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16-08-2020 NEW YORK/ WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has paid tribute to his “best friend” and youngest brother following his death at 71. “It is with (a) heavy heart I share that my wonderful brother, Robert, peacefully passed away tonight,” he said in a statement on Saturday. The president had visited …

16-08-2020 MOSCOW: Russia announced on Saturday it has produced the first batch of its coronavirus vaccine, less than a week after President Vladimir Putin said the country was the first to approve one. Putin’s announcement on Tuesday about the vaccine was met with caution from scientists and the World Health …

15-08-2020 ANKARA/ JERUSALEM/ DUBAI: Turkey is considering suspending diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates and withdrawing its ambassador after agreement between the Gulf state and Israel to normalise ties was revealed, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. The Turkish foreign ministry also said history would never forgive the UAE’s “hypocritical behaviour” in …

15-08-2020 UNITED NATIONS/ TEHRAN: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has resoundingly rejected a bid by the United States to extend a global arms embargo on Iran. In the Security Council vote on Friday, Washington got support only from the Dominican Republic for its resolution to indefinitely extend the embargo, …

14-08-2020 TEHRAN/ DUBAI/ JERUSALEM: Iran’s Foreign Ministry roundly condemned the normalization of diplomatic relations between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Zionist regime as “strategic stupidity”. In a statement released on Friday, the Iranian Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the establishment of diplomatic relations between the UAE and the Zionist …

14-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD/ DOHA: Afghan authorities have started to release 400 Taliban prisoners, the final hurdle in launching long-delayed peace talks between the two warring sides. A group of 80 prisoners were released on Thursday, said National Security Council spokesman Javid Faisal, …

14-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Int’l Monitoring Desk GAZA/ JERUSALEM/ DUBAI/ WASHINGTON: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he agreed to delay annexation in the occupied West Bank as part of a normalization deal with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), but the plans remain “on the table”. …

13-08-2020 JERUSALEM/ DUBAI/ WASHINGTON: Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have agreed to normalize relations, US President Donald Trump has announced. A joint statement by Trump, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed Al Nahyan said they hoped the “historic breakthrough will advance peace in the …

13-08-2020 ANKARA: Turkey will continue its cross-border operations against Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq if Baghdad continues to overlook the rebels’ presence in the region, the foreign ministry said on Thursday, urging Iraqi authorities to cooperate with Ankara. Turkey has regularly attacked Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters, both in its …

    By Syed Hussain Ali Sajjad The city of Hyderabad is also world famous for Moharram and significance of Hyderabad Azadari is well known by the Government and authorities. Irrespective of religion people from all walks of life observe Muharram in Hyderabad and participate in Muharram activities. Muharram may …