International

09 March, 2020 KABUL/ ISLAMABAD/ WASHINGTON: The United States of America (USA) has started withdrawing troops from Afghanistan as part of a deal with the Taliban aimed at bringing peace to the country. The US agreed to reduce its troops from about 12,000 to 8,600 within 135 days of signing …

08 March, 2020 TEHRAN: Iran will temporarily release 54,000 people from prisons and deploy hundreds of thousands of health workers as officials announced a slew of measures to contain the world’s deadliest coronavirus outbreak outside China. Pressure has been mounting on Iranian officials to take action against the virus as the death …

08 March, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Gunmen have killed at least 32 people during a ceremony attended by top Afghan politicians in Kabul. The country’s Chief Executive, Abdullah Abdullah, escaped unharmed, but dozens of others were wounded. The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) …

07 March, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies RIYADH/ MELBOURNE:  Three senior members of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s (KSA) royal family, including the king’s brother, have been arrested for unexplained reasons, sources report. Two of the men were among the kingdom’s most influential figures. The detentions have been linked to …

06 March, 2020 NEW YORK/ MELBOURNE: More than a billion Android devices are at risk of being hacked because they are no longer protected by security updates, watchdog Which? has suggested. The vulnerability could leave users around the world exposed to the danger of data theft, ransom demands and other …

06 March, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report LONDON/ DUBAI: Abduction, forced return, torture and a campaign of intimidation, the damning allegations made against the billionaire ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, by his former wife, Princess Haya Bint Al-Hussain, became established fact, published in a series …

05 March, 2020 TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani dismissed the US government’s offer to help Iran in dealing with the coronavirus outbreak, saying all Iranians know that the American officials’ claim of being ready to help is nothing but a lie. “Unfortunately, those who imposed sanctions and blocked the …

04 March, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KARACHI/ MELBOURNE: The World Health Organization has confirmed that the global death rate of the new coronavirus is less than three percent. The Coronavirus Disease (Covid-19) id deadlier but does not transmits easily. The Covid-19 which was first reported in Wuhan, …

04 March, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ KABUL/ WASHINGTON: The US military has conducted an air strike against Taliban fighters in Afghanistan; just hours after President Donald Trump said he had a “very good talk” with a leader of the group. The US signed a deal with the …

03 March, 2020 CAIRO: An Egyptian court has sentenced 37 people to death, including one the country’s most high-profile fighters, on terrorism-related charges. The Cairo Criminal Court said on Monday the defendants were charged with belonging to a local affiliate of the ISIL (ISIS) armed group spearheading a rebellion in …