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01-05-2020 Bureau Report CANBERRA/ SYDNEY: Australia’s vast Northern Territory will become the first in the nation to move out of lockdown on Friday with the lifting of major restrictions. Group limits will be removed for weddings, funerals and sport while parks and pools will also open. Australia’s least populated territory …

01-05-2020 RIYADH/ MECCA/ MEDINA: Imam-e-Kaaba Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais assured Muslims that worshipers will soon return to the two holy sites in Saudi Arabia, reported the Saudi Gazette. “Days (will come) when the sorrow will be driven away from the Islamic Ummah and we return to the Two Holy Mosques for …

30-04-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies GENEVA/ NEW YORK/ PARIS: Around a third of the world’s known coronavirus patients, some 1,004,483 people, have recovered from the disease while, the number of confirmed  worldwide infections stood at more than 3.2 million, with some 228,000 deaths and more than 1 million recoveries. …

30-04-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies BERLIN/ BREMEN/ MELBOURNE: Germany has banned all activity by the Islamist Hezbollah movement and police have carried out raids on mosques and centres linked to the group. Until now the political wing of the Shia Lebanese group, backed by Iran, was able to operate …

29-04-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Reports TEHRAN. ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan condemned the US sanctions and mounting pressures against Iran amid the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, saying he feels bound to support Tehran in the face of Washington’s illegal sanctions. In a telephone conversation on …

29-04-2020 Bureau Report CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE/ SYDNEY: On 29 April 1770, explorer James Cook arrived in Australia. He would later claim the region for the British crown but celebrations in Australia for the 250th anniversary of Captain Cook’s voyage have been a muted affair. This is mainly down to the coronavirus …

29-04-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies NEW YORK/ LONDON/ RIYADH: The reported denial of healthcare to Abdullah al-Hamid was “morally wrong” and “unacceptable”, a prominent European politician said on Monday, following the death of the Saudi human rights defender in prison last week. Al-Hamid was “a pioneer” in advocating for Saudi Arabia …

27-04-2020 Bureau Report + Agencies WELLINGTON/ CANBERRA: New Zealand says it has stopped community transmission of Covid-19, effectively eliminating the virus. With new cases in single figures for several days – one on Sunday – Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the virus was “currently” eliminated but officials have warned against …

27-04-2020 By SJA Jafri RIYADH/ ISLAMABAD/ MELBOURNE: It is just the result of continuous unbiased reporting of Press Media of India (PMI) and because of true journalistic efforts of this media outlet which are consisted on many decades, at last, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) would have to change …

26-04-2020 Bureau Reports KABUL/ ISLAMABAD/ NEW DELHI/ DHAKA: Millions of people around the world will be observing the Muslim holy month of Ramadan under lockdown this year. Each year, many practising Muslims fast from dawn to sunset for the whole of the lunar month – either 29 or 30 days …