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22 September, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies TEHRAN/ RIYADH/ WASHINGTON: Iran is ready to destroy any country that launches an attack on its territory, a senior military official has said, after the US announced it was sending troops to support Saudi Arabia. “Be careful and make no mistake,” said …

22 September, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies RIYADH/ WASHINGTON: Saudi Arabia says it will respond with “necessary measures” to attacks on two oil facilities as it reiterated the accusation that Iran was behind them. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir said the weapons used were Iranian and …

Houthis vow to halt attack on Saudi installations By SJA Jafri + Agencies TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON/ RIYADH/ DUBAI: Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi, a top military aide to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, warned that if the US thinks of any plots against Iran, the Islamic Republic will respond from …

21 September, 2019 KARBALA/ BAGHDAD: Security officials say several others wounded after explosive device planted on the bus detonated. At least 12 people have been martyred and several others wounded in a blast from a bomb planted on a bus near the Iraqi city of Karbala, south of Baghdad, two …

20 September, 2019 By SJA Jafri MELBOURNE/ NEW YORK: Ultimately, another Pakistani ‘female’ human rights activist would have to leave the country just because of direct ‘state terrorism’ and if she further remains in nation yet, she must be either murdered, ‘enforced disappeared’, kidnapped or detained against false cases especially …

The Supreme Court today decided to hear the Ram Janmabhoomi Babri Masjid dispute case for an extra hour from next Monday to conclude the hearing before the 18th October deadline fixed by the court. A five Judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi told the counsels representing Hindu …

In Uttar Pradesh, Former Union Minister Swami Chinmayanand has been arrested by Special Investigation Team and local police in Shahjahanpur district today morning in a rape case. He was later produced in local court which sent him to 14 days in judicial remand. A medical checkup of Chinmayanad was also …

20 September, 2019 By SJA Jafri MELBOURNE/ SYDNEY/ NEW YORK: Thousands of young Australians walking out of their classrooms to demand action on climate change have been joined by thousands more adults in cities and towns around the nation. The global day of action, led by Swedish teenage climate activist …

19 September, 2019 By Syed Hussain Ali Sajjad (Bureau Chief) TEHRAN/ HYDERABAD DECCAN: Increasing the number of foreign students in Iran is one of the priorities of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology. “The ministry is trying to double the number of foreign university students in Iran and prepare …

19 September, 2019 MONROVIA: Dozens of children were killed after a fire broke out at their religious school in Liberia yesterday late night. The blaze started about midnight and gutted a dormitory and school building where students slept in Paynesville, on the outskirts of the Liberian capital, Monrovia, police spokesman Moses Carter …