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09-10-2020 BISHKEK: The former president of Kyrgyzstan, Almazbek Atambayev, survived an assassination attempt in Bishkek when his car was shot at; Russia’s RIA news agency cited an aide as saying. Friday’s apparent assassination attempt against Atambayev, who was freed from prison amid unrest following a disputed October 4 parliamentary vote, …

09-10-2020 OSLO: The United Nations’ World Food Program on Friday won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to combat hunger and food insecurity around the globe. The announcement was made in Oslo by Berit Reiss-Andersen, the chair of the Nobel Committee. The Nobel Committee said that the coronavirus …

09-10-2020 LANCING (MICHIGAN)/ WASHINGTON: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says it has thwarted a plot to abduct and overthrow Michigan’s Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer. Mrs Whitmer has become a lightning rod for coronavirus sceptics after enacting strict mitigation measures that were overturned by a judge last week. Officials say …

08-10-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Reports + Special Correspondents KARBALA/ISLAMABAD/ NEW DELHI/ LONDON/ PARIS/ NEW YORK/ MELBOURNE/ KABUL/ DAMASCUS/ KHATIF (SAUDI ARABIA): Undoubtedly, most important thing that draws the attention of the world at this time was the “Arbeen”, the 40th day mourning of Hazrat Imam Husain Alaihis-Salam (AS), …

08-10-2020 WASHINGTON/ BEIJING/ TAIPEI: The United States’ national security adviser Robert O’Brien warned China on Wednesday against any attempt to retake Taiwan by force, saying amphibious landings were notoriously difficult and there was a lot of ambiguity about how the US would respond. O’Brien told an event at the University …

08-10-2020 KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait’s parliament has unanimously voted to endorse Sheikh Meshaal Al Ahmad Al Sabah as crown prince a day after the new emir named him for the post. Sheikh Meshaal arrived in parliament shortly after the vote on Thursday, taking his oath in front of Emir Sheikh Nawaf …

08-10-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies LONDON/ GENEVA: Searing heat in Europe, Australia, the Middle East and several other pockets of the world made last month the hottest September ever, the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service has announced. The Earth’s average temperature was 0.05 degrees Celsius (0.09 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer …

08-10-2020 WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has returned to work and held briefings at the Oval Office less than a week after he tested positive for coronavirus. The president has had no Covid-19 symptoms for more than 24 hours and has been fever-free for more than four days, his doctor, …

08-10-2020 ATHENS: In a landmark verdict in Greece’s highest-profile political trial in decades, an Athens court on Wednesday found the neo-fascist party Golden Dawn guilty of running a criminal organization as it rose to prominence during the country’s financial crisis, systematically targeting migrants and left-wing critics. The ruling came more …

07-10-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report HOUSTON/ NEW YORK: A ‘White Police Officer’ has been charged with murder over the fatal shooting of a ‘Black Man’ following a reported disturbance at a convenience store in a small East Texas town over the weekend, authorities said. Jonathan Price was walking …