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06-12-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Protesters have burned army vehicles after dozens of villagers were shot and killed by soldiers, who thought the villagers were “militants”, in India’s Nagaland state. Indian security forces opened fire on civilians late on Saturday in India’s remote northeast region, which borders Myanmar, according to …

05-12-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ WASHINGTON/ ISLAMABAD: Reacting to the Taliban government’s decree on women’s rights which said women should not be considered “property” and must consent to marriage, US Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas West Saturday said that Washington welcomed the decree reinforcing a …

05-12-2021 WASHINGTON/ JERUSALEM: The iPhones of at least nine US State Department employees were hacked by an unknown assailant using sophisticated spyware developed by the Israel-based NSO Group, according to four people familiar with the matter. The hacks, which took place in the last several months, hit US officials either …

05-12-2021 JAVA/ JAKARTA: One person has died and dozens are injured after a volcano erupted on Indonesia’s Java Island, officials said on Saturday. Residents were filmed fleeing a giant ash cloud from Mt Semeru. Witnesses described nearby villages covered in debris, and thick smoke blotting out the Sun, leaving them …

05-12-2021 JEDDAH/ PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron met Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler in Jeddah on Saturday to discuss regional stability, in particular crisis-hit Lebanon, after insisting he has not ignored Riyadh’s rights record. Macron landed in the kingdom’s Red Sea city after visits to the United Arab Emirates and …

04-12-2021 By SJA Jafri MELBOURNE: At last, after debunking Australia and its structure particularly linked with entire immigration procedure by Press Media of India (PMI) and Messenger, an unbearable pressure of masses across the globe and fearing that United Nations Organization (UNO) may suspend the membership just because of continuous …

04-12-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India reported 9,216 new COVID-19 infections on Friday (Dec 3) after announcing its first two Omicron cases the previous day, as groups of resident doctors stayed away from non-critical work to demand that new postgraduate students be enrolled to boost staffing. The country, whose hospitals …

04-12-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The Taliban-led Afghan government on Friday released a decree on women’s rights, stating women should not be considered “property” and must consent to a marriage, but failed to mention female access to education or work outside the home. The Taliban have …

04-12-2021 TEHRAN: Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force Brigadier General Esmaeil Qaani made it clear for the American forces that they have to leave the region with humiliation or they will be forced to flee worse than what happened in Afghanistan. “As already said, we once …

04-12-2021 GENEVA: The world should not panic about the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 but it should prepare, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. Speaking at a conference on Friday, top WHO scientist Soumya Swaminathan said the situation now was very different to a year ago. Reports suggest Omicron …