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13-01-2021 WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday al-Qaeda has a new home base in Iran, though he offered no evidence in a speech in Washington, DC, a claim Iran immediately rebuffed. Pompeo said al-Qaeda had centralized its leadership inside Tehran and that deputies of leader Ayman …

12-01-2021 By SJA Jafri + Agencies WASHINGTON: Hundreds of “White American Terrorists” are planning armed protest next week particularly on the occasion of Joe Biden’ inauguration ceremony but neither Donald Trump nor any Far-Right or other racist, ethnic or nationalist group is ready to accept or own such types of …

12-01-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India’s Supreme Court has paused the implementation of three new farm laws being fiercely opposed by farmers, who have been holding a large protest on the outskirts of the Indian capital for more than a month. The court will form a committee to …

11-01-2021 By SJA Jafri + Agencies WASHINGTON: Donald Trump may be kicked out form President-ship before 20th January 2021 prior to end his tenure through impeachment or by 25th Amendment or he may himself resign from his portfolio, sources told PMI. The Speaker of US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi …

11-01-2021 WASHINGTON/ SANA’A/ RIYADH: The United States will designate Yemen’s Houthi rebels as a terrorist group, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, a late-term move that aid groups fear will worsen the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. With just 10 days left before President-elect Joe Biden takes office, the announcement on …

10-01-2021 By SJA Jafri + Agencies WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK/ HOUSTON: Top American critics and analysts have not only accepted the term “White Terrorist” which has been introduced and written first time by Press Media of India (PMI) almost two years ago but now the same term is now being used …

10-01-2021 Bureau Report SYDNEY: Cricket Australia apologized to the India team on Sunday and launched a probe into allegations visiting players were subjected to racial abuse by some fans in the crowd during the third Test at Sydney Cricket Ground. The Indian team lodged an official complaint after play on …

10-01-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ LAHORE/ KARACHI: Electricity is gradually being restored in some areas of Pakistan following a huge power cut across the country, with every city reporting outages. Homes nationwide were suddenly plunged into darkness from about midnight. Officials appealed for calm but warned that …

10-01-2021 JAKARTA: Indonesian divers on Sunday located parts of the wreckage of a Boeing 737-500 at a depth of 23 meters (75 feet) in the Java Sea, a day after the aircraft with 62 people onboard crashed shortly after takeoff from Jakarta. “We received reports from the diver team that …

09-01-2021 WASHINGTON: House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday she spoke to the United States’ top general about taking precautions to prevent an “unhinged” President Donald Trump from accessing nuclear launch codes in the final days of his term. Pelosi’s statement came just before congressional Democrats began a conference …