International

25-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies RIYADH/ OTTAWA: A senior Saudi security official who for years was the key go-between for Britain’s MI6 and other Western spy agencies in Saudi Arabia is now being persecuted along with his family, according to former Western intelligence officials. Dr Saad al-Jabri, who helped …

23-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies BERLIN: A church in Germany’s capital, Berlin, has helped a nearby mosque comply with physical distancing guidelines by hosting Friday prayers, in a move hailed as “an amazing sign of solidarity”. Places of worship reopened in the country earlier this month, but worshippers must …

23-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Special Correspondent KARACHI: 97 people have been killed after an Airbus A320 passenger airliner crashed into a residential neighborhood while on approach to the airport in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, officials say. At least two male passengers of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight …

22-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + National Monitoring Desk KARACHI: A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) passenger plane crashed in a residential area near Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport on Friday less than a minute before landing. It is estimated that 97 people were aboard the plane, including 85 passengers and 12 members …

22-05-2020 RIYADH/ WASHINGTON/ ISTANBUL: The family of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi who was killed in October 2018 when he visited the country’s consulate in Istanbul said on Friday that they had forgiven those who murdered their father, his son Salah wrote in a tweet. “In this blessed night of the …

22-05-2020 BEIJING: China will propose a national security law for Hong Kong in response to last year’s sometimes violent pro-democracy protests that plunged the city into its deepest turmoil since it returned to Chinese rule in 1997, according to state news agency Xinhua, drawing condemnation from the United States. The …

21-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies TEHRAN/ BAGHDAD: Iran will support and assist all anti-Israeli groups and nations, while a close cooperation and relation will now also remain continue to all collections and powers those are against Zionist regime openly and proudly, sources claimed. Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah …

21-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies + Int’l Monitoring Desk NEW DELHI/ DHAKA/ ISLAMABAD: The eastern Indian city of Kolkata has been devastated by a powerful cyclone which has killed at least 104 people across India and Bangladesh. Storm Amphan struck land on Wednesday, lashing coastal areas …

21-05-2020 LONDON: A scheme to allow the families of immigrant health workers who die after contracting coronavirus to stay in the United Kingdom had been widely criticised for excluding dependents of support staff, until a government u-turn on Wednesday. The bereaved families will no longer face deportation, and will be …

20-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies + Int’l Monitoring Desk DHAKA/ NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: Cyclone Amphan, one of the most powerful in decades, has made landfall along the coastline of India and Bangladesh, killing at least five people and leaving a trail of devastation. In Bangladesh, officials …