19 February, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies NEW DELHI/ WASHINGTON/ ISLAMABAD: The US President Donald Trump will inaugurate the world’s largest cricket stadium when he arrives in Ahmedabad in the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, at the start of a two-day visit aimed at smoothing ties strained …

19 February, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies BEIJING/ WUHAN: The number of deaths from the coronavirus outbreak in mainland China rose by 136, pushing the nationwide death toll to 2,004, the country’s National Health Commission reported on Wednesday. At least 132 of the fatalities were from Hubei province, the epicentre …

18 February, 2020 By SJA Jafri (Bureau Chief Australia) BRISBANE/ MELBOURNE: Four people, including three children, have died after a car was allegedly set alight in the Australian city of Brisbane, police said. The children, all under the age of 10, were found dead in the car by emergency responders, …

17 February, 2020 By SJA Jafri (Bureau Chief Australia) CANBERRA/ SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE: Australia’s national broadcaster has lost its legal challenge to controversial police raids on its Sydney newsroom last year. In June, police searched the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and the home of a newspaper journalist over articles which relied …

15 February, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies NEW DELHI/ ISTANBUL/ ISLAMABAD: India on Saturday warned Turkey not to interfere in its internal matters after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reiterated Ankara’s support for Islamabad’s stand on the occupied Kashmir issue while addressing a joint session of the Parliament, reported India …

15 February, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies BONN: On tips of Federal Prosecutor’s Office, the German police have arrested 12 men suspected of setting up a far-right organization with the goal of carrying out attacks against Muslims, refugees, asylum seekers, political and other personalities Prosecutors said four of the …

13 February, 2020 By SJA Jafri (Bureau Chief Australia) SYDNEY: All of the bushfires in New South Wales (NSW) are now considered contained, say fire officials in the Australian state. The NSW Rural Fire Service said it was “great news” after “a very traumatic, exhausting and anxious” time. The development …

12 February, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Special Reports LAHORE/ ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court has sentenced Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, the founder of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) armed group, to five and a half years’ prison in a case related to terrorism financing, his lawyer says. Saeed was convicted and sentenced …

11 February, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies WASHINGTON/ TEHRAN: The number of US troops suffering from traumatic brain injuries (TBI) after an Iranian attack on a US base in Iraq in January has risen to 109, according to US officials. The figure is a significant increase from the 64 …

09 February, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies Iran has started the countdown to the launch a scientific observation satellite that is part of a program the United States had previously described as a “provocation”. “Beginning countdown to launch #Zafar_Satellite in the next few hours… In the Name of God,” …