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14-04-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ LAHORE/ KARACHI: Pakistan’s government will move to ban the far-right Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) party, which has held days of violent countrywide protests resulting in the deaths of at least two police officers, the country’s interior minister says. Protests by the TLP continued …

14-04-2021 BEIJING: A Chinese man with Down’s syndrome was kidnapped and killed as part of an elaborate body swap scheme. There is a ban on burials in many parts of China to get around this, one family hired someone to provide them with a substitute body, which was cremated in …

14-04-2021 DUBAI/ BEIRUT: A commercial vessel owned by an Israeli firm was attacked off the coast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Gulf waters, pro-Iran media and an Israeli television channel said on Tuesday. Israel’s Channel 12 quoted unnamed Israeli officials as blaming arch foe Iran for the assault, …

14-04-2021 By SJA Jafri + Agencies MINNEAPOLIS: The Police Chief of the city where a black motorist was killed has resigned along with the officer who shot him. Police Chief Tim Gannon and Officer Kim Potter quit the Brooklyn Center force two days after the death of Daunte Wright sparked …

14-04-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies WASHINGTON/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: United States President Joe Biden will leave US troops in Afghanistan past the current May 1 deadline but will withdraw them by September 11, US officials said on Tuesday. “After a rigorous policy review, President Biden has decided to draw down the …

13-04-2021 BEIJING/ WASHINGTON/ TAIPEI: China has warned the United States “not to play with fire” on Taiwan issues after the Department of State updated its guidelines easing restrictions on meetings between US officials and their counterparts from the island, which Beijing claims as its own. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, …

13-04-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India registered nearly 162,000 new coronavirus cases during the past 24 hours on Tuesday, a Health Ministry statement said. According to the ministry, 161,736 new cases were registered, taking the total cases to 13.68 million, while the death toll stands at 171,058, including …

13-04-2021 WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden on Tuesday conveyed his best wishes to the Muslim community in America and other parts of the country, condemning the attacks and prejudice that takes place against American Muslims. In a statement published on the official White House website, Biden conveyed best wishes from him …

13-04-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies UNITED NATIONS/ RIYADH/ NEW DELHI: Akanksha Arora was fighting for survival in the emergency room after a traffic accident when she realized, in the face of death, what life is. Arora said she was very lucky there was no damage to her internal organs, she …

13-04-2021 GENEVA: Confusion and complacency in addressing COVID-19 means the pandemic is a long way from over, but it can be brought under control in months with proven public health measures, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday. So far some 780 million vaccines have been administered globally, but …