International

14-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies ISTANBUL/ WASHINGTON/ RIYADH: The fiancee of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has urged Newcastle United fans in an open letter to oppose a proposed Saudi takeover of the football club. The call by Hatice Cengiz on Wednesday came as news circulated that an investment …

14-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Int’l News Desk GENEVA/ LONDON: The coronavirus “may never go away”, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. Speaking at a briefing on Wednesday, WHO emergencies director Dr Mike Ryan warned against trying to predict when the virus would disappear. He added that even if …

13-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies NEW YORK/ MELBOURNE: The America’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has accidentally disclosed the name of a Saudi diplomat suspected of directing support to two al-Qaeda hijackers in the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, sources reported. The mistake about the identity of …

12-05-2020 TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON: Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman said the incompetence of the US administration to address the COVID-19 crisis has “imposed intolerable burden” on the American nurses who are on the frontline of the battle against the deadly virus. “Today is International Nurses Day, amid COVID19; we are all indebted …

12-05-2020 Dozens Shia killed during Daesh attacks in Afghanistan By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Afghan forces have evacuated dozens and ended the siege at a maternity hospital in Kabul, killing the three gunmen behind the deadly attack on the government-run hospital in the capital, the interior ministry spokesman …

11-05-2020 DUBAI/ TEHRAN/ MASQAT: Nineteen sailors have been killed and 15 others injured in an accident involving Iranian naval vessels in the Gulf of Oman, Iran’s navy has said. Iranian media reported that the support ship Konarak was hit by a new anti-ship missile being tested by the frigate Jamaran …

10-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Reports ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI/ LAHORE/ PESHAWAR/ QUETTA: Pakistan climbed to the 20th spot on the global coronavirus ranking on Sunday after the nationwide tally of COVID-19 patients crossed 29,000 with an addition of nearly 2,000 new cases in the last 24 hours. This is the …

10-05-2020 BAGHDAD: Iraq’s new government has promised to release demonstrators arrested during mass protests that erupted in October last year and pledged justice and compensation to relatives of more than 550 people killed during that unrest. Prime Minister Mustafa al-Khadimi made the announcement on Saturday following his first cabinet meeting. …

09-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies RIYADH/ WASHINGTON/ ISLAMABAD: US President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia’s King Salman have spoken on the phone and reaffirmed their countries’ “strong” defence partnership, the White House has said. The conversation on Friday between the two leaders came amid tensions over the kingdom’s oil output …

09-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ AURANGABAD: Indian officials have ordered an investigation after 16 people were run over by a freight train in the state of Maharashtra. The dead were migrant workers who had fallen asleep on the tracks, while attempting to walk to …