15-10-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE/ SYDNEY: Police on Thursday dropped a lengthy investigation into a journalist who exposed alleged war crimes by Australian Special Forces in Afghanistan. The Australian Federal Police said prosecutors found there were “reasonable prospects of conviction” in the case against Australian Broadcasting …

15-10-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: A collision between two Afghan army helicopters evacuating wounded soldiers in southern Helmand province has left at least nine people dead. Some were members of a highly-trained elite Air Force mission. The incident early on Wednesday in Nawa district was apparently …

14-10-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Tens of thousands of people in southern Afghanistan have fled their homes following days of heavy fighting between the Taliban and security forces, officials said, as violence continues to soar despite ongoing peace talks. Taliban fighters launched a series of attacks …

13-10-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The United States military in Afghanistan has said its forces launched air raids against the Taliban in order to support Afghan government forces amid heavy fighting in the southern Helmand province. Fierce battles broke out in recent days after the Taliban …

13-10-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE: More than 100,000 people have signed a petition by former Australian PM Kevin Rudd calling for an inquiry into Rupert Murdoch’s media dominance in Australia. Murdoch’s company News Corp Australia controls about 70% of the nation’s print circulation. Rudd said a …

09-10-2020 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI: Pakistan has banned Chinese social media app TikTok for failing to filter out “immoral and indecent” content, the country’s telecommunications authority said. The decision came after a number of complaints from different segments of society, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) said in a statement …

08-10-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Reports + Special Correspondents KARBALA/ISLAMABAD/ NEW DELHI/ LONDON/ PARIS/ NEW YORK/ MELBOURNE/ KABUL/ DAMASCUS/ KHATIF (SAUDI ARABIA): Undoubtedly, most important thing that draws the attention of the world at this time was the “Arbeen”, the 40th day mourning of Hazrat Imam Husain Alaihis-Salam (AS), …

08-10-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies LONDON/ GENEVA: Searing heat in Europe, Australia, the Middle East and several other pockets of the world made last month the hottest September ever, the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service has announced. The Earth’s average temperature was 0.05 degrees Celsius (0.09 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer …

07-10-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report HOUSTON/ NEW YORK: A ‘White Police Officer’ has been charged with murder over the fatal shooting of a ‘Black Man’ following a reported disturbance at a convenience store in a small East Texas town over the weekend, authorities said. Jonathan Price was walking …

06-10-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies TEHRAN: Iran is one of the ten best manufacturers of military radars in the world, Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Force Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh said. There may be 20 countries in the world capable of manufacturing radars, and Iran …