07 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies RIYADH/ MELBOURNE/ ISLAMABAD: In relation to the recent escalation of tension between the United States and Iran, Foreign Minister (FM) Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Monday that Pakistan does not support any unilateral action and will not become a party to the …

06 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies TEHRAN: Funeral processions to honour Qassem Soleimani, a top Iranian military commander who was assassinated last week in an air raid by the United States in Baghdad, are underway in Iran. Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, was martyred along with Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the …

06 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON: Iran has put an $80million bounty on the head of Donald Trump as it vowed to attack the White House. The chilling announcement was broadcast live as millions of Iranians to the streets for the televised funeral of assassinated General …

06 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies BEIRUT/ BAGHDAD/ DAMASCUS: Hassan Nasrallah, the Chief of Hezbollah has promised to target US forces in the region in retaliation for the martyrdom of top Iranian and Iraqi commanders in a United States (US) drone attack earlier this week. On Friday, Qassem Soleimani, the …

05 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies TEHRAN/ BAGHDAD/ DAMASCUS: Hundreds of thousands of mourners have taken to the streets in Iran to receive home the remains of Qasem Soleimani, the general killed in a US drone strike in Baghdad last week. In Avhaz, mourners beat their chests and …

04 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies BAGHDAD/ TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON: Thousands of mourners gathered Saturday for a funeral procession through Baghdad for Iran’s top general and Iraqi militant leaders killed in a US airstrike that has caused regional tensions to soar. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite …

04 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri SYDNEY/MELBOURNE: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced 3,000 troops will be deployed to help tackle raging bushfires across the country. Defence Minister Linda Reynolds said this is the first time this has happened in Australia’s history. Temperatures are expected to soar above 40C …

03 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies TEHRAN/ BAGHDAD: The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Friday appointed Brigadier General Esmael Qa’ani as the new commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force. Hours after the IRGC Quds Force Commander Major General Qassem …

03 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies TEHRAN/ BAGHDAD/ MELBOURNE: Iran and the “free nations of the region” will take revenge on the United States for martyrdom Revolutionary Guards commander Qasem Soleimani, President Hasan Rouhani said Friday. “There is no doubt that the great nation of Iran and the …

03 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies BAGHDAD/ TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON: General Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite al-Quds force and architect of its regional security apparatus, has been martyred following a US airstrike at Baghdad’s international airport on Friday. The Pentagon confirmed the death of Soleimani in Iraq, …