International

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 …

13 September, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies JERUSALEM/ WASHINGTON: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has flatly denied a report that his country was spying on the US. A Politico article cites three former senior US officials who say Israel was likely to be behind surveillance devices found near the …

11 September, 2019 By SJA Jafri MELBOURNE/ RIYADH: On the specific directions of Shah Salman, the Crown Prince of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), a Law Enforcing Agency (LEA) has arrested one of the most prominent country’s scholars after criticizing on rulers’ in-Islamic, immoral, unethical, illegal and pro-European cultural policies …

11 September, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies MELBOURNE/ TEHRAN: The Australian government said on Wednesday that three of its citizens had been arrested in Iran, the latest Westerners to be held by authorities in Tehran. “The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is providing consular assistance to the families …

10 September, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + News Desk MELBOURNE/ KARBALA/ TEHRAN/ MUZAFFARABAD: Millions took to streets across world on Tuesday marking the tenth day of Muharram, the day when Imam Hussain (Alaihiss Salam/AS), the grandson of Prophet of Islam Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) was martyred more than 14 …

08 September, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + News Desk MELBOURNE/ KABUL/ WASHINGTON: The US President Donald Trump says he has cancelled a peace deal with the Taliban. Trump tweeted he had been set to meet Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and senior Taliban leaders on Sunday. But he cancelled …