International

22-07-2020 TEHRAN: In his first public meeting since the onset of the coronavirus crisis in February, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei met with Iraq’s visiting Prime Minister Mostafa Al-Kadhimi in Tehran yesterday. During the meeting, Khamenei vowed to take revenge for former IRGC Qods Force Commander Qassem Soleimani who …

22-07-2020 By SJA Jafri STOCKHOLM/ RIYADH/ TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON/ JERUSALEM: When countries start dabbling in nuclear energy, eyebrows raise. It’s understandable, topping the spread of nuclear weapons while allowing countries to pursue civilian nuclear programs has proven a tough and sometimes unsuccessful balancing act for the global community. So when atom-splitting …

21-07-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies LONDON/ ISLAMABAD: Veteran British Pakistani Barrister Iftikhar Ahmad has filed a petition against the British government over 14 days’ mandatory quarantine policy for those coming from countries like Pakistan – terming it as his unlawful house arrest in breach of fundamental …

20-07-2020 TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON/ JERUSALEM: Iran on Monday executed a former translator convicted of spying for the US and Israel, including helping to locate a top Iranian general killed later by the Americans, the judiciary said. The killing of Major General Qasem Soleimani in a US drone strike near Baghdad airport in …

20-07-2020 TOKYO/ DUBAI: A United Arab Emirates spacecraft rocketed away Monday on a seven-month journey to Mars, kicking off the Arab world’s first interplanetary mission. The liftoff of the Mars orbiter named Amal, or Hope, from Japan marked the start of a rush to fly to Earth’s neighbor that includes …

19-07-2020 DAMASCUS: Syrians voted Sunday to elect a new parliament as the Damascus government grapples with international sanctions and a crumbling economy after retaking large parts of the war-torn country. More than 7,400 polling stations opened across government-held parts of Syria — including, for the first time, in former opposition …

19-07-2020 LONDON: Photographs from Princess Beatrice’s wedding to property tycoon Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi have been released by Buckingham Palace (BP). Two official pictures were sent out the day after their small ceremony at The Royal Chapel of All Saints in Windsor. One shows the beaming couple leaving the chapel through …

19-07-2020 JERUSALEM: Israeli police used water cannon to disperse demonstrators around Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence on Saturday as protests mounted against him over alleged corruption and his handling of the coronavirus crisis. Hit by high unemployment, a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases and re-imposed coronavirus curbs, Israelis have taken …

19-07-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies NEW YORK/ WASHINGTON/ KABUL/ DAMASCUS/ KARACHI/ ISLAMABAD: Beside continuous denials and ignorance and despite ‘criminal unawareness’ and worst attitude and behavior of bigotries of immigration departments across the world especially of uneducated, illiterate, immature, backward and world most bogus (like “CONTENTED …

18-07-2020 PARIS: A blaze that broke inside the gothic cathedral in the French city of Nantes on Saturday (Jul 18) has been contained, emergency officials said, adding that the damage was not comparable to last year’s fire at Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris. “The damage is concentrated on the organ, which seems …