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Hyderabad May 21: Syed Hussain Ali Sajjad bureau Chief of Press Media of India condemned the demolition of the Shirens of four Imama.s and the beloved daughter of Prophet Mohammed Mustafas.a.w.s Shahzadi Syeda Fatemut-uz-Zeras.a in Jannat-ul-Baqi. He said Janat-ul-Baqi is a well-known Muslim cemetery which is also known as Baqi …

21-05-2021 GAZA CITY/ JERUSALEM: A ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas has come into effect. The ceasefire began early on Friday, bringing to an end 11 days of bombardment in which more than 240 people have died most of them in Gaza. Palestinians poured onto the streets …

20-05-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies + Int’l Monitoring Desk UNITED NATIONS/ GAZA CITY/ JERUSALEM/ ISLAMABAD: Israeli fighter jets continued to pound the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing at least one Palestinian and wounding several more as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defied calls for a de-escalation. At least 230 Palestinians, including …

20-05-2021 PROVIDENCE/ PARIS: An enormous iceberg, a little bigger than the state of Rhode Island, has broken off of Antarctica. The finger-shaped chunk of ice, which is roughly 105 miles (170 kilometers) long and 15 miles (25 kilometers) wide, was spotted by satellites as it calved from the western side …

20-05-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India has reported almost 277,620 new coronavirus infections over the last 24 hours, while deaths rose by 3,874, as nearly two-thirds of people tested showed exposure to COVID-19, a chain of private laboratories said, indicating a runaway spread of the virus. The South Asian nation’s …

20-05-2021 GAZA CITY/ TEL AVIV/ WASHINGTON: A senior Hamas official has said that he expects Israel and Gaza militants to reach a ceasefire “within a day or two” as cross-border attacks continue but Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday he was “determined to carry on” until “calm and security …

19-05-2021 JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: Palestinian journalist Yusef Abu Hussein has been killed in an Israeli air raid that struck his house in the besieged Gaza Strip, according to his family and colleagues. Hussein, a broadcaster for the the local Voice of Al-Aqsa radio station, was among the four Palestinians killed …

19-05-2021 NEW YORK: The New York Attorney General’s Office said on Tuesday it has now opened a criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump’s company, increasing the legal risk for Trump and his family. Attorney General Letitia James has been investigating whether the Trump Organization falsely reported property values to …

By Syed Jaffer Abbas Jafri (By SJA Jafri) 19-05-2021 On 8th Shawwal in the year 1345 AH (April 21, 1925), mausoleums in Jannatul-ul-Baqi (holy city of Medina) were demolished by the then most controversial ruler of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) known as “King Ibn-e-Saud”. The Shia population of the …

19-05-2021 By SJA Jafri + Agencies PARIS/ GAZA CITY: “The Israel-Gaza conflict is pushing the whole region “in the wrong direction,” Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan said Tuesday, calling for an end to the violence. “This all pushes us absolutely in the wrong direction. It means that we are …