Washington: A 21-year-old man armed with a rifle opened fire at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday, killing at least 20 people and injuring 26 others, local authorities said. The suspect, who was identified as as Patrick Crusius from Allen Texas, a suburb of Dallas more than 650 miles away, now in […]
Doha: Talks between the US and the Taliban seeking to end nearly 18 years of war in Afghanistan resumed in Doha on Saturday, the Taliban said. “Today the talks began,” the insurgent group’s spokesman in Doha, Suhail Shaheen, told AFP. The US, which invaded Afghanistan and toppled the Taliban in 2001, wants to withdraw thousands […]
United Nations: The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed his “deep regret” that the landmark Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty between the United States and Russia came to an end. In a statement issued by his spokesperson on Friday, the UN chief recalled that he had “consistently called on both the United States and the […]
A total of six bombs exploded at three locations in Bangkok on Friday (Aug 2), injuring three people and rattling the Thai capital as it hosted a major security meeting. Another explosive device was recovered before it blew up, a senior police officer said. Police Colonel Kamtorn Uicharoen said three bombs exploded at the Government Complex in […]
Islamabad: Pakistan and the US were on Thursday poised to hold crucial talks here on the Afghan peace process, amid reports that the Trump administration is close to signing an MoU with the Taliban during the upcoming parleys in Doha. Talks between the two sides assume significance as the MoU is reportedly about the timeframe […]
Dubai: Two separate attacks killed at least 20 police in Yemen’s government-held second city Aden Thursday, one by Shiite rebels and the other by jihadists, security and medical sources said. Civilians were among scores of people wounded in the two attacks which targeted the United Arab Emirates-backed police and shattered a year of relative calm […]
Washington: The US is “highly gratified” by the cooperation from a “great friend” like India in enforcing the oil sanctions on Tehran, the White House said on Wednesday as the Trump administration slapped sanctions on Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif. Tensions between the US and Iran have heightened after Washington last year withdrew from the […]
Washington: In an unprecedented move, the United States on Wednesday slapped sanctions against Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on the ground that he acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the Iranian Supreme Leader. “This action represents another step toward denying the Iranian regime the resources to enable terror […]
At least 34 people, including women and children, were killed in a roadside bomb blast in Herat-Kandahar Highway early on Wednesday morning, local officials said. The incident happened in Shawiz area when a bus carrying dozens of passengers was travelling to Farah province from the western province of Herat, an official of Herat hospital, Mohammad […]
London: The ruler of Dubai, one of the most high-profile leaders in the Middle East, and his estranged wife are beginning a court battle in London over the welfare of their children. Sheikh Mohammed al-Maktoum’s wife, Princess Haya Bint al-Hussein, is the third female member of his court to run away from the United Arab […]
