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19-11-2020 WELLINGTON/ MELBOURNE: Women police officers in New Zealand will now be able to wear a hijab as part of their official uniform, media reported on Wednesday. The move is aimed at encouraging more Muslim women to join the force and to create an “inclusive” service reflecting the country’s “diverse community”, …

19-11-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report CANBERRA/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Australia said on Thursday that its special forces had carried out 39 unlawful killings in Afghanistan, as it released a long-awaited report into alleged crimes committed by some members of its military in the South Asian nation. Australia launched the …

18-11-2020 By SJA Jafri KARACHI/ RIYADH/ NEW DELHI: An Indian plane flying from Saudi Arabia made an emergency landing here in Pakistan’s port city as a passenger aboard the flight died of a heart attack, sources said. Sources at the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) informed PMI that the private Indian …

18-11-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Report KARACHI/ WASHINGTON: In his recently-released memoirs, former US president Barack Obama has revealed that he deliberately kept Pakistan out of the attack launched on Osama bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad. According to report published in Dawn,  the book titled “A Promised …

18-11-2020 DAMASCUS/ TEHRAN/ JERUSALEM/ WASHINGTON: Israel has launched air raids on Syria, killing and injuring dozens more soldiers and civilians, in what the Israeli army called a retaliatory attack after it found explosive devices along its northern border. The air strikes were against what it called a wide range of …

17-11-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies PENTAGON/ WASHINGTON/ ARLINGTON COUNTY (VIRGINIA): Now, the American Army will monitor Muslims systematically, properly and officially and all Muslims of the world will remain under observation by US Army while the private information with movements of Muslims would have also saved through famous apps …

17-11-2020 WASHINGTON: US President-elect Joe Biden has warned that “people may die” if his incoming administration continues to be impeded by incumbent Donald Trump. Biden said co-ordination was needed to tackle the coronavirus outbreak. He called President Trump’s refusal to acknowledge he lost the election, despite calls to do so …

17-11-2020 BEIJING: A Chinese citizen journalist who covered Wuhan’s virus outbreak is facing up to five years in jail, according to newly released documents. Zhang Zhan, a 37-year-old former lawyer, has been held in detention since she was arrested in May. She is accused of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” …

17-11-2020 WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK: US President Donald Trump had considered attacking Iran to stop its growing nuclear program but was advised against any such move during his last weeks in office, the New York Times (NYT) has reported. During a meeting with the US president on Thursday, his top advisers …

17-11-2020 By SJA Jafri WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK/ HOUSTON: Hate crimes in the United States of America (USA) rose to the highest level in more than a decade as federal officials also recorded the highest number of hate-motivated killings since the FBI began collecting that data in the early 1990s, according …