International

28-06-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD: Construction of the first Hindu temple in the Pakistani capital Islamabad began on Tuesday, as a long-standing demand of the minority community was fulfilled by the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan. The site of the Shri Krishna Mandir (temple) complex, will …

29-06-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies HOUSTON/ AUSTIN/ NEW YORK: The spread of coronavirus infections has taken a “swift and very dangerous turn” in the US state of Texas, Governor Greg Abbott has warned. “Over just the past few weeks, the daily number of cases have gone …

28-06-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies MOSCOW/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Russia has rejected as “baseless” accusations that it offered Taliban-linked militants rewards to kill US and other NATO troops in Afghanistan. The New York Times and Washington Post cited US officials as saying a Russian military intelligence unit …

28-06-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KARTARPUR/ NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: India has rejected an offer made by Pakistan on Saturday for the reopening of the Kartarpur Corridor for Sikh pilgrims on June 29, saying that cross-border travel has been suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak, India media reported. The …

28-06-2020 HOUSTON/ LOS ANGELES/ NEW YORK: The United States on Friday recorded the largest single-day increase of infections after it recorded 45,242 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of Americans who have tested positive to at least 2.48 million. The new record for positive COVID-19 tests comes as several …

28-06-2020 LOUISVILLE (US STATE KENTUCKY): Authorities were investigating a fatal shooting on Saturday night at a park in the US state of Kentucky, where anti-racism demonstrators had gathered to protest against the death of a Black woman, Breonna Taylor. Reports that shots were fired at Jefferson Square Park came in …

27-06-2020 WASHINGTON: A federal appeals court on Friday ruled against the administration of United States President Donald Trump in its transfer of $2.5bn from military construction projects to build sections of the US border wall with Maxico, ruling it illegally sidestepped Congress, which gets to decide how to use the …

27-06-2020 WASHINGTON/ BEIJING: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday the United States was imposing visa restrictions on Chinese Communist Party officials believed to be responsible for restricting freedoms in Hong Kong. The move comes in advance of a meeting of China’s parliament next week that is expected to enact new …

27-06-2020 SAINT PAUL/ WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order calling for protesters who target monuments to be imprisoned. The measure says anyone who damages a public statue must be prosecuted to the “fullest extent of the law”. Trump’s order also calls for withholding federal funds from …

26-06-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies BEIJING/ NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: China has deployed large numbers of troops and weapons along a disputed Himalayan border in violation of bilateral agreements, India’s foreign ministry has said, accusing Beijing of escalating tensions and triggering a deadly clash last week. “At …