International

21-06-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India has opened up free vaccinations to all adults in an attempt to bolster its inoculation drive, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicks off a muted International Yoga Day, hailing the practice’s “protective” properties against the virus. The country’s vaccination drive has significantly slowed in …

21-06-2021 JERUSALEM/ TEHRAN: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has condemned the new Iranian president as a “hangman”, describing Ebrahim Raisi’s election win as a final “wake up” call for world powers before returning to a nuclear agreement with Tehran. Bennett made the comments on Sunday as he opened his first …

21-06-2021 Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD/ WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden will meet Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and the chairman of Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah at the White House on Friday to discuss the US troop withdrawal amid a surge in fighting between Afghan forces and the …

21-06-2021 ALABAMA: Dozens of people have been killed as Tropical Depression Claudette swept across the southeastern US, causing flash flooding and spurring tornadoes that destroyed dozens of homes. Ten people, including nine children, were killed Saturday in a 15-vehicle crash about 35 miles (55 kilometers) south of Montgomery on Interstate …

Hyderabad Jun 20 (PMI): On the glorious victory as an Eight President of Islamic Republic of Iran President Moulana Ali Hyder Farishta and all the members of the Majma-e- Olama wo Khutaba of Hyderabad Deccan (Telangana State) on behalf of India cordially congratulate Hujjat-ul-Islam and Muslemeen Aqai Syed Ibrahim Raeesi …

20-06-2021 Bureau Report LONDON/ DUBAI: Alaa al-Siddiq, a prominent dissident Emirati rights activist and critic, has died in a ‘car crash’ in London. Alaa was the executive director of the United Kingdom-based ALQST, a non-profit organization that advocates for greater freedoms and human rights in the UAE and the wider …

20-06-2021 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Report WASHINGTON/ MOSCOW/ DUBAI/ BAGHDAD/ ISTANBUL/ JERUSALEM/ ISLAMABAD: Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s hardline judiciary chief, has won a landslide victory in the country’s presidential election, a vote that both propelled the supreme leader’s protege into Tehran’s highest civilian position and saw the lowest turnout …

20-06-2021 GENEVA/ CONAKRY: An Ebola outbreak which started in Guinea in February, infecting 16 people and killing 12, has been declared over, the West African country’s health ministry and the World Health Organization said. “I have the honour of declaring the end of Ebola” in Guinea, WHO official Alfred Ki-Zerbo …

20-06-2021 Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has replaced two top ministers charged with managing the country’s faltering security, as the Taliban presses on with their campaign to capture new territory in fierce battles with government forces. The shake-up of the defence and interior ministry portfolios comes as …

20-06-2021 BRASILIA: Thousands of people have taken to the streets across Brazil to protest against President Jair Bolsonaro’s pandemic response as the country’s COVID-19 death toll surpassed 500,000. Protesters across the country blasted the administration for the high death toll and called for the removal of the president. Brazil has …