02 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri + BBC LONDON/ MELBOURNE: The Scotland Yard on Wednesday said they have launched a full investigation into the anti-Islamic slogans that were spray-painted on a building close to a mosque and cultural centre in south London. On Wednesday, officers of the Scotland Yard were …
Read More »Protestors leave US embassy in Iraq
02 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies BAGHDAD/ TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON: Protesters who have been demonstrating outside the US embassy in Iraq for a second day have withdrawn from the area after a tense standoff. On Tuesday, the embassy was attacked by a crowd angered by US air strikes targeting …
Read More »India Plans 3rd Moon Mission
01 January, 2020 NEW DELHI: India has announced plans for a third lunar mission, months after its last one crash landed on the Moon’s surface. The chairman of India’s space agency, K Sivan, said work was going “smoothly” on the Chandrayaan-3 unmanned mission. He said the country was aiming to …
Read More »US troops fire on Shia protesters in Baghdad
01 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies BAGHDAD/ TEHRAN: US troops have fired teargas to disperse pro-Iran Shia protesters gathered outside the US embassy compound in Baghdad for a second day. Dozens of militiamen and their supporters camped out at the gates of the embassy overnight. On Tuesday, dozens …
Read More »Bushfires kill 7; ‘Australian authorities completely failed’
01 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE/ CANBERRA: Dozens of experts across the globe particularly world most skilled but cool-minded those usually remained silent known as ‘Pakistanis’ have said that neither the Australian government, concerned departments & authorities are completely failed to overcome the bushfires issue which …
Read More »Iraqis’ indefinite sit-in until US embassy closure
01 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies BAGHDAD/ TEHRAN: A large numbers of protesters have set up tents, announcing plans for an indefinite sit-in until the embassy is closed and the ambassador expelled from Iraq. A few hours into the protest, tear gas was fired in an attempt to …
Read More »200 more homes burned as bushfires continue in Australia
01 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE: Over 200 more homes have burned down in deadly bushfires that raced to the Australian coast. At least 43 were destroyed in East Gippsland, Victoria, while another 200 were lost in New South Wales. On Tuesday, thousands of people who were unable …
Read More »Iran ‘fully responsible’ for attack on US embassy in Iraq: Trump
31 December, 2019 By SJA Jafri BAGHDAD/ WASHINGTON: The President of the United States of America (USA) Donald Trump says he holds Tehran “fully responsible” for protesters storming the US embassy compound in Baghdad days after the US attacked an Iran-backed group in Iraq and Syria. “Iran killed an American contractor, wounding …
Read More »American embassy in Iraq attacked by protesters
31 December, 2019 By SJA Jafri BAGHDAD/ WASHINGTON: Protesters angered by recent deadly US air strikes targeting an Iran-backed Iraqi militia have attacked the US embassy compound in Baghdad. US troops fired tear gas to disperse a crowd that breached the outer wall of the compound, which is in the …
Read More »NY attacker ‘referred to Jews’ in journals; ‘Grafton is psycho’
31 December, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies NEW YORK/ MELBOURNE: The man suspected of stabbing five people at a rabbi’s house in New York State kept journals which included references to Jews and anti-Semitism, authorities said. Federal prosecutors have filed hate crime charges against Grafton Thomas over the attack. …
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