16-04-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ABUJA/ KARACHI: Over 77,000 Shia Muslims out of 93,000 people have fled from different cities, towns and areas of Nigeria after several threats given by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Islamic State (IS), Boko Haram, Taliban, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and many other …
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16-04-2021 By SJA Jafri + Agencies INDIANAPOLIS/ WASHINGTON: Over 41,000 people were killed by gunshot violence in 2020 while the “White Terrorism” has been rising very fast in America and thousands have also died in different domestic conflicts, snatching of valuables, car and bike jacking, anti-Islamic and anti-Shia riots and …
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16-04-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE/ SYDNEY: Aboriginal man David Dungay Jr died in a Sydney prison cell in 2015 after officers restrained him to stop him eating biscuits. During the struggle, he was pinned face-down by guards and jabbed with a sedative. Video later …
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16-04-2021 WASHINGTON/ MOSCOW: United States President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that imposes a slate of new sanctions against Russia, as well as expelling 10 diplomats from the US, in response to a massive Russian hacking campaign that breached vital federal agencies, as well as for election interference. …
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16-04-2021 OTTAWA: Canada plans to grant permanent residency to over 90,000 foreign students and workers who helped treat patients during the coronavirus pandemic, the immigration minister announced Wednesday. Canadian Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino said the measure should help Canada reach its target of welcoming more than 400,000 immigrants this year, …
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15-04-2021 By Special Correspondent BAGHDAD/ SADR: Dozens killed and wounded in a car bomb attack in the Sadr City neighborhood of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, police and medical sources said on Thursday. The car was parked at a busy second-hand equipment market in the mainly Shia district, police said. An …
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15-04-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ NEW DELHI/ PARIS: Top intelligence officers from India and Pakistan held secret talks in Dubai in January in a new effort to calm military tension over the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, people with close knowledge of the matter have …
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15-04-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ AHMADABAD/ HYDERABAD DECCAN: India has reported a record 200,739 COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours, according to the health ministry, as Delhi government announces weekend lockdowns in the capital and hospitals treating patients report severe shortages of beds and oxygen supplies. Deaths stood at …
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15-04-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies UNITED NATIONS/ TEHRAN/ RIYADH/ ISLAMABAD: Iran has “almost completed preparations” to launch 60 percent uranium enrichment, the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog has said. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Wednesday said Iran had said it will activate 1,024 more IR-1 centrifuges, its older first …
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15-04-2021 MINNEAPOLIS: A white police officer who shot dead a black motorist in Minnesota has been charged with second-degree manslaughter, prosecutors say. Officer Kim Potter has been arrested and will be held in custody. Potter says she shot Daunte Wright accidentally, having mistakenly drawn her gun instead of her Taser. …
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