International

26 March, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies NEW YORK/ WASHINGTON: The number of Americans filing for unemployment has surged to a record high as the economy goes into lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. Nearly 3.3 million people registered to claim jobless benefits for the week ended 21 March, …

26 March, 2020 NEW YORK: Poorer countries need $2bn of international humanitarian aid to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, United Nations Organization (UNO) Chief Antonio Guterres said in launching a major donation appeal today. “COVID-19 is threatening the whole of humanity – and the whole of humanity must fight back,” Guterres said in …

26 March, 2020 NEW YORK/: The situation in New York, the United States of America’s state with the highest numbers in both infections and deaths. The United States of America (USA), once again become top all over the world with rapid increase in coronavirus cases where nearly 10,000 new cases …

25 March, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Afghan forces have killed gunmen who attacked a Sikh religious complex in the capital Kabul, ending the hours-long siege that has killed 25 people, the Ministry of Interior has said. The deadly attack was claimed by the Daesh/ ISIL (ISIS) …

25 March, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies RIYADH/ NEW YORK/ SANA’A: Human Rights Watch (HRW) has condemned Saudi Arabia and Saudi-backed forces in war-torn Yemen for carrying out a series of abuses against Yemeni civilians in the furthermost eastern province of al-Mahra. In a report published on Wednesday, the New …

25 March, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Reports CANBERRA/ SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE: A maximum of 10 people will be allowed to attend funerals and five to attend weddings in Australia under new curbs in the fight against coronavirus. Prime Minister Scott Morrison emerged from a cabinet meeting to announce a …

24 March, 2020 GENEVA/ NEW YORK/ LONDON: The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the coronavirus disease pandemic is “accelerating”, with more than 300,000 cases now confirmed. It took 67 days from the first reported of Covid-19 to reach 100,000 cases, 11 days for the second 100,000, and just …

the day Karbala began. Udao qaq saron per hussain jate hain Rajab 28th 60 AH – Start of Journey of Imam Hussain(a.s.), his family members and companions towards Iraq, (via Makkah).  After hatching the conspiracy and achieving ultimate martyrdom of Imam Hasan(a.s.), Maria started campaigning openly for the succession of …

23 March, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Reports + Int’l Monitoring Desk NEW DELHI/ RIYADH/ DUBAI/ ISLAMABAD/ LONDON/ NEW YORK: The novel coronavirus in India rose 324 on Monday, according to Health Ministry data,  out of them 41 are foreign nationals and Maharashtra is worst hit with 63 confirmed cases. …

22 March, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Reports ROME/ NEW DELHI/ MELBOURNE/ KARACHI: Globally, 186 countries have been affected, more than 13,000 people have died and more than 300,00 infected by the disease as it spreads rapidly to new territories while 92,000 people have recovered. The epicentre of the …