International

13-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies NEW YORK/ MELBOURNE: The America’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has accidentally disclosed the name of a Saudi diplomat suspected of directing support to two al-Qaeda hijackers in the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, sources reported. The mistake about the identity of …

12-05-2020 TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON: Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman said the incompetence of the US administration to address the COVID-19 crisis has “imposed intolerable burden” on the American nurses who are on the frontline of the battle against the deadly virus. “Today is International Nurses Day, amid COVID19; we are all indebted …

12-05-2020 Dozens Shia killed during Daesh attacks in Afghanistan By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Afghan forces have evacuated dozens and ended the siege at a maternity hospital in Kabul, killing the three gunmen behind the deadly attack on the government-run hospital in the capital, the interior ministry spokesman …

11-05-2020 DUBAI/ TEHRAN/ MASQAT: Nineteen sailors have been killed and 15 others injured in an accident involving Iranian naval vessels in the Gulf of Oman, Iran’s navy has said. Iranian media reported that the support ship Konarak was hit by a new anti-ship missile being tested by the frigate Jamaran …

10-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Reports ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI/ LAHORE/ PESHAWAR/ QUETTA: Pakistan climbed to the 20th spot on the global coronavirus ranking on Sunday after the nationwide tally of COVID-19 patients crossed 29,000 with an addition of nearly 2,000 new cases in the last 24 hours. This is the …

10-05-2020 BAGHDAD: Iraq’s new government has promised to release demonstrators arrested during mass protests that erupted in October last year and pledged justice and compensation to relatives of more than 550 people killed during that unrest. Prime Minister Mustafa al-Khadimi made the announcement on Saturday following his first cabinet meeting. …

09-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies RIYADH/ WASHINGTON/ ISLAMABAD: US President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia’s King Salman have spoken on the phone and reaffirmed their countries’ “strong” defence partnership, the White House has said. The conversation on Friday between the two leaders came amid tensions over the kingdom’s oil output …

09-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ AURANGABAD: Indian officials have ordered an investigation after 16 people were run over by a freight train in the state of Maharashtra. The dead were migrant workers who had fallen asleep on the tracks, while attempting to walk to …

08-05-2020 BAGHDAD: Iraq’s parliament has approved a new government, ending months of deadlock as the country battles an economic crisis and the coronavirus pandemic. Former intelligence chief Mustafa al-Kadhimi, the third man to be nominated to replace Adel Abdul Mahdi since November, was sworn in as prime minister after Wednesday …

07-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies LONDON/ PARIS/ NEW YORK: Non-black people are more than four times likely to die from Covid-19 than white people, according to stark official figures exposing a dramatic divergence in the impact of the coronavirus pandemic in England, Wales and many other countries while other …