International

By SJA Jafri + ABC News (Courtesy Messenger) SYDNEY: Two five-year-old twin girls, Matilda and Scarlett Rinkin, were taken to Singleton Hospital but could not be saved and the body of their 11-year-old brother was later found inside the house. Their 31-year-old mother and an eight-year-old girl were rescued from the …

By SJA Jafri TEHRAN/ DUBAI: Iran’s Naval Chief has warned the US that Tehran is capable of shooting down other American spy drones. The message by Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi came during a meeting with defence officials, and four days after Revolutionary Guard forces downed a $100 million US Navy Drone in the Strait of Hormuz. The …

By SJA Jafri + Washington Post WASHINGTON/ TEHRAN: The Trump administration targeted Iran’s supreme leader with new sanctions on Monday, using one of the few tools available to punish Iran for downing a U.S. drone after President Trump took military strikes off the table last week. Trump warned that his …

By SJA Jafri + Times of Israel UNITED NATIONS:  The UN Security Council on Monday called for dialogue and measures to end tensions in the Gulf, but Iran rejected talks with the United States after President Donald Trump imposed fresh sanctions. In a unanimous press statement drafted by Kuwait, the …

(Courtesy Times of India) NEW DELHI: The Indian Army has punished a Lieutenant General after allegations of corruption were levelled against him for misusing government funds. “The Lt Gen was awarded a censure after a Court of Inquiry probed allegations of misuse of government funds for buying equipment worth Rupees …

(Courtesy India Today) Father slaps me for friendship with Muslim guy: Sunaina MUBMAI: Last week, Hrithik Roshan’s sister Sunaina made headlines when she said that her family was not accepting her boyfriend Ruhail Amin, because he was a Muslim. In an interview to News 18, Ruhail said, “This incident has …

By SJA Jafri + Monitoring Desk MADRID/ PARIS: Intense heat is forecast across much of Continental Europe over the coming days. Temperatures are expected to peak at close to 40°C today in Paris and it is unclear how long this heatwave will last. June is typically a month of gentle …

By SJA Jafri + ABC News MELBOURNE/ JAKARTA/ DARWIN: An earthquake of magnitude 7.2 struck in a remote area of Indonesia in the Banda Sea on Monday, but there were no initial tsunami warnings. The quake hit at a depth of 220 km (136 miles), the USGS said. There were …

By SJA Jafri + Agencies MELBOURNE/ RIYADH: A Yemeni rebel attack on a civilian airport in southern Saudi Arabia killed a Syrian national and wounded seven civilians Sunday, a Riyadh-led coalition said, the latest in a series of strikes on the site. “A terrorist attack by the Iranian-backed Huthi militia …

By SJA Jafri (Courtesy Messenger) MELBOURNE/ DARWIN: Secret planning has begun for a new port facility just outside Darwin which could eventually help US Marines operate more readily in the Indo-Pacific. Precise details remain tightly guarded but senior defence and federal government figures concede the proposal may risk angering China …