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28-03-2021 MAKASSAR/ JAKARTA: Two suicide bombers detonated explosives outside a Catholic church in the Indonesian city of Makassar, wounding fourteen people on the first day of the Easter Holy Week, the country’s national police said. The explosion took place on Sunday at a time the congregation was inside the church …

28-03-2021 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Report CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE/ BRISBANE/ KARACHI: Grudgingly but cravingly and secretly, at last, the Australian regime and ‘authorities’ especially Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) and Special Forces have started to deem the ‘reporting’ of Press Media of India (PMI) and one of world’s most …

28-03-2021 NAYPYITAW: In a brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protesters on Saturday, Myanmar security forces killed 114 people, including some children, which turned out to be the bloodiest day of violence since last month’s military coup, news reports and witnesses said. The killings, which took place on Armed Forces Day, drew …

27-03-2021 MAPUTO: More than 180 Shia Muslims including foreign workers are trapped inside a hotel in a northern Mozambique town under siege for three days by fighters linked to the ISIL (ISIS/ Daesh/ Taliban) group, workers and security sources said Friday. Several people were dead, according to witnesses and a …

27-03-2021 Bureau Report ANKARA/ TEHRAN/ ISLAMABAD: A cooperation deal between Iran and China covering a quarter of a century has been signed in Tehran, furthering Iran’s role in the Chinese global infrastructure initiative. Both nations are being targeted by US sanctions. The landmark document was signed during a televised ceremony …

27-03-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies DHAKA/ NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: Bangladesh has deployed border guards after deadly protests against a visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi rocked the country. The violent protests, which began on Friday at the main mosque in the capital, Dhaka, spread to several key districts in …

26-03-2021 SOHAG/ CAIRO: The collision caused three passenger cars to flip over and videos on local media from the scene showed wagons with passengers trapped inside and surrounded by debris. Some victims seemed unconscious while others could be seen bleeding. Bystanders carried bodies and laid them out on the ground …

26-03-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies DHAKA/ NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: Bangladesh police on Thursday fired rubber bullets and tear gas at hundreds of mainly student demonstrators who were protesting against an ongoing visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Police said the protest got out of hand as demonstrators marched in …

26-03-2021 ISMAILIA (EGYPT): The Suez Canal temporarily suspended traffic on Thursday as efforts to dislodge a 400 m (430 yard) long container vessel that has blocked the waterway continued for a third day, with eight tugs working to straighten the ship. The Ever Given vessel, almost as long as the …

26-03-2021 ANKARA/ BEIJING: Turkey has raised the issue of Uighur Muslims during talks with China’s foreign minister in Ankara, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said, as hundreds of Uighurs protested against the treatment of their ethnic kin in China. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met Cavusoglu and later President Tayyip …