Srinagar: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent more troops to Syria’s border on Monday ahead of an imminent US withdrawal, threatening a Kurdish militia there as a US delegation prepared for talks on the pullout, AFP reported. US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw 2,000 US troops from northern Syria has dismayed many of Washington’s allies, […]
Jakarta: The death toll from the tsunami triggered by volcano eruption in Indonesia rose to 222, and over 800 people were injured, officials said on Sunday. The catastrophe has killed 222 people, while 843 others were injured and 28 people missing, media reports quoted Indonesia’s national disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho as saying. The […]
Kabul: Taliban militants abducted 10 Afghan soldiers in an attack against a police outpost in northeastern Afghanistan, local media reported on Friday, citing local security officials. The incident took place in the outskirts of the city of Faizabad, in Badakhshan province, on Thursday night.
United Nations: nA negotiated end to the 17-year conflict in Afghanistan “has never been more real…than it is now”, the head of the United Nations peace mission, Tadamichi Yamamoto in the country has said, highlighting a series of important milestones achieved over recent months. Mr Yamamoto said those developments included the appointment of a team […]
Srinagar: Six militants including a Taliban judge were killed after Afghan force aircraft attacked a Taliban hideout in Dawlat Abad district of the northern Faryab province on Monday, said an army statement released Tuesday. “Mullah Rasoul the Taliban shadow judge for Faryab province was killed along with five armed insurgents after fighting aircraft targeted Taliban hideout […]
Srinagar: Pakistan Senate Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Mushahid Hussain Syed has announced formation of Pakistan Parliamentary Forum on Palestine, Kashmir and Rohingya to promote the cause of the “oppressed people” of the regions. The leader of Pakistan Senate delegation made this announcement during his address to the ‘Parliamentarians for Al Quds’ Global Conference in Istanbul, attended […]
MOSCOW:- At least five people were injured as a result of a hard landing of a Mi-8 helicopter in Russia’s Tomsk Region on Sunday, a representative of the dispatch office of the administration of Kedrovy town, where the incident occurred, told Sputnik. The helicopter was traveling from the Mayskoye field in the Tomsk Region’s Kargasoksky […]
Lahore: At least six Pakistani soldiers were killed in a bomb blast on Friday when terrorists targeted their convoy in Balochistan province, the army said. The incident took place at Kuch area of Turbat district when the personnel of the Frontier Corps were on a routine patrol, they said. “The militants targeted a vehicle of the […]
Washington: The house of representative on Thursday passed a resolution declaring that Myanmar’s military has carried out a genocide against Rohingya Muslims and urged Mike Pompeo to take a stand . The resolution was backed by 394 votes from both parties, with a single Republican opposing. It also called for the release of two journalists […]
Ankara: At least seven people were killed and 46 others injured in a high-speed train accident in the Turkish capital of Ankara on Thursday morning, the Ankara governor said. According to Governor Vasip Sahin, three of the injured are in serious condition. Previous reports said at least four people were killed and 43 others injured […]
