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02-08-2020 JERUSALEM: Thousands of demonstrators have gathered outside the official residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and thronged the streets of central Jerusalem, as weeks of protests against the Israeli leader appeared to be gaining steam. The demonstration in central Jerusalem, along with smaller gatherings in Tel Aviv, near Netanyahu’s …

01-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ NEW YORK/ LONDON: India has recorded 57,000 new corona virus cases – the highest daily total to date Maharashtra – home to the financial capital, Mumbai – is still the worst affected state In the UK, shielding ends for …

31-07-2020 Bureau Report MELBOURNE/ CANBERRA: Australia’s Victoria state recorded its second-highest day of new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases on Friday as it emerged that one in four people diagnosed with the disease could not be found at home, and the state’s leader flagged the prospect of more rigorous steps to curb …

31-07-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ PARIS/ BEIJING/ ISLAMABAD: The first five Dassault Rafale fighter jets bought from France in a multi-billion-dollar deal landed in India on Wednesday and the defence minister used their arrival to launch a veiled warning to neighbouring China over territorial …

31-07-2020 WASHINGTON: Top Republicans have rejected Donald Trump’s suggestion that November’s presidential election should be delayed over alleged fraud concerns. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy both dismissed the idea, sources reported. Trump does not have the authority to postpone the election. Any delay would …

31-07-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Over dozen people were killed in another car bomb explosion in an Afghan city as crowds shopped for the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, officials and a medic said. “Seventeen bodies and 21 wounded people were brought to our …

30-07-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report PESHAWAR/ ISLAMABAD: A man accused of blasphemy for claiming that he was a prophet has been shot dead in a courtroom in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, police officials say, the latest violence associated with Pakistan’s strict blasphemy laws. Tahir Ahmad Naseem …

29-07-2020 RIYADH/ MECCA/ MEDINA: Hajj – the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca – has begun, but under dramatically different circumstances due to the coronavirus outbreak. One of the five pillars of Islam, the Hajj is required for all Muslims who are physically or financially capable of undertaking it at least …

28-07-2020 KUALA LAMPUR: Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak faces 12 years in jail after the High Court in Kuala Lumpur found him guilty of all charges in the first trial to test corruption allegations flowing from multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal. Judge Mohd Nazlan Ghazali found the prosecution had successfully made …

28-07-2020 Bureau Report MELBOURNE: Over three (3) billion animals were killed or displaced by Australia’s devastating wildfires in 2019 and 2020, according to a new report, with experts calling it “one of the worst wildlife disasters in modern history”. The study, released on Tuesday by scientists from several Australian universities, …