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06-03-2022 PYONGYANG/ SEOUL: North Korea fired at least one suspected ballistic missile toward the sea to the east of the Korean peninsula on Saturday, militaries in the region said, an apparent test just days before the South’s presidential election. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said it detected the launch …

06-03-2022 MOSCOW/ LONDON/ NEW YORK: Russia blocked Facebook and some other websites on Friday and passed a law that gave Moscow much stronger powers to crack down on independent journalism, prompting the BBC, Bloomberg and other foreign media to suspend reporting in the country. Moscow’s attack on Ukraine, the biggest …

Hyderabad Mar 6 (PMI): According to Moulana Ali Hyder Farishta Qibla Patron of Majma-e- Olamawo Khutaba Hyderabad Deccan the aims and objectives of the Islamic Government, the Islamic thinkers and intellectuals say that the establishment of justice, the elimination of corruption and the establishment of peace, the people of the …

05-03-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: One of the Taliban’s most secretive leaders, whose only picture on US “most wanted” lists is a grainy semi-covered profile, was photographed openly for the first time Saturday at a passing-out parade for new Afghan police recruits. Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, …

05-03-2022 KINSHASA/ ABUJA: While it’s difficult for women to share the man they love with anyone, three sisters in Congo have shocked everyone after they decided to marry the same man. According to the Nigerian newspaper Premium Times, the man, identified as Luwizo, became the talk of the town and …

05-03-2022 KYIV/ MOSCOW/ LONDON/ WASHINGTON: The shelling of a nuclear power plant in Ukraine by Russian troops is “a threat to European security and stability”, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has said. Speaking in Brussels, where ministers from across the West are gathering today to discuss how to respond to Russian …

04-03-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report PESHAWAR/ ISLAMABAD: A powerful bomb exploded inside a Shia mosque in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar on Friday, martyring more than 59 worshippers and wounding dozens more, many of them critically. The explosion occurred as worshippers had collected in the Kucha Risaldar mosque …

04-03-2022 TEHRAN/ BRUSSELS: Iran wants to recover tens of billions of dollars it is owed by India and other buyers of its oil in euros and is billing new crude sales in euros, too, looking to reduce its dependence on the US dollar following last month’s sanctions relief. A source …

04-03-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report RIYADH/ ISLAMABAD: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) called Israel a “potential ally” and said in a wide-ranging interview published on Thursday that he wants to “work it out” with Iran. Crown Prince also called the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi “a …

04-03-2022 MOSCOW/ KYIV: In the seven days since this conflict began, southern Ukraine has become a critical defensive front against Russia’s advances. Moscow has chosen to lay siege to multiple cities there, viewing the region as strategically vital to the success of the invasion as a whole. Not only would …