Social media …

25-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ KABUL/ WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, in a meeting with a Taliban Political Commission (TPC) delegation on Tuesday, warned of “spoilers who did not wish to see return of peace in the region”. The TPC delegation was headed …

25-08-2020 KENOSHA: Anger over the shooting of a Black man by police spilled into the streets of Kenosha for a second night Monday, with police again firing tear gas at hundreds of protesters who defied a curfew, threw bottles and shot fireworks at law enforcement guarding the courthouse. The southeastern …

25-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KARACHI/ ISLAMABAD/ LAHORE/ PESHAWAR/ QUETTA: Walking through the Karachi Company bazaar in the Pakistani capital Islamabad, the coronavirus pandemic seems a world away. Groups of shoppers gather at the small stalls that line the alleys of the market, selling everything from …

24-08-2020 KENOSHA/ WASHINGTON: Protests have erupted in the US state of Wisconsin after police shot a black man many times while responding to what they said was a domestic incident. The man, identified as Jacob Blake, is in a serious condition in hospital. Video posted online appears to show Blake …

24-08-2020 DAMASCUS/ TEHRAN: A suspected attack on a pipeline in Syria has caused a nationwide blackout overnight, the state news agency quoted authorities as saying on Monday. According to SANA, Electricity Minister Zuhair Kharbotli said a pipeline blast in the Damascus area late Sunday “led to an electricity blackout across …