International

07-06-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies BRASILIA/ BERLIN/ BEIJING/ COLOMBO/ Global cases of the novel coronavirus topped seven million, as case numbers surge in Brazil and India, according to a Reuters tally. About 30 percent of those cases, or two million infections, are in the US. Latin America has …

Hyderabad, June 6 : Telangana IT Minister K T Rama Rao today appealed to the Centre to arrange flight services to shift stranded state workers from Muscat to Hyderabad due to Corona lockdown. Taking to Twitter, the IT Minister urged Union Civil Aviation Minister,  Hardeep Singh Puri to take steps to …

06-06-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report CANBERRA/ SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE: Anger over the death of George Floyd has spread to Australia, with Black Lives Matter protests being held across the country but Australian demonstrators are not just expressing solidarity. Many are using the moment to vent fury about indigenous deaths in …

06-06-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies BEIJING/ NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: India and China have agreed to resolve a dispute over their shared border in the Ladakh region through “peaceful” diplomatic channels, according to the Indian foreign affairs ministry. The statement on Friday came a day before top …

06-06-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies LONDON/ PARIS/ MALI: France says it has killed the leader of al-Qaeda in north Africa, Abdelmalek Droukdel, in an operation in Mali. Defence Minister Florence Parly said Droukdel along with members of his inner circle had been killed in the north …

By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies WASHINGTON/ SAINT PAUL/ NEW YORK: Ex-US Defence Secretary James Mattis has denounced President Donald Trump, saying he deliberately stokes division. He said he was “angry and appalled” by Trump’s handling of ongoing protests over the death of African American George Floyd at …

The Prime Minister expressed condolences on behalf of the people of India to the COVID-19 affected people in Australia. He also expressed gratitude for the way Australia has taken care of the Indian community and students during the pandemic. In his address, the Australian Prime Minister thanked Mr Modi for …

02-06-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies WASHINGTON/ SAINT PAUL/ NEW YORK/ KARACHI: Violence continues: Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets as protests continued overnight. The former officer who was seen with his knee on Floyd’s neck was charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter as protesters demand charges for the …

31-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies SAINT POUL/ WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK: Protests have erupted in at least 30 American cities over the death of unarmed black man George Floyd at the hands of a police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota. As unrest continued into the early hours of Sunday, …

31-05-2020 Bureau Report CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE: Mining giant Rio Tinto has apologised for blowing up 46,000-year-old Aboriginal caves in Western Australia dating back to the last Ice Age. The Juukan Gorge caves, in the Pilbara region, were destroyed last Sunday as Rio Tinto expanded an iron ore project agreed with the …