10-06-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies BAGHDAD/ TEHRAN: Fighters from Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), known as Hashd al-Sha’abi, destroyed a headquarters believed to belong to the new ringleader of the Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) terror group in the Arab country. The recent operations that almost ended the …

By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies SAINT PAUL/ WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK: The Minneapolis city council has said it wants to disband the city’s police department, after days of protests over the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man who died after a city police officer knelt on his neck …

09-06-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies KATHMANDU/ NEW DELHI: Nepal’s foreign minister says his country was still waiting for a response from India on holding talks to resolve a border dispute that has strained relations between the South Asian neighbours. Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali told The Associated Press in an …

07-06-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies + Int’l Monitoring Desk WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK/ MELBOURNE/ LONDON: Huge peaceful rallies are taking place across the world against racism and police brutality on the 12th day of protests sparked by George Floyd’s death. Tens of thousands of people have marched …

07-06-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report Mass rallies marched across Australia today with tens of thousands of people joining global Black Lives Matter protests, calling for an end to Aboriginal deaths in custody. Despite warnings from government, health officials and state police, protests flooded NSW, Victoria, Queensland and South …

07-06-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies BRASILIA/ BERLIN/ BEIJING/ COLOMBO/ Global cases of the novel coronavirus topped seven million, as case numbers surge in Brazil and India, according to a Reuters tally. About 30 percent of those cases, or two million infections, are in the US. Latin America has …

06-06-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report CANBERRA/ SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE: Anger over the death of George Floyd has spread to Australia, with Black Lives Matter protests being held across the country but Australian demonstrators are not just expressing solidarity. Many are using the moment to vent fury about indigenous deaths in …

06-06-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies BEIJING/ NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: India and China have agreed to resolve a dispute over their shared border in the Ladakh region through “peaceful” diplomatic channels, according to the Indian foreign affairs ministry. The statement on Friday came a day before top …

06-06-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies LONDON/ PARIS/ MALI: France says it has killed the leader of al-Qaeda in north Africa, Abdelmalek Droukdel, in an operation in Mali. Defence Minister Florence Parly said Droukdel along with members of his inner circle had been killed in the north …

By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies WASHINGTON/ SAINT PAUL/ NEW YORK: Ex-US Defence Secretary James Mattis has denounced President Donald Trump, saying he deliberately stokes division. He said he was “angry and appalled” by Trump’s handling of ongoing protests over the death of African American George Floyd at …