14-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Int’l News Desk GENEVA/ LONDON: The coronavirus “may never go away”, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. Speaking at a briefing on Wednesday, WHO emergencies director Dr Mike Ryan warned against trying to predict when the virus would disappear. He added that even if …

13-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies NEW YORK/ MELBOURNE: The America’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has accidentally disclosed the name of a Saudi diplomat suspected of directing support to two al-Qaeda hijackers in the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, sources reported. The mistake about the identity of …

12-05-2020 Dozens Shia killed during Daesh attacks in Afghanistan By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Afghan forces have evacuated dozens and ended the siege at a maternity hospital in Kabul, killing the three gunmen behind the deadly attack on the government-run hospital in the capital, the interior ministry spokesman …

10-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Reports ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI/ LAHORE/ PESHAWAR/ QUETTA: Pakistan climbed to the 20th spot on the global coronavirus ranking on Sunday after the nationwide tally of COVID-19 patients crossed 29,000 with an addition of nearly 2,000 new cases in the last 24 hours. This is the …

09-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies RIYADH/ WASHINGTON/ ISLAMABAD: US President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia’s King Salman have spoken on the phone and reaffirmed their countries’ “strong” defence partnership, the White House has said. The conversation on Friday between the two leaders came amid tensions over the kingdom’s oil output …

09-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ AURANGABAD: Indian officials have ordered an investigation after 16 people were run over by a freight train in the state of Maharashtra. The dead were migrant workers who had fallen asleep on the tracks, while attempting to walk to …

07-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies LONDON/ PARIS/ NEW YORK: Non-black people are more than four times likely to die from Covid-19 than white people, according to stark official figures exposing a dramatic divergence in the impact of the coronavirus pandemic in England, Wales and many other countries while other …

07-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies NEW DELHI/ VISAKHAPATNAM: Dozens persons were killed and hundreds injured by a massive gas leak at a chemical plant in southern India, with hundreds of others taken to hospital. The leak from the LG Polymers plant in the city of Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh …

07-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies RIYADH/ JERUSALEM/ WASHINGTON/ TEHRAN: Two Saudi television series airing during the holy month of Ramadan have caused an uproar in the Arab world as critics accuse the network of trying to change attitudes of animosity towards Israel. The Dubai-based MBC network has also received …

06-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ LAHORE/ QUETTA/ PESHAWAR/ KARACHI: As night falls, worshippers file into the Abdullah bin Masood mosque, in the Pakistani capital Islamabad, hurrying up the steps to attend newly recommenced congregational prayers. Inside, more than 200 people are gathered, separated by a …