By SJA Jafri + Agencies MELBOURNE/ VIRGINIA: At least 12 people were killed and several injured on Friday in a mass shooting at a government building in the US state of Virginia. The suspect, described by officials as a disgruntled city employee in Virginia Beach, fired indiscriminately in a municipal building. …

By SJA Jafri + Monitoring Desk (Courtesy Messenger) MELBOURNE: A company registered in New York state, for just US$60 is selling the data of over 2,000 Australian women who have signed up for online dating services. For one woman, ‘Rosie’ — who wished to remain anonymous — her file included her …

By SJA Jafri MELBOURNE/ ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff, General Qamar Javed Bajwa has endorsed punishment to two Army and one civil officer on the charges of espionage/leakage of sensitive information to foreign agencies prejudice to the national security. Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the military, …

By SJA Jafri + Agencies MELBOURNE/ SAN DIEGO: When she was born, the baby girl weighed about the same as an apple. A San Diego hospital Wednesday revealed the birth of the girl and said she is believed to be the world’s tiniest surviving micro-preemie, who weighed just 8.6 ounces …

By SJA Jafri + Agencies MELBOURNE/ DUBAI: US National Security Adviser John Bolton has said “naval mines almost certainly from Iran” were to blame for the damage to oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman earlier this month. Mr Bolton provided no evidence to support the allegation, which Iran said …

By SJA Jafri + Agencies MELBOURNE/ BANNU: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the immediate release of Gohar Wazir, a Khyber News TV reporter who was arrested yesterday after covering a meeting convened by Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM/ a tribal defence movement) to denounce army abuses in the former Tribal Areas …

By SJA Jafri (Courtesy Messenger) MELBOURNE: The Australian teenager who smashed an egg onto the head of former far-right senator Fraser Anning says he has donated close to $100,000 to the survivors of the Christchurch terrorist attack. Will Connolly, whose act gained him the nickname ‘Egg Boy’ on social media, said …

By SJA Jafri + Monitoring Desk MELBOURNE/ WASHINGTON: At a glance, you would never suspect Jerry Givens was once a state-sanctioned killer. He is a deeply religious family man, who loves to laugh and sings in his church’s choir but for 17 years he was the US state of Virginia’s …

By SJA Jafri (Bureau Chief Australia) CANBERRA: The High Commission of India to Canberra has issued an alert through an official notice placed at its website too regarding the fake websites and fraudulent calls. The alert explains that it has been brought to our notice that many third-party websites offering …

By SJA Jafri (Courtesy Messenger) MELBOURNE: The crime ratio is becoming high in Australia day by day while neither the Law Enforcing Authorities (LEAs) nor the government seems to serious to control crimes accept to focus on non-issues just to get money and both are harassing to foreigners and migrants especially …