International

19 September, 2019 MONROVIA: Dozens of children were killed after a fire broke out at their religious school in Liberia yesterday late night. The blaze started about midnight and gutted a dormitory and school building where students slept in Paynesville, on the outskirts of the Liberian capital, Monrovia, police spokesman Moses Carter …

19 September, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies TEHRAN/ RIYADH/ WASHINGTON: Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei highlighted the religious commonalities between the Iranian and Iraqi nations and said enemies’ conspiracies to sow discord between the two countries have been thwarted. Addressing a ceremony in Tehran on …

18 September, 2019 By SJA Jafri + ABC News PERTH/ MELBOURNE: In the history of the world there is no example of police shooting and murdering an ‘un-armed’ woman who stepped back and neither she was in a position to do anything against police nor any possibility of any type …

18 September, 2019 TEHRAN: Iranian President says Riyadh should see attack as warning to end Yemen conflict, doesn’t address claims of Iranian involvement. Tensions in the Middle East have escalated following drone attacks on two major oil facilities in Saudi Arabia. The pre-dawn attacks on Saturday knocked out more than half of …

18 September, 2019 TEL AVIV: Netanyahu’s future hangs in the balance as exit polls show Gantz’s White and Blue making gains on higher turnout. Polls have closed in Israel and ballots are being counted after millions took part in the election widely seen as a referendum on the fate of incumbent …

18 September, 2019 By SJA Jafri MELBOURNE/ ISLAMABAD: Two more Shia journalists murdered in Pakistan during just last six days while dozens pushed into hot waters and beside all governmental announcements and Law Enforcing Agencies’ (LEAs) statements regarding the arrest of culprits and security of media-workers and despite demands of …

17 September, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies MELBOURNE/ WASHINGTON/ TEHRAN/ RIYADH: US President Donald Trump said on Monday that it looked like Iran was responsible for attacks over the weekend on Saudi Arabian oil plants, but he wants to avoid war. “It is certainly looking that way at this moment,” …

16 September, 2019 RIYADH/ WASHINGTON: Fears over an outbreak of fighting between Iranian and American forces in the Gulf were revived on Sunday after the US accused Tehran of carrying out devastating drone strikes on the world’s biggest oil-producing facilities in Saudi Arabia. The US allegations over the pre-dawn attack …

15 September, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies RIYADH/ WASHINGTON/ MELBOURNE: Mohammad bin Salman (MBS), the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has told US President Donald Trump the kingdom was “willing and able” to respond to the latest attacks by Yemeni rebels on its oil facilities, state …

14 September, 2019 RIYADH/ DUBAI: Unknown drone attacks on two Saudi Aramco factories have caused fires, according to Saudi Arabia’s state media. Citing an interior ministry spokesperson, the SPA news agency said on Saturday the blazes at the facilities in Abqaiq and Khurais were under control. The ministry did not …