20-10-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD/ BEIJING: Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi took a swipe at Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to inform the nation the date on which he plans to “throw the Chinese out of Indian territory”. Modi is set to address …

19-10-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI/ BEIJING: Authorities in Pakistan have announced the lifting of a ban on TikTok, saying they received assurances from the video-sharing app that it would “moderate” content in accordance with local laws. “TikTok is being unlocked after assurance from management that they …

19-10-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ BEIJING/ ISLAMABAD: The Indian army says it has apprehended a Chinese soldier after he strayed across a contested de facto border in the western Himalayan region where both countries have amassed thousands of troops following a deadly clash in June. The …

19-10-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report PARIS/ LONDON/ MELBOURNE: Thousands have attended rallies across France in support of Samuel Paty, the teacher beheaded after showing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad to his pupils. People in the Place de la République in Paris carried the slogan “Je suis enseignant” (I …

18-10-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: At least 24 civilians have been killed and more than 100 people wounded after a car bomb targeting an Afghan police headquarters in the western province of Ghor went off on Sunday. The attack took place in Feroz Koh, the capital …

18-10-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report PARIS/ LONDON/ MELBOURNE: The man who beheaded a teacher in a street in France waited outside the school and asked pupils to identify his target, anti-terrorism officials say. The man then posted images on social media of dead victim Samuel Paty, 47, who …

17-10-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report PARIS/ HOUSTON: The teacher who was beheaded in a street in France had received threats after showing controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him/ PBUH) to his pupils, while the teacher was also involved in blasphemy and millions of Muslims …

17-10-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report CANBERRA/ AUCKLAND/ MELBOURNE: Jacinda Ardern’s centre-left Labour Party has won New Zealand’s general election after the prime minister’s opponent Judith Collins conceded defeat on Saturday with almost a quarter of the votes still to be counted. Labour had 49 percent of the votes, …

16-10-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISTANBUL/ RIYADH/ MELBOURNE: Saudi Foreign Minister said normalization with Israel will eventually take place within the framework of a Palestinian-Israeli peace plan. In an online interview with the Washington Institute for Near East Studies, which was broadcast late Thursday on its website, Faisal …

16-10-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report AUCKLAND/ WELLINGTON/ MELBOURNE: Jacinda Ardern is on track for a second term as New Zealand’s Prime Minister in elections that will take place on Saturday, thanks largely to her handling of the coronavirus pandemic, which has helped burnish her image as an effective …