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05-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies AYODHYA/ NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD/ SRINAGAR: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has laid a foundation stone for the construction of a Hindu temple at a holy site that’s been at the center of the country’s most politically and culturally divisive land dispute. On Wednesday …

Hyderabad Aug 5 (Newslines): Hyderabad is very popular in the world for its Azadari round the year and particularly during Moharram where all walks of life come together irrespective of cast, creed and religion to pay homage to grandson of Prophet Mohammedsaws and mourn over the tragedy of Karbala where …

05-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies + Int’l News Desk + Int’l Monitoring Desk BEIRUT: Lebanese President Michel Aoun called for an emergency cabinet meeting on Wednesday and said a two-week state of emergency should be declared following a massive explosion in Beirut that killed at least …

05-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies + Int’l News Desk + Int’l Monitoring Desk BEIRUT: Lebanese President Michel Aoun called for an emergency cabinet meeting on Wednesday and said a two-week state of emergency should be declared following a massive explosion in Beirut that killed at least …

04-08-2020 By SJA Jafri (Bureau Chief Australia) MELBOURNE/ SYDNEY: Majority of Australians has refused to accept the writ of state while, neither the state has any plan to maintain its writ across the board nor the citizens consider governmental orders or alerts hence, the foreigners especially non-Aussies have any fear …

03-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies JALALABAD/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: At least 21 people have been killed in ongoing fighting between Afghan security forces and gunmen who raided a jail overnight in an attack claimed by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) turned into Islamic State of Iraq and Levant …

03-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies + Int’l News Desk TEHRAN/ MELBOURNE/ HOUSTON/ LONDON/ BERLIN/ NEW DELHI: More than 18 million people around the world have been diagnosed with the new coronavirus as of Monday. Almost 11 million have recovered and while nearly 690,000 have died. The …

03-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies JALALABAD/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Fighters have attacked a prison compound in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, and a battle with security forces is under way, according to officials, in an attack claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) turned into Islamic …

02-08-2020 BEIJING/ REDMOND (WASHINGTON): A possible sale of Chinese-owned TikTok’s US operations to Microsoft is reportedly on hold after Donald Trump vowed to ban the video-sharing app. A sale was thought close to agreement, but was put in doubt after the US president’s warning on Friday. The Wall Street Journal …

02-08-2020 LONDON/ NEW DELHI: The United Kingdom is considering minting a coin to commemorate India’s independence hero Mahatma Gandhi, amid growing interest in recognizing the contributions of people from Black, Asian and other minority ethnic (BAME) communities. UK’s Finance Minister Rishi Sunak asked the Royal Mint Advisory Committee (RMAC) in …