14-07-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies TEHRAN/ KABUL/ NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: In a startling development, Iran has reportedly dropped India from a key rail project along the border with Afghanistan after New Delhi showed reluctance in joining the project due to US sanctions. The Iranian government has …

13-07-2020 By SJA Jafri SANA’A/ DAMASCUS/ UNITED NATIONS/ Nearly 10 million people are facing acute food shortages in Yemen and urgent action is needed to avert a famine, the United Nations’ World Food Program (WFP) has said. The WFP said on Friday it needed $737m to the end of the …

Taliban attack on Afghan Intelligence Compound kills 11 13-07-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies AYBAK/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Taliban fighters clashed with security forces following a car bomb blast at a government compound in northern Afghanistan, killing 11 people and wounding dozens more, officials have said. The attack …

12-07-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ BEIJING: Two sources and the legal filing revealed Sunday that the Indian government had moved the Rajasthan High Court to stop the 59 Chinese mobile apps it banned from seeking an injunction order against the order, as tensions continue …

10-07-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ BEIJING/ WASHINGTON: The Trump administration’s abrupt changes to foreign student visa rules have upended the plans of more than a million international students currently enrolled in institutions across the United States, with many fearing for their future. The US …

10-07-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies NEW YORK/ WASHINGTON: In a pair of historic rulings, the U.S. Supreme Court has rejected President Trump’s claim of absolute immunity under the law. The vote was 7 to 2 in two decisions Thursday involving grand jury and congressional subpoenas for …

09-07-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies NEW YORK/ KARACHI: Adeel Rana, Pakistani-American has become the first Muslim police officer to be appointed as a local precinct in the New York Police Department (NYPD) on 5th July. Fausto Pichardo, the NYPD Chief of Patrol, confirmed the appointment of Captain Adeel Rana as the …

09-07-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies WASHINGTON/ KARACHI: The American government’s new rules for international students studying in the country will force tens of thousands of students to leave the country if their classes move online amid the coronavirus pandemic. Two of the country’s most elite universities, Harvard University …

09-07-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani court has dismissed a set of petitions seeking a halt to the construction of a Hindu temple in the capital Islamabad, with the matter now referred to the country’s Council of Islamic Ideology, government officials say. The Islamabad High Court …

08-07-2020 By SJA Jafri (Bureau Chief Australia) MELBOURNE: The Australian state of Victoria has confirmed 134 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, as its borders were closed and it moved to impose a six-week lockdown in Melbourne. Australia’s coronavirus emergency cabinet is to consider limiting the number …