International

17 March, 2020 GENEVA/ KUALA LUMPUR: The World Health Organization (WHO) has described the coronavirus pandemic is the “defining global health crisis of our time”, and urged countries to test all suspected cases of COVID-19. “We have a simple message to all countries – test, test, test,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom …

16 March, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies SEATTLE: The first trial in people of a vaccine to protect against pandemic coronavirus is starting in the US later on Monday, according to reports. A group of 45 healthy volunteers will have the jab, at the Kaiser Permanente research facility, in …

16 March, 2020 TEHRAN: An Iranian knowledge-based company has manufactured atomic force microscope and nanoscope, advanced devices developed only by a handful of countries. CEO of the Iranian company Abbas Shahmoradi said the atomic force multimode microscope manufactured inside Iran is broadly used for nanoscopy. The atomic force microscope (AFM) …

15 March, 2020 Bureau Report KARACHI/ ISLAMABAD: The Chairman of International Lawyers Forum (ILF), Nasir Ahmed Advocate has appealed to Ulema (Islamic priests) of all cults to arrange 2-rakat Salat-e-Hajat (especial prayers) to protect coronavirus. He stated during a meeting with a delegation of Islamic priests and lawyers consisted on …

15 March, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Reports KARACHI/ LAHORE/ ISLAMABAD: KARACHI: A large protest was held in Karachi and other cities across Pakistan Saturday against the arrest of Jang Geo Media Group’s Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, with pariticipants raising placards and chanting slogans for press freedom. Journalists, activists and …

15 March, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies CHRISTCHURCH/ MELBOURNE: An ambitious new design concept aims to re-imagine the Linwood Islamic Centre, one of two mosques targeted by a gunman a year ago on March 15, in a building that would fuse Islam with New Zealand’s (NZ) indigenous culture. The …

14 March, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies TEHRAN/ KARBALA: The spokesman for the Iranian Health Ministry said since the outbreak of the new coronavirus known as COVID-19 in the country, 3,529 patients have completely recovered from the infectious disease. In remarks on Friday, Kianoush Jahanpour said that since yesterday …

13 March, 2020 BAGHDAD/ TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON: The US has launched retaliatory air strikes against a pro-Iranian militia group in Iraq after a rocket attack killed two of its soldiers. The strikes targeted five weapons storage facilities across the country, the US defence department said. Two American and a British soldier …

12 March, 2020 Bureau Report BERLIN: Studies suggest that most people who transition to another gender do not have second thoughts but after two Trans men met and fell in love, their personal gender journeys took an unexpected turn, to a destination neither had foreseen. “I always felt we have …

11 March, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: A Pakistan Air Force (PAF) F-16 fighter jet has crashed near a park in the capital Islamabad, killing the pilot. In a statement, the PAF said the aircraft was carrying out rehearsals for the 23 March national day parade. Police …