23-05-2022 TEHRAN: Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says one of its officers has been assassinated in the capital Tehran by gunmen riding on two motorcycles, according to the state news agency IRNA. Journalist Ali Hashem said that the IRGC issued a statement on Sunday saying Hassan Sayyad Khodayari …
Read More »Registration of FIRs against journalists start again in Pakistan
23-05-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KARACHI/ ISLAMABAD: Once again, in different cities of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the police have registered dozens of First Information Reports (FIRs) against three main journalists/ anchor persons and other reporters through some known and unknown ‘Space Creatures’ and ‘State Characters’ as the …
Read More »Australian women unleash new political force on climate
23-05-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE: Professional women and voters concerned about climate change unleashed a third force in Australia’s election, taking a swath of seats that ended nine years of conservative rule even as votes for the winning Labor Party fell. Women who left successful careers in business, …
Read More »Iran denies ‘compromise’ in nuclear deal negotiations
23-05-2022 TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON: Iran’s foreign ministry has rejected reports of the country’s willingness to “compromise” its stance in ongoing indirect negotiations with the United States to restore its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. Foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said late Saturday that Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, made …
Read More »Burqa is not Afghan tradition: Hamid Karzai
23-05-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Former President Hamid Karzai in an interview with CNN said that covering faces is not Hijab and the use of the Burqa is not Afghan tradition but “Burqa has come to Afghanistan probably 200-300 years ago, and countryside women don’t wear” it. Karzai …
Read More »Opposition Labor party wins Australia’s election
22-05-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report CANBERRA/ SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE: Anthony Albanese’s opposition Labor party has won Australia’s election but with votes still being counted it remained to be seen if it would achieve a parliamentary majority. Prime Minister Scott Morrison conceded defeat late on Saturday even though vote counting …
Read More »Thousands queue for petrol, gas, food in Sri Lanka
22-05-2022 COLOMBO: Thousands of people queued for cooking gas and petrol in Sri Lanka’s commercial capital and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe warned of a food shortage as the island nation battles a devastating economic crisis. Lines formed in many parts of Colombo, a city of around 900,000 people, as residents …
Read More »Japan & America vow to deter North Korea
22-05-2022 SEOUL: President Joe Biden and his new South Korean counterpart agreed on Saturday to hold bigger military drills and deploy more US weapons if necessary to deter North Korea, while offering to send COVID-19 vaccines and potentially meet Kim Jong Un. Biden and Yoon Suk-yeol said their countries’ decades-old …
Read More »Monkeypox cases top 100 in Europe
22-05-2022 LONDON: The World Health Organization was holding an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss the recent outbreak of monkeypox, a viral infection more common to west and central Africa, after over 100 cases were confirmed or suspected in Europe. In what Germany described as the largest outbreak in Europe …
Read More »Morrison Govt can’t win majority in Australian election
21-05-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE: Australia’s opposition Labor Party appeared on track to win Saturday’s general election, television stations projected, as voters deserted the ruling conservative coalition in favor of climate-focused independents and smaller parties. A win would end nine years in opposition for Labor and …
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