15 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies TEHRAN/ DUBAI/ RIYADH/ WASHINGTON: Iranian President Hassan Rouhan told foreign powers to withdraw their forces from the Middle East, warning they “may be in danger” if they remain in the region. “Today, the American soldier is in danger, tomorrow the European soldier …

14 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies CANBERRA/ WASHINGTON: Smoke from the massive bushfires in Australia will soon circle the Earth back to the nation, says Nasa. Massive infernos have raged along the nation’s east coast for months, pushing smoke across the Pacific. Nasa said plumes from blazes around …

12 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies LONDON/ BAGHDAD/ WASHINGTON: Britain must be prepared to fight future wars without the United States as its principal ally, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has warned. Wallace said the increasing withdrawal of America from international leadership under Donald Trump meant Britain needed to …

12 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE: Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison has expressed regret over his handling of the bushfire crisis ravaging the country. The PM has faced mounting criticism over his government’s response to the bushfires and its climate policy. Since September, bushfires have killed at least …

09 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies WASHINGTON/ TEHRAN: The US says it is “ready to engage without preconditions in serious negotiations” with Iran following the countries’ exchange of hostilities. In a letter to the UN, the US justified the killing of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani as an act …

08 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri KYIV/ TEHRAN: A Ukrainian airliner with 180 passengers and crew on board has crashed near Tehran’s Imam Khomeini airport in Iranon Wednesday. According to the Iranian media, the Boeing 737-800 jet crashed near Parand, a suburb southwest of capital Tehran shortly after take-off. There …

08 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri (Courtesy Massilia Aili – Al-Jazeera) MELBOURNE/ SYDNEY: With more than 7,000 men, women and children in migrant detention centers across Australia the country has earned notoriety for its tough border protection policies, which have been condemned for breaching international human rights. Behind the barricades are …

08 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies BAGHDAD/ WASHINGTON/ TEHRAN: It seems that the proper war between America and Iran has not only been started since last late night but in its first attack Iranian ballistic missiles have also destroyed at least two main US military bases in Iraq …

07 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies TEHRAN: Iran’s lawmakers unanimously voted for a motion to designate the US Army and the Pentagon as terrorist organizations in response to a recent move by Washington to assassinate Iran’s revered commander, Lt. General Qassem Soleimani. The generalities and details of the …

07 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies TEHRAN/ BAGHDAD/ NEW YORK/ MELBOURNE: Huge numbers of black-clad mourners have turned out to pay their final respects to Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani ahead of his burial. Soleimani was assassinated in a US drone strike in Iraq on Friday, on the …