Top News

16-07-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies RAWALPINDI/ ISLAMABAD/ NEW DELHI: Pakistan provided India unimpeded and uninterrupted consular access to Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) spy Kulbhushan Jadhav for a second time at India’s request, a statement by the Foreign Office said on Thursday. The offer was first …

16-07-2020 LONDON/ DAMASCUS: Shamima Begum should be allowed to return to the UK to fight the decision to remove her British citizenship, the Court of Appeal has ruled. Ms Begum, now 20, was one of three schoolgirls who left London to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS/ …

16-07-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies NEW YORK: The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said Monday Amal Clooney will be recognized for ongoing contributions to press freedom at an event where reporters from Bangladesh, Iran, Nigeria, and Russia will be recognized for reporting despite arrests or threats of reprisal. …

15-07-2020 NEW YORK: President Donald Trump has downplayed police violence against Black people in the United States, saying “more white people” are killed by police officers. During a CBS News interview that aired on Tuesday, the Republican president was asked why Black people were still dying at the hands of …

By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies 15-07-2020 NEW DELHI/ CITY OF VICTORIA/ MELBOURNE/ HOUSTON/ SEOUL: Nearly a dozen Indian states have imposed a partial lockdown in high-risk areas after spikes in coronavirus cases, with the country’s infections topping 900,000 just three days after crossing the 800,000 mark. India …

15-07-2020 JERUSALEM: Thousands of Israelis have protested in front of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence in Jerusalem, demanding his resignation as the government comes under fire over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Some placards carried by demonstrators on Tuesday read “Netanyahu’s corruption makes us sick” and “Netanyahu, resign”. “The …

15-07-2020 CAMBRIDGE/ MASSACHUSETTS/  WASHINGTON: The Trump administration has rescinded a rule that would have required international students to transfer schools or leave the country if their colleges hold classes entirely online next semester because of the coronavirus pandemic. United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the decision as a court …

14-07-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies TEHRAN/ KABUL/ NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: In a startling development, Iran has reportedly dropped India from a key rail project along the border with Afghanistan after New Delhi showed reluctance in joining the project due to US sanctions. The Iranian government has …

14-07-2020 TERRE HAUTE (INDIANA): US murderer Daniel Lewis Lee has been put to death, hours after the Supreme Court allowed the first executions of federal inmates in 17 years. Several executions were initially delayed when a judge ruled on Monday that there were still unresolved legal challenges. The condemned prisoners …

14-07-2020 Bureau Report SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE: Australia’s hotel quarantine system is under fire for giving celebrities exemptions to the mandatory 14-day hotel isolation while refusing critically ill and pregnant Australians. Popstar Dannii Minogue is the latest high-profile arrival exempted from hotel quarantine. The news comes just a day after A Current Affair reported …