03 December, 2019 By SJA Jafri MELBOURNE: The start of Australia’s meteorological summer was marked by out-of-season snow that blanketed ski fields and alpine regions over the mountains in the southeast. For the second day in a row, Victoria’s Mt Hotham received significant snowfall. Hotham Alpine Resort reported that approximately 30cm …

02 December, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies VALLETTA/ MELBOURNE: Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said he will resign next month amid growing calls for his departure over the scandal surrounding the murder of prominent anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. In a televised address to the nation on Sunday, Muscat said …

29 November, 2019 By SJA Jafri LONDON: London’s Metropolitan Police have confirmed a stabbing attack near London Bridge, saying it believes a number of people are injured. “Police were called at 1:58pm to a stabbing at premises near to London Bridge,” the police force said on Twitter. “A man has been …

29 November, 2019 By SJA Jafri + AJ LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson refused to offer an outright apology for Islamophobic comments he made in 2018, which led to a spike in anti-Muslim hate crimes. On Friday morning, as he fielded questions from listeners on LBC radio station in London, …

29 November, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi has said he will submit his resignation to the country’s parliament after a day of intense bloodshed amid mass anti-government demonstrations. Abdul Mahdi’s decision, announced in a statement on Friday, came in response to a …

29 November, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies KABUL/ WASHINGTON/ ISLAMABAD: President Donald Trump made an unannounced visit to US troops in Afghanistan – his first time in the country – for the Thanksgiving holiday. During the brief appearance at Bagram Airfield, Trump served turkey to soldiers, posed for photographs, …

26 November, 2019 By SJA Jafri + BBC MARYLAND/ BALTIMORE: Billions of people across the world have cursed over this type of American judiciary and justice system where innocent people first declared accused and later on convicted by judiciary just because the accused are black person while the real terrorists …

26 November, 2019 By SJA Jafri BEIJING/ MELBOURNE: China Cables is an investigation into one of the 21st century’s most chilling situations: the surveillance and mass detention of ethnic minorities in western China. Secret documents leaked to ICIJ confirm the truth behind the detention and religious repression of more than …

25 November, 2019 By SJA Jafri RIYADH/ MELBOURNE: On specific directions of the ruler of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) Muhammad Bin Salman (MBS), the security forces have detained at least eight people, mostly intellectuals and writers, London-based Saudi rights group ALQST said, amid a two-year crackdown on free expression in …

23 November, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies RAMALLAH/ JERUSALEM/ MELBOURNE: Thousands of social media users have taken part in a campaign to support Palestinian freelance journalist Muath Amarneh, who lost his eye after being wounded while covering a protest in the occupied West Bank last week. Journalists from across the …