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By SJA Jafri + Agencies MELBOURNE/ BAGHDAD: Iraq’s Security Forces mistreated and manhandled Pakistani Zaireen (pilgrims) when they protested against the Iraq Airways staff for not turning on a plane’s air-conditioning system, reported victims and sources on Monday morning. More than 120 Pakistani pilgrims were on board the Iraqi airline’s …

By SJA Jafri + ABC/Reuters SYDNEY/PEKING: Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to Hong Kong’s streets in a final bid to block a proposed extradition law that would allow suspects to be sent to China to face trial, with police bracing for the biggest march in the city in 15 years. …

By SJA Jafri (Courtesy Messenger) SYDNEY: Protesters brandished signs reading, “Abortion is healthcare”, “Keep your filthy paws off my silky drawers” and “Ovary-acting? I think not” as they congregated at Hyde Park on Sunday. Bella Ziade, a 17-year-old high school student, conceived the idea for the Our Bodies Our Choice March after …

Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar received a warm welcome in his home town today. This is his first visit  to Pune after taking oath as a Union Minister. Mr. Javadekar will attend the Review meeting of pollution Abatement of Mula – …

Hyderabad,  : The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) on Saturday said it will request the Telangana Assembly Speaker to grant the post of Leader of the Opposition to the party in the House. Party chief Asaduddin Owaisi said they would meet the Speaker and urge him to give AIMIM the …

Hyderabad,  : Continuing its victory spree, the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) on Saturday made a clean sweep of elections for the posts of Zilla Parishad chairpersons and vice-chairpersons. The TRS bagged the posts of Zilla Parishad (ZP) chairpersons and vice-chairpersons in all 32 districts, setting off celebrations among party …

Kolkata, – : Three political workers, including two from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and one from the Trinamool Congress, were killed in a clash between the supporters of the two parties in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, the police said on Saturday. However, the BJP claimed four of …

By SJA Jafri MELBOURNE/ SYDNEY: ABC Managing Director David Anderson said it was “highly unusual for the national broadcaster to be raided in this way”. “This is a serious development and raises legitimate concerns over freedom of the press and proper public scrutiny of national security and Defence matters,” he …

By SJA Jafri (Bureau Chief Australia) CANBERRA: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison insists his Government is committed to press freedom but “no one is above the law”, speaking in response to Australian Federal Police raids this week on the ABC and News Corp journalist Annika Smethurst. “My government is absolutely committed …

By SJA Jafri + PR MELBOURNE: Australian authorities have seized the country’s largest ever onshore methyl-amphetamine (ice) consignment, after Australian Border Force (ABF) officers in Melbourne detected almost 1.6 tones of the illicit drugs – equal to almost 16 million drug deals – in stereo speakers originating from Bangkok, Thailand. …