The Afghan defense ministry said Wednesday that at least 26 soldiers have been killed and 13 wounded in a blistering Taliban attack on a military base in the southern province of Kandahar. The militants “attacked an army camp in Karzali area of Khakrez district of Kandahar last night,” M
Cairo- Cairo Criminal Court has sentenced one of the Egyptians returning from Syria to 25 years in prison on Tuesday after being convicted of joining ISIS and fighting in its ranks. Meanwhile, the same court also sentenced 43 activists to life in prison in a retrial of anti-government protesters who
The European Union’s top court on Wednesday upheld the bloc’s decision to put Palestinian movement Hamas on its terrorism blacklist, sending the case back to a lower court for reconsideration. The European Court of Justice overturned a 2014 ruling by the bloc’s second highest court
Cologne- In its latest report on terrorism, the International Center for Counter-Terrorism in The Hague has found that the structure of terrorism had witnessed a clear process of “decentralization” through the phenomenon of “lone wolf”. The report said going deep in the detection o
Washington – The United States and Britain are negotiating a trade deal that President Donald Trump has described as “very important and promising” in a tweet on Tuesday. “Working on major Trade Deal with the United Kingdom. Could be very big & exciting. JOBS!” Trump tweeted. US Trade Repr
Abu Dhabi – Algeria has joined mediation talks over the Gulf crisis with Qatar, as Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulqader Musahel met on Tuesday in Abu Dhabi with his UAE counterpart, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan. In a statement, the Algerian foreign affairs ministry said that talks
Ramallah – The Palestinian Authority held an emergency meeting on Tuesday – chaired by President Mahmoud Abbas – in which it called for escalating popular struggle and holding Friday prayers in public squares rather than mosques. The call was made as Jerusalemites prayed on Tuesday
Kuwait- Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih seems to be frustrated with the current situation in the oil market, according to his latest statement in the Joint OPEC-Non-OPEC Ministerial Monitoring Committee meeting in St Petersburg. Falih has the right to be dismayed because some countries are onl
The US House of Representatives approved tough new sanctions on Russia, a move which Moscow said could seriously hamper improving strained ties between the two sides. Russia’s deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Wednesday that the sanctions push ties into “unchartered territory.&
Suspected Boko Haram militants have kidnapped 10 members of a geological research team from the University of Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria, the state oil company said on Wednesday. Nigerian National Petroleum Company spokesman Ndu Ughamadu said the contractors were kidnapped near Jibi village in B
Cairo – Libyan interim government, led by Abdullah al-Thani and the Libyan National Army led by Marshal Khalifa Hafter welcomed the four Arab states’ decision to add nine entities and nine individuals to the terrorist list linked to Qatar. Saudi Arabia, Egypt, UAE, and Bahrain issued a list of 59 na
Paris – Libya’s UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj, and Commander of the Libyan Army Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar agreed in an unprecedented joint statement on Tuesday to commit to a conditional ceasefire and to hold elections next spring. Following ho
Cairo- Libya officials should investigate and dismiss forces involved in atrocities, Human Rights Watch said this week, after a video appeared on social media purportedly showing a military unit executing 20 suspected militants. The video appears to show a military unit linked to eastern commander K
Beirut – The al-Nusra Front released on Tuesday a video of three “Hezbollah” fighters, whom it had detained in 2015 and 2016 in the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria. The detainees have been used as a negotiations card by al-Nusra after they pleaded with the party to cease its military operations in the ou
New Delhi, London – Spokesperson of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) announced that Udupi Ramachandra Rao, renowned space scientist and former chief of the Organization, passed away early July 24. The scientist, who was fondly known as UR Rao, died at his house in Bengaluru, which
Baghdad- Ammar al-Hakim, leader of the Iraqi National Alliance party, has ended a three and a half decades of close relations with Iran when he announced on Monday his withdrawal from the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, which was established and sponsored by Iran. Hakim, further, announced establis
Washington, Beirut- US President Donald Trump considered during his meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri that Hezbollah “is a menace to the Lebanese state, the Lebanese people, and the entire region.” The US president said “the group continues to increase its military arsenal, which th
London- Managing Director of the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) Mohammad Khodadadi and Al-Jazeera Media Network’s Director General Mostefa Souag have recently met in Doha to discuss ways to develop cooperation between the two media outlets, according to IRNA. During their meeting, Khoddadi and
Jeddah – Vice Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Prince Mohammed bin Salman held talks on Tuesday with the Commander of the US Central Command General Joseph Fotel. Meeting at the al-Salam Palace in Jeddah, the officials addressed bilateral areas of cooperation, especially in the military field
Washington – The White House announced on Tuesday that Washington will take an imminent decision against Attorney General Jeff Sessions in wake of a new verbal attack launched against him by President Donald Trump. Commenting on the rising tensions between the president and Sessions, White House com
