20-04-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies OTTAWA/ PORTAPIQUE (NOVA SCOTIA): A gunman who dressed as a policeman killed at least 13 people, including a female police officer, in the province of Nova Scotia, Canadian police say. The 12-hour rampage ended in a car chase. The attacker is also dead. Residents …

19-04-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies WASHINGTON: The American President Donald Trump has been accused of stoking Islamophobia after raising questions about social distancing in mosques during the holy month of Ramadan. Trump said on Saturday there “could be a difference” in how authorities and politicians enforce coronavirus lockdown measures …

19-04-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Reports + Int’l Monitoring Desk HOUSTON/ WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK/ LONDON: In the United States, New York reported the lowest daily death toll in more than two weeks with Governor Andrew Cuomo expressing hope the hard-hit state may now be “past the plateau”. …

18-04-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies RIYADH/ DUBAI/ Concerns have been raised about a prominent member of Saudi Arabia’s royal family after claims she was being detained without charge in a notorious prison used to house al-Qaeda militants. In a series of tweets published on her verified Twitter account late on Thursday, …

17-04-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Reports LONDON/ PARIS/ NEW YORK/ CANBERRA/ MOSCOW/ ROME/ MADRID: The American government reported 5.2 million more citizens applied for unemployment benefits last week, bringing the four-week total to 22 million – the worst stretch of US job losses on record. The losses …

15-04-2020 By SJA Jafri RIYADH/ MELBOURNE: On specific directions and special orders of the rulers of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), the KSA’s Security Forces once again started abducting, missing, arresting even killings of anti-Wahabi particularly Shia Muslims nationwide according to their traditional, cultural, historical, religious and sectarian differences …

13-04-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Reports + PR KARACHI/ MELBOURNE: Pakistani scientists’ achieve a significant breakthrough in the fight against COVID-19, Dow University’s research team has prepared intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) with plasma obtained from recovered patients of Corona virus through which COVID-19 victims can be treated. Vice Chancellor Prof …

13-04-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD/ WASHINGTON: Zalmay Khalilzad, an American special Envoy for reconciliation in Afghanistan, who negotiated a deal with the Taliban, has said an initial prisoner exchange between the armed group and the Afghan government was an “important step” towards peace. According to the Red …

12-04-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Reports VATICAN CITY/ TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON: Pope Francis presided over the most solemn and noblest of all solemnities, the Easter Vigil, on Saturday evening in a near empty St Peter’s Basilica. Millions around the globe, however, joined the Vicar of Christ through television, …

11-04-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Reports WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK/ LONDON/ GENEVA: Lifting coronavirus lockdown measures too early could spark a “deadly resurgence” in infections, the World Health Organization chief has warned. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said countries should be cautious about easing restrictions, even as some struggle …