23-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies BERLIN: A church in Germany’s capital, Berlin, has helped a nearby mosque comply with physical distancing guidelines by hosting Friday prayers, in a move hailed as “an amazing sign of solidarity”. Places of worship reopened in the country earlier this month, but worshippers must …

23-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Special Correspondent KARACHI: 97 people have been killed after an Airbus A320 passenger airliner crashed into a residential neighborhood while on approach to the airport in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, officials say. At least two male passengers of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight …

22-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + National Monitoring Desk KARACHI: A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) passenger plane crashed in a residential area near Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport on Friday less than a minute before landing. It is estimated that 97 people were aboard the plane, including 85 passengers and 12 members …

21-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies TEHRAN/ BAGHDAD: Iran will support and assist all anti-Israeli groups and nations, while a close cooperation and relation will now also remain continue to all collections and powers those are against Zionist regime openly and proudly, sources claimed. Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah …

21-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies + Int’l Monitoring Desk NEW DELHI/ DHAKA/ ISLAMABAD: The eastern Indian city of Kolkata has been devastated by a powerful cyclone which has killed at least 104 people across India and Bangladesh. Storm Amphan struck land on Wednesday, lashing coastal areas …

20-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies + Int’l Monitoring Desk DHAKA/ NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: Cyclone Amphan, one of the most powerful in decades, has made landfall along the coastline of India and Bangladesh, killing at least five people and leaving a trail of devastation. In Bangladesh, officials …

17-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Hours after gunmen on Tuesday stormed a maternity clinic in Kabul and killed two dozen people, including women and babies, Feroza Omar rushed to another hospital where about 20 babies who survived the attack had been transferred. When she arrived at Ataturk …

16-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani pharmaceutical company will start to manufacture coronavirus drug Remdesivir within two months, said Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Dr Zafar Mirza yesterday. “American company Gilead has manufactured this drug and it has proven effective in treating coronavirus …

14-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ UNITED NATIONS:  Past and present world leaders have urged that any eventual COVID-19 vaccines and treatments should be made available to everyone free of charge. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan were among more than 140 signatories of a letter …

14-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies ISTANBUL/ WASHINGTON/ RIYADH: The fiancee of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has urged Newcastle United fans in an open letter to oppose a proposed Saudi takeover of the football club. The call by Hatice Cengiz on Wednesday came as news circulated that an investment …