02 March, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ TEHRAN/ KABUL/ WASHINGTON: Iran voiced its opposition on Sunday to an Afghanistan accord between the United States and the Taliban, saying Americans had no right to decide on the country’s future. “The United States has no legal right to sign a …
Read More »Afghan President rejects Taliban prisoners release
01 March, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies KABUL/ WASHINGTON/ ISLAMABAD: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says his government has not pledged to free Taliban prisoners, as stated in a deal reached by the US and the militants. Under the landmark agreement signed on Saturday in Qatar, 5,000 Taliban would be …
Read More »Afghanistan+US sign deal to end 18-year war
29 February, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies DOHA/ ISLAMABAD/ KABUL/ WASHINGTON: In continuation of another worst defeat of Americans by Taliban, the United States of America (USA) and Taliban have signed an “agreement for bringing peace” to Afghanistan after more than 18 years of conflict. The US and Nato …
Read More »NZ PM berates Australia’s counterpart on deportations
29 February, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies CANBERRA/ SYDNEY: The New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, has lashed Scott Morrison for “testing” the friendship between the two nations, accusing Australia of deporting “your people and your problems” using “unfair” policies. Ardern took her strongest stance yet opposing Australia’s policy of …
Read More »SEVEN ARRESTED—CREATION OF FAKE LAND DOCUMENTS
Hyderabad, Feb.28: The sleuths of SOT Bhongir and Choutuppal today busted a fraudster gang and arrested seven members who created fraudulent documents pertaining to open plots in around Tupranpet Village of Choutuppal Mandal particularly in Green City Venture by way of impersonation and causing loss to the real plot owners and …
Read More »‘Coronavirus panic’ sinks world markets
28 February, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies LONDON/ NEW YORK/ PARIS: Panic over the spread of coronavirus has stock markets around the world on Friday, paving way for the worst week since the 2008 financial crisis and equities on course for the largest weekly drop. International oil prices tanked …
Read More »Syrian airstrike kills 33 Turkish troops
28 February, 2020 DAMASCUS/ IDLIB/ ISTANBUL: At least 33 Turkish soldiers have been killed in an air raid by Syrian government forces in the northwestern Idlib province, the governor in the southeastern province of Hatay said early on Friday, raising an earlier death toll, while also threatening an escalation of …
Read More »Saudi halts pilgrimage, ‘coronavirus epidemic at decisive point’
Iranian VP infected, Israel confirms 3rd case 27 February, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies NEW YORK/ BEIJING/ RIYADH: The coronavirus is spreading more quickly in Europe, the Middle East and other parts of the world than in China where the virus first emerged in the central city of Wuhan …
Read More »Police Constable Suspended For Kicking Suicide Victim’s Father
Hyderabad, Feb.27 : Home Minister Mahamood Ali today suspended a constable Sridhar of BDL Bhanur for creating a controversy as he kicked Chandrasekhar for protesting with the body of his daughter Sandhya Rani, a student of private college, who allegedly committed suicide. The incident invited wrath of IT Minister KT Rama …
Read More »5 dead during another ‘White Terror’ attack in America
27 February, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies MILWAUKEE/ MELBOURNE: Five more people have reportedly been dead during another ‘White Terror’ attack in America in late hours. According to police, an employee opened fire on Wednesday a brewery complex in the US state of Wisconsin, killing five fellow workers before …
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