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11-05-2020 DUBAI/ TEHRAN/ MASQAT: Nineteen sailors have been killed and 15 others injured in an accident involving Iranian naval vessels in the Gulf of Oman, Iran’s navy has said. Iranian media reported that the support ship Konarak was hit by a new anti-ship missile being tested by the frigate Jamaran …

10-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Reports ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI/ LAHORE/ PESHAWAR/ QUETTA: Pakistan climbed to the 20th spot on the global coronavirus ranking on Sunday after the nationwide tally of COVID-19 patients crossed 29,000 with an addition of nearly 2,000 new cases in the last 24 hours. This is the …

10-05-2020 BAGHDAD: Iraq’s new government has promised to release demonstrators arrested during mass protests that erupted in October last year and pledged justice and compensation to relatives of more than 550 people killed during that unrest. Prime Minister Mustafa al-Khadimi made the announcement on Saturday following his first cabinet meeting. …

09-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies RIYADH/ WASHINGTON/ ISLAMABAD: US President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia’s King Salman have spoken on the phone and reaffirmed their countries’ “strong” defence partnership, the White House has said. The conversation on Friday between the two leaders came amid tensions over the kingdom’s oil output …

09-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ AURANGABAD: Indian officials have ordered an investigation after 16 people were run over by a freight train in the state of Maharashtra. The dead were migrant workers who had fallen asleep on the tracks, while attempting to walk to …

08-05-2020 BAGHDAD: Iraq’s parliament has approved a new government, ending months of deadlock as the country battles an economic crisis and the coronavirus pandemic. Former intelligence chief Mustafa al-Kadhimi, the third man to be nominated to replace Adel Abdul Mahdi since November, was sworn in as prime minister after Wednesday …

07-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies LONDON/ PARIS/ NEW YORK: Non-black people are more than four times likely to die from Covid-19 than white people, according to stark official figures exposing a dramatic divergence in the impact of the coronavirus pandemic in England, Wales and many other countries while other …

07-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies NEW DELHI/ VISAKHAPATNAM: Dozens persons were killed and hundreds injured by a massive gas leak at a chemical plant in southern India, with hundreds of others taken to hospital. The leak from the LG Polymers plant in the city of Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh …

07-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies RIYADH/ JERUSALEM/ WASHINGTON/ TEHRAN: Two Saudi television series airing during the holy month of Ramadan have caused an uproar in the Arab world as critics accuse the network of trying to change attitudes of animosity towards Israel. The Dubai-based MBC network has also received …

06-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ LAHORE/ QUETTA/ PESHAWAR/ KARACHI: As night falls, worshippers file into the Abdullah bin Masood mosque, in the Pakistani capital Islamabad, hurrying up the steps to attend newly recommenced congregational prayers. Inside, more than 200 people are gathered, separated by a …