19-04-2021 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Report TEHRAN: Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh said Tehran would welcome negotiations with Riyadh. Asked about recent reports of direct talks between Iranian and Saudi officials in Baghdad, Khatibzadeh said at a press conference on Monday that he would not make …

19-04-2021 SJA Jafri + Bureau Report DHAKA/ NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of members and supporters of an Islamist group, including its influential leader, have been arrested in Bangladesh over the past week, officials said, over deadly protests against the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month for the …

18-04-2021 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ BAGHDAD/ TEHRAN/ RIYADH: Senior Saudi and Iranian officials held direct talks in a bid to repair relations between the two regional rivals, according to a report in the Financial Times which quoted officials briefed on the discussions. The first round …

16-04-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ABUJA/ KARACHI: Over 77,000 Shia Muslims out of 93,000 people have fled from different cities, towns and areas of Nigeria after several threats given by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Islamic State (IS), Boko Haram, Taliban, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and many other …

16-04-2021 By SJA Jafri + Agencies INDIANAPOLIS/ WASHINGTON: Over 41,000 people were killed by gunshot violence in 2020 while the “White Terrorism” has been rising very fast in America and thousands have also died in different domestic conflicts, snatching of valuables, car and bike jacking, anti-Islamic and anti-Shia riots and …

16-04-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE/ SYDNEY: Aboriginal man David Dungay Jr died in a Sydney prison cell in 2015 after officers restrained him to stop him eating biscuits. During the struggle, he was pinned face-down by guards and jabbed with a sedative. Video later …

15-04-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ NEW DELHI/ PARIS: Top intelligence officers from India and Pakistan held secret talks in Dubai in January in a new effort to calm military tension over the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, people with close knowledge of the matter have …

15-04-2021 By SJA Jafri + Agencies NIAMEY/ ISLAMABAD: The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which known as ISIS or IS previously that also recognized as pro-Taliban/ Daesh simply means the “Anti-Shia Terrorists” have burned-alive 20 pre-school Nigerian children but neither the local government nor the world or …

14-04-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ LAHORE/ KARACHI: Pakistan’s government will move to ban the far-right Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) party, which has held days of violent countrywide protests resulting in the deaths of at least two police officers, the country’s interior minister says. Protests by the TLP continued …

14-04-2021 By SJA Jafri + Agencies MINNEAPOLIS: The Police Chief of the city where a black motorist was killed has resigned along with the officer who shot him. Police Chief Tim Gannon and Officer Kim Potter quit the Brooklyn Center force two days after the death of Daunte Wright sparked …