International

01 March, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies KABUL/ WASHINGTON/ ISLAMABAD: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says his government has not pledged to free Taliban prisoners, as stated in a deal reached by the US and the militants. Under the landmark agreement signed on Saturday in Qatar, 5,000 Taliban would be …

29 February, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies DOHA/ ISLAMABAD/ KABUL/ WASHINGTON: In continuation of another worst defeat of Americans by Taliban, the United States of America (USA) and Taliban have signed an “agreement for bringing peace” to Afghanistan after more than 18 years of conflict. The US and Nato …

29 February, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies CANBERRA/ SYDNEY: The New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, has lashed Scott Morrison for “testing” the friendship between the two nations, accusing Australia of deporting “your people and your problems” using “unfair” policies. Ardern took her strongest stance yet opposing Australia’s policy of …

28 February, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies LONDON/ NEW YORK/ PARIS: Panic over the spread of coronavirus has stock markets around the world on Friday, paving way for the worst week since the 2008 financial crisis and equities on course for the largest weekly drop. International oil prices tanked …

28 February, 2020 DAMASCUS/ IDLIB/ ISTANBUL: At least 33 Turkish soldiers have been killed in an air raid by Syrian government forces in the northwestern Idlib province, the governor in the southeastern province of Hatay said early on Friday, raising an earlier death toll, while also threatening an escalation of …

Iranian VP infected, Israel confirms 3rd case 27 February, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies NEW YORK/ BEIJING/ RIYADH: The coronavirus is spreading more quickly in Europe, the Middle East and other parts of the world than in China where the virus first emerged in the central city of Wuhan …

27 February, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies MILWAUKEE/ MELBOURNE: Five more people have reportedly been dead during another ‘White Terror’ attack in America in late hours. According to police, an employee opened fire on Wednesday a brewery complex in the US state of Wisconsin, killing five fellow workers before …

26 February, 2020 By SJA Jafri RIYADH/ TEHRAN/ ISLAMABAD: A Saudi criminal court has sentenced one citizen to death and seven others to prison on charges of treason and spying for Iran, state television reported. The Saudi national sentenced to death was accused of “betraying his country and offering intelligence …

25 February, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies NEW DELHI/ WASHINGTON/ ISLAMABAD: India and the US have signed defence, energy and telecoms deals but failed to reach a much-talked about trade accord. President Donald Trump hailed a “very productive visit” but said he would keep working with Indian PM Narendra …

23 February, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies WASHINGTON/ NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: US President Donald Trump will raise the issue of religious freedom in India during his meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi next week, a US senior administration official said on Saturday, adding that the issue is ‘extremely important …