11-01-2022 RUMAH/ RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi women, in a first for the conservative kingdom, have paraded their camels in a beauty pageant for the prized “ships of the desert”. “I hope today to reach a certain social standing, inshallah (God willing),” said Lamia al-Rashidi, 27, who participated at the weekend …
Read More »Pakistan’s most-wanted TTP Commander killed in Afghanistan
10-01-2022 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI/ KABUL: Most wanted Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Commander and a spokesperson for the proscribed outfit Khalid Balti alias Muhammad Khorasani was killed in the Afghan province of Nangarhar, sources told The Express Tribune on Monday. Khorasani was appointed as the new spokesperson for the terrorist …
Read More »19 killed in New York apartment block blaze
10-01-2022 NEW YORK: At least 19 people, including nine children, have died after a fire in a New York apartment building. Another 32 people were sent to hospital, several of whom are in a critical condition, according to New York Mayor Eric Adams. Fire department Commissioner Daniel Nigro said they …
Read More »Aussie Judge orders release of Djokovic
10-01-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report MELBOURNE: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Immigration Minister Alex Hawke must immediately be terminated from their portfolios while the United Nations Organizations (UNO) should be cancelled the membership of Australia because of continuous bigotry, immature and inhuman acts, decisions and orders, violations …
Read More »US ready to talk with Russia on missile systems
10-01-2022 WASHINGTON: The United States is ready to discuss with Russia the two countries’ missile systems and military exercises, in talks that could begin as early as Sunday in Geneva, a senior White House official said Saturday. USA and Russian diplomats are meeting in Switzerland to try to defuse tensions …
Read More »Australia loses bid to delay Djokovic visa appeal
10-01-2022 By SJA Jafri + BBC MELBOURNE: A bid by the Australian government to delay Novak Djokovic’s appeal against deportation has been rejected by a judge overseeing his case. The government had requested the tennis star’s court hearing be postponed until Wednesday, but it will instead begin as scheduled on …
Read More »Saudi Arabia conducts new round of airstrikes across Yemen
10-01-2022 TEHRAN/ SANA’A/ RIYADH: Saudi Arabia launched a new round of airstrikes against various areas across Yemen, as Riyadh and its allies continues the brutal siege against the impoverished Arab nation. Saudi jets carried out four air raids against the outskirts of the northwestern Yemeni city of Sa’ada early on …
Read More »Space telescope completes epic deployment sequence
10-01-2022 WASHINGTON: It’s done. The biggest astronomical mirror ever sent into space is assembled and ready for focusing. The golden reflector, the centerpiece of the new James Webb telescope, was straightened out on Saturday into its full, 6.5m-wide, concave shape. The mirror had been folded like a drop-leaf table for …
Read More »ISIL kills 200 more Shia Muslims in Nigeria
10-01-2022 By SJA Jafri + Agencies ABUJA: Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) also known as Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), both are same but work in different styles under the umbrella of Daesh and all these organizations were created by al-Qaeda while the Taliban either …
Read More »Baby lost in chaos of Afghanistan airlift found
09-01-2022 Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: An infant boy handed in desperation to a soldier across an airport wall in the chaos of the American evacuation of Afghanistan has been found and was reunited with his relatives in Kabul on Saturday. The baby, Sohail Ahmadi, was just two months old when …
Read More »