International

07-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies NEW DELHI/ VISAKHAPATNAM: Dozens persons were killed and hundreds injured by a massive gas leak at a chemical plant in southern India, with hundreds of others taken to hospital. The leak from the LG Polymers plant in the city of Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh …

07-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies RIYADH/ JERUSALEM/ WASHINGTON/ TEHRAN: Two Saudi television series airing during the holy month of Ramadan have caused an uproar in the Arab world as critics accuse the network of trying to change attitudes of animosity towards Israel. The Dubai-based MBC network has also received …

06-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ LAHORE/ QUETTA/ PESHAWAR/ KARACHI: As night falls, worshippers file into the Abdullah bin Masood mosque, in the Pakistani capital Islamabad, hurrying up the steps to attend newly recommenced congregational prayers. Inside, more than 200 people are gathered, separated by a …

05-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies DAMASCUS/ SANA’A/ LONDON: One of the world most terrorist organizations, the Islamic State (IS) also known as Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) or Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) or Daesh formerly as well as presently used a gorge in …

04-05-2020 NAIROBI/ LONDON/ Scientists have discovered a microbe that completely protects mosquitoes from being infected with malaria. The team in Kenya and the UK say the finding has “enormous potential” to control the disease. Malaria is spread by the bite of infected mosquitoes, so protecting them could in turn protect …

04-05-2020 WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK: The US President Donald Trump has warned that as many as 100,000 people could die of coronavirus in America. Speaking at a two-hour virtual “town hall”, Trump also denied that his administration had acted too slowly. More than 67,000 people have already died with Covid-19 in …

04-05-2020 TEHRAN: Mosques in 132 Iranian cities in areas categorized as ‘white zones’ (coronavirus-free regions) will reopen as of Monday, President Hassan Rouhani said. Addressing a meeting of the Coronavirus Fight National Headquarters on Sunday, Rouhani praised the people of Iran for observing the health protocols and cooperating with the …

03-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KARACHI/ ISLAMABAD: The parents of murdered US journalist Daniel Pearl have filed an appeal with Pakistan’s Supreme Court to reverse a ruling overturning the convictions of four men in the case. Pearl was kidnapped and beheaded in 2002 while investigating Islamist militants in …

03-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Report SANA’A/ MOSCOW/ NEW YORK/ RIYADH/ MANAMA/ MELBOURNE/ ISLAMABAD: To mark World Press Freedom Day on Sunday, the One Free Press Coalition has called for the immediate release of all imprisoned journalists amid increasing threats to press freedom worldwide during the coronavirus …

By SJA Jafri + Agencies 02-05-2020 BAGHDAD: Ten (10) more associates of an Iraqi militia group have been killed in an attack by Islamic State (IS) militants. A statement released by the Shia-dominated Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) said the deaths came during “fierce clashes” with IS. Attacks by the IS …