International

18 February, 2020 By SJA Jafri (Bureau Chief Australia) BRISBANE/ MELBOURNE: Four people, including three children, have died after a car was allegedly set alight in the Australian city of Brisbane, police said. The children, all under the age of 10, were found dead in the car by emergency responders, …

17 February, 2020 By SJA Jafri (Bureau Chief Australia) CANBERRA/ SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE: Australia’s national broadcaster has lost its legal challenge to controversial police raids on its Sydney newsroom last year. In June, police searched the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and the home of a newspaper journalist over articles which relied …

16 February, 2020 Bureau Report SYDNEY: Thousands of Australians are attending a huge benefit concert in Sydney aiming to raise A$10m (£5.15m; $6.71m) to help communities devastated by bushfires. Global acts like Queen and Alice Cooper have joined local stars like 5 Seconds of Summer, Tina Arena and Delta Goodrem …

16 February, 2020 SANA’A/ RIYADH: A warplane belonging to the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen has crashed in the northern province of al-Jawf. A coalition spokesman confirmed that a Saudi Tornado fighter jet had “fallen” while carrying out a support mission near Yemeni army units, according to Saudi Arabia’s state …

15 February, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies NEW DELHI/ ISTANBUL/ ISLAMABAD: India on Saturday warned Turkey not to interfere in its internal matters after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reiterated Ankara’s support for Islamabad’s stand on the occupied Kashmir issue while addressing a joint session of the Parliament, reported India …

15 February, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies BONN: On tips of Federal Prosecutor’s Office, the German police have arrested 12 men suspected of setting up a far-right organization with the goal of carrying out attacks against Muslims, refugees, asylum seekers, political and other personalities Prosecutors said four of the …

13 February, 2020 By SJA Jafri (Bureau Chief Australia) SYDNEY: All of the bushfires in New South Wales (NSW) are now considered contained, say fire officials in the Australian state. The NSW Rural Fire Service said it was “great news” after “a very traumatic, exhausting and anxious” time. The development …

12 February, 2020 SANA’A/ ISTANBUL: A man has reportedly been killed in a rare confrontation in north-eastern Syria between US-led coalition forces and pro-government militia fighters. Syria’s state news agency, Sana, said a civilian died when US troops fired at a crowd stopping them pass through a checkpoint east of …

12 February, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Special Reports LAHORE/ ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court has sentenced Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, the founder of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) armed group, to five and a half years’ prison in a case related to terrorism financing, his lawyer says. Saeed was convicted and sentenced …

12 February, 2020 TEHRAN: The Iranian people attending countrywide demonstrations in celebration of the 41st anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution condemned the US crimes, including the assassination of Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani and pledged to take harsh revenge against Washington. In a final declaration released after rallies …