25-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ KABUL/ WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, in a meeting with a Taliban Political Commission (TPC) delegation on Tuesday, warned of “spoilers who did not wish to see return of peace in the region”. The TPC delegation was headed …

25-08-2020 KENOSHA: Anger over the shooting of a Black man by police spilled into the streets of Kenosha for a second night Monday, with police again firing tear gas at hundreds of protesters who defied a curfew, threw bottles and shot fireworks at law enforcement guarding the courthouse. The southeastern …

25-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KARACHI/ ISLAMABAD/ LAHORE/ PESHAWAR/ QUETTA: Walking through the Karachi Company bazaar in the Pakistani capital Islamabad, the coronavirus pandemic seems a world away. Groups of shoppers gather at the small stalls that line the alleys of the market, selling everything from …

24-08-2020 KENOSHA/ WASHINGTON: Protests have erupted in the US state of Wisconsin after police shot a black man many times while responding to what they said was a domestic incident. The man, identified as Jacob Blake, is in a serious condition in hospital. Video posted online appears to show Blake …

24-08-2020 DAMASCUS/ TEHRAN: A suspected attack on a pipeline in Syria has caused a nationwide blackout overnight, the state news agency quoted authorities as saying on Monday. According to SANA, Electricity Minister Zuhair Kharbotli said a pipeline blast in the Damascus area late Sunday “led to an electricity blackout across …

24-08-2020 TEHRAN: Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei slammed the US government as a model of complete failure, saying human values like health, justice and security are being trampled on in the United States more than anywhere else. Ayatollah Khamenei on Sunday attended a videoconference with the …

23-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies + Int’l Monitoring Desk CHRISTCHURCH/ MELBOURNE: The ‘Australian White Terrorist’ who killed 51 Muslim worshippers at two mosques in New Zealand (NZ) last year will face survivors of his attack on Monday at a sentencing hearing. Australian Brenton Tarrant is likely …

23-08-2020 WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK: President Donald Trump’s older sister, a former federal judge, has been heard sharply criticizing her brother in a series of recordings, at one point saying the president “has no principles”. Maryanne Trump Barry was secretly recorded by her niece, Mary Trump, who recently released a book …

23-08-2020 WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has hinted at the possibility of “completely” decoupling the American economy from China as tensions between the economic giants continue. In a video excerpt for Fox News for an interview airing today, Trump initially told interviewer Steve Hilton “we don’t have to” do business with China, and …

22-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies + Int’l Monitoring Desk NEW DELHI/ LONDON/ MELBOURNE/ NEW YORK/ GENEVA: India confirms 69,878 new infections – the fourth straight day above 60,000. Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, said he would shut down the United States to contain its coronavirus …