International

03 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies TEHRAN/ BAGHDAD/ MELBOURNE: Iran and the “free nations of the region” will take revenge on the United States for martyrdom Revolutionary Guards commander Qasem Soleimani, President Hasan Rouhani said Friday. “There is no doubt that the great nation of Iran and the …

03 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies BAGHDAD/ TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON: General Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite al-Quds force and architect of its regional security apparatus, has been martyred following a US airstrike at Baghdad’s international airport on Friday. The Pentagon confirmed the death of Soleimani in Iraq, …

02 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri CANBERRA/ SYDNEY: The son of a volunteer who died fighting Australian bushfires has been presented with his father’s medal for bravery at his funeral. Harvey Keaton, aged 19 months, wore a uniform and sucked on his dummy as he received his father’s posthumous medal …

02 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri + BBC LONDON/ MELBOURNE: The Scotland Yard on Wednesday said they have launched a full investigation into the anti-Islamic slogans that were spray-painted on a building close to a mosque and cultural centre in south London. On Wednesday, officers of the Scotland Yard were …

02 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies BAGHDAD/ TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON: Protesters who have been demonstrating outside the US embassy in Iraq for a second day have withdrawn from the area after a tense standoff. On Tuesday, the embassy was attacked by a crowd angered by US air strikes targeting …

01 January, 2020 NEW DELHI: India has announced plans for a third lunar mission, months after its last one crash landed on the Moon’s surface. The chairman of India’s space agency, K Sivan, said work was going “smoothly” on the Chandrayaan-3 unmanned mission. He said the country was aiming to …

01 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies BAGHDAD/ TEHRAN: US troops have fired teargas to disperse pro-Iran Shia protesters gathered outside the US embassy compound in Baghdad for a second day. Dozens of militiamen and their supporters camped out at the gates of the embassy overnight. On Tuesday, dozens …

01 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE/ CANBERRA: Dozens of experts across the globe particularly world most skilled but cool-minded those usually remained silent known as ‘Pakistanis’ have said that neither the Australian government, concerned departments & authorities are completely failed to overcome the bushfires issue which …

01 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies BAGHDAD/ TEHRAN: A large numbers of protesters have set up tents, announcing plans for an indefinite sit-in until the embassy is closed and the ambassador expelled from Iraq. A few hours into the protest, tear gas was fired in an attempt to …

01 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE: Over 200 more homes have burned down in deadly bushfires that raced to the Australian coast. At least 43 were destroyed in East Gippsland, Victoria, while another 200 were lost in New South Wales. On Tuesday, thousands of people who were unable …