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31-08-2020 By Syed Jaffer Abbas Jafri (SJA Jafri) MELBOURNE/ HYDERABAD DECCAN (TALANGANA STATE OF INDIA): Several First Information Reports (FIRs) and other cases have been registered against Syed Najaf Ali Shoukat, the President of Markazi Anjuman Matami Grouhan and the world most reputed and famous senior Indian journalist in continuation …

31-08-2020 DUBAI/ RIYADH/ JERUSALEM/ WASHINGTON: High-level delegations flew from Israel to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on the first-ever commercial flight between the Middle Eastern nations to put final touches on a controversial pact establishing open relations. Top aides to US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu …

31-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies NEW DELHI/ BEIJING/ ISLAMABAD: China has carried out “provocative military movements” in the Himalayan border area disputed between the two countries overnight from Saturday to Sunday, according to an Indian army statement, in a fresh flare-up between the two nuclear-armed countries. Indian troops pre-empted Chinese army’s …

31-08-2020 MONTREAL/ OTTAWA: A statue of Canada’s first Prime Minister (PM) Sir John Macdonald was toppled in downtown Montreal by protesters marching in support of defunding the police, government officials have said. The incident occurred at the end of a peaceful march on Saturday when a group of people climbed …

31-08-2020 BEIRUT: An influential group of former Lebanese prime ministers has picked little-known diplomat Mustapha Adib to head the country’s next government, all but ensuring his appointment at a nomination process on Monday. Fouad Siniora, speaking on behalf of the group which met on Sunday, said Adib should rapidly form …

30-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Reports + Agencies+ Int’l News Desk KARBALA/ TEHRAN/ NEW DELHI/ HYDERABAD DECCAN/ KARACHI/ LONDON/ PARIS/ NEW YORK/ MELBOURNE/ KABUL/ KUWAIT CITY/ SAMASCUS/ SANA’A/ MADINA/ QATIF/ABUJA (NIGERIA): Millions of Muslims, wearing gloves and face masks, have marked the martyrdom anniversary of the third Shias’ Imam …

27-08-2020 BEIJING/ ISLAMABAD: China has fired two missiles, including one dubbed an “aircraft-carrier killer”, into the South China Sea, according to a news report, in a pointed warning to the United States as tensions in the disputed sea lane rise to new levels. The South China Morning Post reported on …

27-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies WELLINGTON/ CHRISTCHURCH/ MELBOURNE: The New Zealand gunman behind last year’s Christchurch massacre that killed 51 Muslim worshipers was sentenced to life imprisonment. The families of victims had demanded that he remain behind bars “until his last gasp.” The gunman who killed …

26-08-2020 TEHRAN: Iran has agreed to allow inspectors by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog to access two suspected former secret nuclear sites, after a months-long standoff between the two sides. The agreement reached on Wednesday came during a visit by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi to …

26-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies WELLINGTON/ CHRISTCHURCH/ MELBOURNE: The father of murdered three-year-old Mucaad Ibrahim, the youngest victim in the New Zealand (NZ) mosque shootings, told the white supremacist who gunned down his son that “true justice” awaited him in the next life and it would …