Saturday, March 27th, 2021
Turkish leader Erdoğan holds high-level meeting with Qatari top diplomat in Istanbul
ISTANBUL, MAR 27: Turkey‘s president met Qatar’s foreign minister in Istanbul on Saturday. The meeting between Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani at the Vahdettin Mansion lasted around an hour and 45 minutes. Earlier this month, Turkey, Qatar, and Russia announced they plan to make joint efforts for a political solution to end the decade-long conflict in Syria.
Batting great Tendulkar contracts Covid-19 as new cases surge in India
NEW DELHI, MAR 27 – India batting great Sachin Tendulkar said on Saturday he has contracted the novel coronavirus and has mild symptoms as infections continued to surge in the world’s second-most populated country. Tendulkar, who will turn 48 next month, retired from the professional game in 2013 after notching a still unmatched 100 international centuries in a prolific 24-year career. He returned to the crease recently as captain of the India Legends team in a promotional event called the Road Safety World Series in Raipur, in the state ofRead More
Zardari offered PML-N regime change in Punjab because ‘selectors’ wanted Buzdar gone, claims Maryam
ISLAMABAD, MAR 27 – PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz alleged on Saturday that PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari had offered a deal to the PML-N in a meeting of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), purportedly backed by the establishment, of regime change in Punjab. Maryam made the allegation while speaking to the media outside the Lahore High Court, where she had gone to submit her bail bond of Rs1 million in a case concerning alleged illegal acquisition of land in Jati Umra. She is on interim bail till April 12Read More
China sanctions US, Canada in tit-for-tat move
BEIJING, MAR 27 – In a tit-for-tat move, China announced sanctions on US and Canadian officials over the hot button issue of alleged human rights abuse of the Uyghur minority by Beijing. “The US and Canada imposed unilateral sanctions on relevant individuals and entities in Xinjiang on March 22 based on rumors and disinformation,” said a statement by China’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday. “In response, the Chinese side decides to sanction Chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom [USCIRF] Gayle Manchin, Vice Chair of the USCIRF TonyRead More
Top Turkish, US officials hold talks to boost Afghan peace process
ANKARA, MAR 27: Turkey‘s presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalın on Saturday received US Special Representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad and his accompanying delegation at Dolmabahçe Palace in Istanbul. During the meeting, recent developments in Afghanistan and the details of Afghan peace talks that Turkey plans to host in Istanbul were discussed. In the meeting, it was said that the peace talks in Istanbul will be held in a manner supporting the peace negotiations in the Qatari capital in Doha between the representatives of the Afghan government and the Taliban. The expectation that the peace talks in Istanbul will give a new impetus to the Afghan peaceRead More
Myanmar forces kill dozens of protesters in deadliest day since February 1 coup
Myanmar media say security forces have killed 91 people in the deadliest day since last month’s military coup. The online news site Myanmar Now reported as evening fell that the death toll had reached 91, higher than all estimates for the previous high on March 14, which ranged from 74 to 90. A count issued by an independent researcher in Yangon who has been compiling near-real time death tolls put the total as darkness fell at 89, spread over more than two dozen cities and towns. The Myanmar junta, in a televised message on Friday night, warned the protesters of the risk of being shot inRead More