18 killed in Taliban attack on check post in Ghor Province
The attack comes less than a week after the revered 12th-century minaret, located in a remote part of the western province of Ghor, was threatened by surging floodwaters. ?The Taliban have shut off telecommunication towers and have cut any access to the area,? Fakhruddin Ariapur, the Ghor province director of information and culture, told AFP. ?The cleaning-up work [from ...
Ceremony on 100 years of Afghan-Russian diplomatic ties in Moscow today
According to media reports, a group of Afghan politicians and members of the Taliban will hold discussions on establishing peace in Afghanistan. Besides Hamid Karzai, other Afghan politicians and former Jihadi leaders are in Moscow to attend the ceremony. Taliban in a statement said a 14-member delegation led by the deputy leader of the group Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar will attend the ...
EU leaders fire starting gun for top jobs race
The centrist European People?s Party (EPP) and Socialists & Democrats (S&D) can only count on 326 seats in the new, 751-strong chamber. Other big roles up for grabs later this year include the head of the European Parliament and the European Central Bank, the bloc?s foreign policy chief and the head of the European Council, which gathers leaders of ...
Nechirvan Barzani elected president of Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Barzani, who had been serving as regional prime minister, won 68 votes from the 84 lawmakers present.
Tehran: US must change behavior towards Iran; shift in tone not enough
What matters to us is that this shift in tone will be complemented with a change in [US] behavior and approach.? ?We will base our decisions on our own observations as well as the impacts [of US moves] on our country and the region,? the Iranian official added.
Two killed, 15 schoolgirls injured in Japan stabbing: NHK
The girls, aged between 6 ands 12, were students at a private Catholic school in Kawasaki city, south of Tokyo, and were boarding their school bus when the suspect attacked them, according to NHK. The driver of the Caritas Elementary School bus told police he saw a man approach the bus stop and start slashing at people, holding a ...
Trump to help Japan bring abductees home from North Korea, but families wary
Trump, during a four-day state visit to Japan, spoke at a meeting with some of the family members of the people, who were abducted to train North Korean spies in the 1960s and 1970s, North Korean defectors have said. Some of the relatives, including Megumi?s now 83-year-old mother, Sakie, told Trump they thought things might be changing after Trump?s ...
French police arrest three over Lyon bomb blast
The case is being handled as a terrorism investigation given the circumstances of the attack, committed in broad daylight, and the use of an explosive device capable of hitting a large number of people with screws and metal balls packed into a bag. A police source said the three arrested were the student, who does not have a police ...
Kremlin rebuffs call to release Ukrainian sailors
The Russian navy captured the Ukrainian sailors and their three vessels in the Kerch Strait, which links the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, on Nov. 25, 2018, after opening fire on them. The ITLOS was established to settle maritime disputes by the 1982 U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, of which both Ukraine and Russia ...
Labour's Corbyn backs taking Brexit back to the people, in election or public vote
?With the Conservatives disintegrating and unable to govern, and parliament deadlocked, this issue will have to go back to the people, whether through a general election or a public vote,? he said in a statement.
In Tel Aviv, tens of thousands protest immunity for Netanyahu
The protesters gathered outside the Tel Aviv Museum on Saturday for a mass rally organized by Israeli opposition parties under the banner ?Stopping the Immunity Law ? A Defensive Shield for Democracy.? The demonstration was the first held by the opposition since Netanyahu secured a fifth term in office in general elections last month. All of that has earned him ...
Three killed, multiple injured in two explosions in Nepali capital: police
Police official Shyam Lal Gyawali said: ?We have three fatalities in two incidents of explosions but the nature of blasts is under investigation.? One person was killed in an explosion inside a house in the Ghattekulo residential area in the heart of the city. ?I heard a big noise and rushed to the spot to find the walls of a ...
US in 'weakest' regional presence in history: IRGC commander
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Saturday dismissed the US claims against Iran as "fabricated allegations to justify beefed up US military presence in the region, " saying Washington?s decision to deploy additional troops to the Middle East is "extremely dangerous" and threatens international peace and security. Refuting US claims about having defeated terrorist groups, including Daesh, in ...
Bangladesh charges 16 for burning girl alive
Nusrat Jahan Rafi, 19, was doused with kerosene and set on fire on the roof of her Islamic school on 6 April, days after filing a complaint. On 6 April she attended the school to sit her final exams when she was allegedly lured to the roof of the school and set alight by a group of people wearing ...
Jordan, UN urge continued support to Palestinian refugees
AMMAN - Jordan and the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) on Wednesday highlighted the need for continued cooperation with international partners to provide support for the agency, Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.
Huawei calls for quick end to US ban
The firm?s legal chief has said adding Huawei to a blocked ?entity list? sets a ?dangerous precedent?, with other companies now potentially at risk of similar bans if they upset the US. Speaking at a press conference in Shenzhen, Song Liuping, Huawei?s chief legal officer, said that blacklisting its equipment would have a hugely damaging effect on the wider ...
Iran rejects ‘laughable’ Bolton ship attack accusation
LONDON - Iran strongly rejected an accusation by US National Security Advisor John Bolton Wednesday that it was ?almost certainly? behind May 12 attacks on four ships off the United Arab Emirates. ?Mr Bolton and other warmongers and chaos seekers should know that the strategic patience, high vigilance and complete defensive readiness of the Islamic Republic of Iran? will ...
Iran highlights cooperation talks with regional states
TEHRAN - Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araqchi on Wednesday underlined his country?s interest in talks and interactions with regional states, semi-official Fars news agency reported.
Iraq repatriates 188 children of Turkish IS members
BAGHDAD - Iraq Wednesday repatriated 188 Turkish children, whose parents were members of the Islamic State (IS) militant group, in coordination with Turkish authorities and international organizations, a judiciary spokesman said. ?The Iraqi Central Investigation Court, responsible for the terrorism issue and foreign suspects, has handed the Turkish side 188 children born to IS parents,? Abdul Sattar al-Biraqdar, spokesman ...
Idlib casualties mount as assault leaves aid efforts in the balance
The latest violence followed Tuesday?s death toll of an estimated 30 civilians, reported by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the highest figure since the Damascus regime increased attacks on Idlib in late April. The latest deaths came as Ursula Mueller, the UN?s assistant secretary general for humanitarian affairs, briefed the security council on the humanitarian situation in Syria, ...
