10-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI: United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) President-elect Volkan Bozkir said Pakistan is a “good example” for the world to follow when it comes to dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. “Pakistan has been a good example to the world with its policies related …

10-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies COLUMBIA/ WASHINGTON/ RIYADH/ MELBOURNE: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) has been issued a summons by an American court for a lawsuit by a former top Saudi intelligence agent who was reportedly targeted in a foiled assassination attempt. The US …

09-08-2020 The article contains graphic images and details some people may find upsetting. By SJA Jafri + (Courtesy BBC) TOKYO/ WASHINGTON/ UNITED NATIONS: It is 75 years since the US dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August, leading to the end …

09-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has agreed to release 400 Taliban prisoners after an Afghan grand assembly, known as the Loya Jirga, passed a resolution to approve the move. The resolution recommending the release of the prisoners was passed on Sunday at the …

08-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies WASHINGTON/ RIYADH/ ISLAMABAD: The United States Department of State said in a letter it has repeatedly requested that Saudi Arabia “clarify the status and nature” of the detention of two children of a former top Saudi intelligence officer exiled in Canada who has alleged that …

07-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies OTTAWA/ RIYADH/ ISTANBUL: A former top Saudi intelligence officer claims that Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) sent a hit squad to kill him in Canada 13 days after the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, according to documents filed in the United States federal court. In a …

06-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies + Int’l News Desk + Int’l Monitoring Desk BEIRUT: People in Beirut have expressed anger at the government over what they say was negligence that led to Tuesday’s huge explosion. President Michel Aoun said the blast was caused by 2,750 tonnes …

05-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies AYODHYA/ NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD/ SRINAGAR: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has laid a foundation stone for the construction of a Hindu temple at a holy site that’s been at the center of the country’s most politically and culturally divisive land dispute. On Wednesday …

05-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies + Int’l News Desk + Int’l Monitoring Desk BEIRUT: Lebanese President Michel Aoun called for an emergency cabinet meeting on Wednesday and said a two-week state of emergency should be declared following a massive explosion in Beirut that killed at least …

05-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies + Int’l News Desk + Int’l Monitoring Desk BEIRUT: Lebanese President Michel Aoun called for an emergency cabinet meeting on Wednesday and said a two-week state of emergency should be declared following a massive explosion in Beirut that killed at least …