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July 1, 2020
Pakistan’s national airline banned from flying to Europe for 6 months
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s national airline has been barred from operating in Europe for six months.The move by the European aviation regulation agency follows the airline’s grounding of 150 pilots for cheating in order to get flying licenses.The European Union Air Safety Agency (EASA) has suspended the authorization for the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to operate in Europe for six months, the airline's spokesman said on Tuesday.“EASA has temporarily suspended PIA's ...
June 30, 2020
Market blasts in southern Afghanistan kills dozens
KABUL — In one of the bloodiest incidents against civilians in recent months, about a dozen people died on Monday when a series of explosions went off in a cattle market in Afghanistan’s southern province of Helmand.Afghan security forces and the Taliban blamed each other for the attack in Sangin district, an area under the insurgents’ control.While the Taliban accused government troops of firing mortars that killed civilians, the army ...
June 29, 2020
Several Indian states reimpose partial or full lockdowns
NEW DELHI — As India reported a new daily record of nearly 20,000 new coronavirus infections, several states have reimpose partial or full lockdowns to stem the spread of the virus.India’s health ministry recorded 548,318 COVID-19 total cases as of Monday, a jump of nearly 100,000 cases in a week in the world’s fourth-worst affected country after the United States, Brazil and Russia.India’s death toll has reached 16,475, while 321,723 ...
June 29, 2020
'Gunmen killed' in raid on stock exchange in Karachi
KARACHI — Gunmen have attacked the Pakistani stock exchange in the southern city of Karachi, killing at least two people and injuring others, local media report.The assailants stormed the exchange after launching a grenade attack at the main gate to the building.Latest reports quote police saying they have killed all four heavily armed gunmen and are combing the area.Militants from the Baloch Liberation Army say they were behind the attack.Ethnic ...
June 28, 2020
New Delhi worst-hit as India corona cases continue surge
NEW DELHI — India recorded its biggest surge in the number of coronavirus cases in 24 hours for a second consecutive day with nearly 20,000 new patients, taking the total to 5,38,689 infections, the Union Health Ministry said Sunday. The country also witnessed 410 COVID-19-related deaths during the period, taking the total number of casualties due to the virus to 16,262.Active infections stand at 203,051 and there are 309,713 patients ...
June 28, 2020
Pakistan producing own ventilators as cases surge
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan has started producing locally designed ventilators as authorities on Sunday reported 83 more deaths from the coronavirus.In a tweet, Fawad Chaudhry, minister for science and technology, said the first home-made ventilators will be handed over to the national disaster management agency soon. The announcement comes days after Pakistan said it was racing against time to arrange for 1,500 more ventilators as part of a contingency plan.Currently, 1,503 ...
June 27, 2020
Corona cases in India cross 500,000-mark
NEW DELHI — India reported 18,500 new COVID-19 infections on Saturday and now has more than 500,000 confirmed coronavirus cases, according to government figures released Saturday. Health authorities said a total of 15,685 people had died after another 385 fatalities were added to the toll in 24 hours.The pandemic, which has hit the daily laborers and their families very hard, is not expected to peak in India for several more ...
June 27, 2020
Citizens in Gulf a top priority as India to begin fourth phase of repatriation drive
Saudi Gazette reportNEW DELHI — India will launch the fourth phase of its biggest repatriation operation from July 3, media reports said late Thursday, citing a government official.Dubbed as “Vande Bharat Mission,” the operation seeks to bring back citizens stranded abroad following the suspension of international flights due to the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic. In the coming phase of the operation, the government will focus on bringing back Indians from ...
June 26, 2020
Mosques in Singapore reopen after months of closure
SINGAPORE — Mosques in Singapore have been allowed to resume Friday prayers and daily congregational prayer amid strict anti-coronavirus precautionary measures, months after they were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Making an announcement on its official Facebook page, the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore said: “On this blessed Friday, we also begin the resumption of congregational prayers at the mosques. We understand that many have been looking forward to Friday ...
June 26, 2020
Australia on track to further ease coronavirus curbs: Morrison
SYDNEY — Australia will stick with plans to further ease coronavirus curbs, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday, despite a spike in infections in the second most populous state of Victoria."There will be outbreaks and what matters is that we continue to build our capability to deal with those outbreaks," Morrison was quoted by Reuters as telling a media briefing in Canberra, the capital.Australia deployed ambulances and mobile test ...
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