16-01-2021 ABU DHABI/ DUBAI: A total of 1,041 kg of narcotics worth 1 billion dirhams have been seized in Abu Dhabi in recent months, Abu Dhabi police said on Friday. Making the announcement on their social media accounts, Abu Dhabi Police said up to 22 members of international drug trafficking …

16-01-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ HEART/ KABUL: Two members of an Afghan militia opened fire on their colleagues in western Herat province, killing 12 in what police described as an “insider attack”. Herat police spokesman Abdul Ahad Walizada said on Saturday the attackers fled with the slain militiamen’s weapons …

16-01-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India launched one of the world’s largest coronavirus vaccination drives on Saturday as the coronavirus pandemic spread at a record pace and global COVID-19 deaths surged past two million. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who addressed healthcare workers through video conferencing, will not immediately take …

16-01-2021 By SJA Jafri + Agencies NEW YORK/ WASHINGTON: After Capitol Hill attack in United State of America (USA), the “White Terrorists” have exposed around the world while the aggression, cruel, oppressions, hypocrisy, anti-Islamic and anti-Muslim activities of “White Terrorists” have also proved as revealed and highlighted by Messenger and …

15-01-2021 CAPITOL HILL/ WASHINGTON: US prosecutors now believe supporters of President Donald Trump planned to “capture and assassinate elected officials” in their siege of the Capitol building last week, according to a new court filing. The filing, submitted by Justice Department lawyers late on Thursday, sought the detention of Jacob …

15-01-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report JERUSALEM/ TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON: Israel is apparently revisiting its military options for possible war against Iran, an Israeli newspaper reported on Thursday, as US President-elect Joe Biden is set to replace Republican Donald Trump on January 20. The move reportedly comes based on Israeli …

15-01-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report PESHAWAR/ ISLAMABAD: Pakistani authorities have sacked a local police chief and 11 other policemen for failing to protect a Hindu temple that was set on fire and demolished last month by a mob led by hundreds of supporters of a religious party, police …

15-01-2021 JAKARTA: A 6.2-magnitude earthquake on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island killed at least seven people and injured hundreds on Friday (Jan 15), the country’s disaster mitigation agency (BNPB) said, as panicked residents fled to safer areas after many buildings were damaged. The epicentre of the quake was 6km northeast of Majene city, …

15-01-2021 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Report TEHRAN/ XINJIANG/ BEIJING/ ISLAMABAD/ WASHINGTON: China has possibly committed “genocide” in its treatment of Uighurs and other minority Muslims in its western region of Xinjiang, a bipartisan commission of the United States Congress has said in a new report. The Congressional-Executive …

14-01-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ BEIJING: Even as the standoff between Indian and Chinese armies continues in the Himalayan region of Ladakh for eight months now, the local administration’s decision to reopen the Pangong Tso lake for tourism has come as a glimmer of hope for the local …