12-09-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies DOHA/ KABUL/ WASHINGTON/ ISLAMABAD: After nearly two decades of war that has killed tens of thousands, peace talks between the Afghanistan government and the Taliban have opened in Qatar’s capital. Key speakers at Saturday’s opening ceremony at a hotel in Doha included Abdullah Abdullah, …
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12-09-2020 WASHINGTON/ MANAMA/ JERUSALEM/ DUBAI: Bahrain became the latest Arab nation to agree to normalize ties with Israel. The move comes as part of a broader diplomatic push by US President Donald Trump and his administration to fully integrate the Jewish state into the Middle East. Trump announced the agreement …
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11-09-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report DOHA/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD/ WASHINGTON: The long-awaited talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban will take place in Qatar’s capital Doha from Saturday. Qatar’s foreign ministry made the announcement on Thursday as a final hurdle over the release of six Taliban prisoners appears to …
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11-09-2020 NEW DELHI/ BEIJING: The foreign ministries of China and India agreed in a joint statement on Friday that their troops must quickly disengage from a months-long standoff along their disputed Himalayan border. Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar met on the sidelines …
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11-09-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies RIYADH/ ISTANBUL/ WASHINGTON: American President Donald Trump boasted that he protected Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) after Jamal Khashoggi’s brutal murder, Bob Woodward’s forthcoming book says, according to a new report. Trump bragged that he protected the Saudi crown prince from consequences in the …
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10-09-2020 BOGOTA/ WASHINGTON: The death of a Colombian man after being repeatedly shocked with a stun gun by police who restrained him has sparked riots and protests throughout the Andean nation. The protests continued into Thursday morning and killed at least seven and wounded more than 150, the country’s defence minister said. …
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10-09-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report CHAMPAIGN/ URBANA/ MELBOURNE: Pakistan-born Shahid Khan has been featured as the 66th richest man in the United States (US) with a net worth $7.8 billion in the Forbes list of 400 richest Americans – published yesterday. The 39th Forbes list ranks CEO and …
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09-09-2020 NEW DELHI: Tens of thousands of rapes are reported in India every year, but some stand out for being deeply disturbing. In one particularly shocking case, police in the capital, Delhi, have arrested a man in his 30s for the rape and assault of an 86-year-old grandmother. “The woman …
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09-09-2020 WASHINGTON/ BAGHDAD: The United States military on Wednesday announced that it would be reducing its presence in Iraq from 5,200 to 3,000 troops this month, formalizing a move that had been long expected. Last month, Reuters reported that the United States was expected to reduce its troops presence in Iraq by about a …
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09-09-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: A roadside bomb in Kabul targeted Afghan First Vice President (VP) Amrullah Saleh on Wednesday morning, his spokesman said, but he escaped the attack unharmed. Initially, the interior ministry’s spokesman, Tariq Arian, said at least two civilians died but …
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