Srinagar: Pakistan has invited Turkey to join the multi-billion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project, which would benefit both countries, official media said Nov 8. “Pakistan highly values its relations with Turkey, and the new government desires to further strengthen relations between Islamabad and Ankara, said Asad Qaiser, speaker of the National Assembly, while speaking with […]
Washington: A gunman opened fire inside a crowded bar on late Wednesday night in Thousand Oaks region of California, killing 12 people, including a sheriff’s deputy, who had rushed inside to confront him, authorities said. According to Washington Post, the gunman was later found dead inside. Gunfire erupted as people were line dancing on ‘College […]
Washington: At least 11 people were injured, when a gunman fired indiscriminately at people, mostly youngsters, on Thursday attending a musical night at a bar in Thousand Oaks of California. According to Qatar News Agency, an unidentified man opened fire at around 2320 hrs (local time) on Wednesday at the Borderline Bar and Grill, about […]
Srinagar: Opposition Democrats captured the House of Representatives on Wednesday in the crucial midterm elections while President Donald Trump’s Republican Party retained its majority in the Senate, an outcome likely to intensify the political bitterness and fighting between the two major parties in the run up to the 2020 presidential poll. Breaking the Republican monopoly […]
The United States “cannot win militarily” in Afghanistan, General Austin Scott Miller, the top US commander in the war-torn country, has conceded in a recent interview. The United States — under Republican George W. Bush’s presidency — and its allies invaded Afghanistan on October 7, 2001 as part of Washington’s so-called war on terror. The […]
Srinagar: Afghan officials say at least 20 Afghan border troops have been killed in a Taliban attack on their base in western Farah province. Abdul Samad Salehi, a provincial council member, says more than 45 border forces were at the base in Posht Koh district; only three of them could reach a nearby village, rest […]
Baghdad: The Islamic State group left behind more than 200 mass graves in Iraq containing up to 12,000 victims that could hold vital evidence of war crimes, the UN said Tuesday. The United Nations in Iraq (UNAMI) and its human rights office said they had documented a total of 202 mass graves in parts of […]
Srinagar: The murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi was planned by Saudi crown prince Mohammad Bin Salman’s (widely known as MBS) media adviser, a number of media outlets have reported. Saud al-Qahtani, known for his work for the crown prince as a social media adviser responsible for the smear campaign against dissidents, is now considered […]
Srinagar: Taliban have attacked a checkpoint in eastern Ghazni province, killing at least 13 soldiers and policemen. Arif Noori, spokesman for the provincial governor, told The Associated Press that seven soldiers and six policemen were killed. Four soldiers were also wounded in the early Monday attack at the joint army and police checkpoint in Khogyani district. […]
Washington, Nov 4 (UNI) Twitter has removed thousands of automated accounts that were posting messages discouraging people from voting in Tuesday’s midterm elections. Most of the accounts were posing as Democrats, Twitter said. The reports cited a Twitter statement on Friday as saying the social media company had “removed a series of accounts for engaging […]
