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15-11-2020 BEIJING/ NEW DELHI: China suspended seafood import from an Indian company after authorities’ detected coronavirus on the outer packaging of some samples of a frozen cuttlefish, sources reported. The decision was taken by China’s General Administration of Customs amid concerns from Chinese people over a surge in imported infections and …

14-11-2020 TEHRAN/ NEW YORK: Iran rejected claims that a top al-Qaeda figure was killed in Tehran in August by Israeli operatives, warning United States media of falling for “Hollywood-style scenario-making” by US and Israeli officials. In a statement on Saturday, hours after a New York Times article said al-Qaeda’s second-highest …

14-11-2020 NEW DELHI: For years, Shiva helped police find bodies in Hussain Sagar Lake in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad. And then one day, he stopped someone before they jumped, saving a life for the first time, BBC reports. Shiva, who uses only one name, says he was about …

14-11-2020 BEIJING/ WASHINGTON: China has extended congratulations to US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, sources confirmed. Addressing a press briefing on Friday, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin said that Beijing had been “watching the domestic and international reaction to the US presidential election”. “We respect the …

13-11-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies PALO ALTO: Facebook Boss Mark Zuckerberg has defended Steve Bannon, former White House Chief Strategist and an Ex-Adviser of US President Donald Trump, who had called for two American officials to be beheaded, according to a recording of the meeting he made the comments …

13-11-2020 WASHINGTON: There is no evidence of compromised ballots or corrupt voting systems in the United States presidential elections, officials said, as a top Democrat accused the Republicans who refuse to accept President-elect Joe Biden’s win of “poisoning” democracy. In a statement on Thursday, senior US federal and state election …

13-11-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Report LONDON/ NEW YORK/ NEW DELHI: More than 52 million people have contracted COVID-19 globally and 1,287,051​have died, according to Johns Hopkins University. Infections, hospitalizations and deaths surged across the United States, as New York imposes new restrictions. Governments across Europe scrambled …

13-11-2020 TRIPOLI/ DUBAI: At least 74 migrants have died in a shipwreck off the Libyan coast of Khoms, the United Nations’ International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Thursday. According to the IOM, there were more than 120 people on board the dingy when the “devastating” incident took place. The …

12-11-2020 RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud urged the world on Thursday to take “a decisive stance” to address efforts by Iran to develop nuclear and ballistic missile programs, in his annual address to the top government advisory body. “The kingdom stresses the dangers of Iran’s regional …

12-11-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report CANBERRA/ ISLAMABAD/ KABUL: Australia will appoint a special investigator to determine whether to prosecute members of the country’s military for alleged war crimes committed in Afghanistan, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday, as the country prepared for the release of a four-year …