International

12-07-2020 TEL AVIV/ JERUSALEM: Thousands of Israelis have staged a demonstration in Tel Aviv to protest against what they say is economic hardship caused by the government’s mishandling of the coronavirus crisis. Rabin Square was filled with mainly young protesters wearing masks but not observing social distancing. They say government …

12-07-2020 HOUSTON/ WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has worn a mask in public for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The president was visiting the Walter Reed military hospital outside Washington, where he met wounded soldiers and health care workers. “I’ve never been against masks but …

10-07-2020 KATHMANDU/ NEW DELHI: Nepal’s cable and satellite television providers have stopped airing Indian news channels, with one operator saying on Friday that the move was in response to public complaints against “objectionable” content broadcast about Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. The two South Asian countries have been wrangling since India …

10-07-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ BEIJING/ WASHINGTON: The Trump administration’s abrupt changes to foreign student visa rules have upended the plans of more than a million international students currently enrolled in institutions across the United States, with many fearing for their future. The US …

10-07-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies NEW YORK/ WASHINGTON: In a pair of historic rulings, the U.S. Supreme Court has rejected President Trump’s claim of absolute immunity under the law. The vote was 7 to 2 in two decisions Thursday involving grand jury and congressional subpoenas for …

10-07-2020 WASHINGTON/ BEIJING: The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on Chen Quanguo, a member of China’s powerful Politburo, and three other senior officials, accusing them of serious human rights abuses against the Uighur Muslim minority in a move likely to further increase tensions between Washington and Beijing. Chen is …

09-07-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies NEW YORK/ KARACHI: Adeel Rana, Pakistani-American has become the first Muslim police officer to be appointed as a local precinct in the New York Police Department (NYPD) on 5th July. Fausto Pichardo, the NYPD Chief of Patrol, confirmed the appointment of Captain Adeel Rana as the …

09-07-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies WASHINGTON/ KARACHI: The American government’s new rules for international students studying in the country will force tens of thousands of students to leave the country if their classes move online amid the coronavirus pandemic. Two of the country’s most elite universities, Harvard University …

09-07-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani court has dismissed a set of petitions seeking a halt to the construction of a Hindu temple in the capital Islamabad, with the matter now referred to the country’s Council of Islamic Ideology, government officials say. The Islamabad High Court …

09-07-2020 BAGHDAD: NEW YORK/ WASHINGTON/ TEHRAN: The United States lashed out on Wednesday at a United Nations probe into the American drone attack that killed a top Iranian general, saying it gave “a pass to terrorists”. US President Donald Trump ordered the killing of Iran’s General Qassem Soleimani in a January attack near …