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Pakistan: 1 soldier, 4 militants killed in army operation

Sunday 01-01-2023 04:37 PM

An army operation in Pakistan’s northwest targeting militants triggered a firefight that left a soldier and four fighters dead, the army’s media wing said Sunday. The development comes weeks after ...

Pope Benedict XVI dies aged 95

Saturday 31-12-2022 02:27 PM

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has died at the age of 95, almost ten years after resigning from the papacy because of his declining health. A pope for eight years and a former pope for ten, he will be ...

Isis has army in waiting, warns US

Saturday 31-12-2022 02:09 PM

Islamic State has an “army in waiting” in prisons and displacement camps across Iraq and Syria, the American military has warned in its annual report on the challenge the group still presents across ...

Iran’s supreme court accepts protester’s appeal against death sentence

Saturday 31-12-2022 01:57 PM

Iran’s supreme court has accepted a protester’s appeal against his death sentence for allegedly damaging public property during anti-government demonstrations, and sent his case back for review, the ...

Korea fires 3 missiles amid tensions over drone flights

Saturday 31-12-2022 01:43 PM

North Korea fired three short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters in its latest weapons display on Saturday, a day after rival South Korea conducted a rocket launch related to its ...

Libya says boat with 700 Europe-bound migrants intercepted

Saturday 31-12-2022 01:19 PM

A vessel carrying at least 700 migrants was intercepted off the eastern coast of Libya, the coast guard said. It was one of the largest interceptions in recent months of migrants seeking a better ...

Iran holds military drill near strategic Strait of Hormuz

Saturday 31-12-2022 12:59 PM

Iran’s military on Friday kicked off its annual drill in the coastal area of the Gulf of Oman and near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, state TV reported, even as the authorities continue their ...

Russia launches ‘massive’ attack on Ukraine cities with 120 missiles and drones

Thursday 29-12-2022 07:09 PM

Russia launched more than 120 missiles and drones against targets in Ukraine this morning as Moscow rejected a “peace formula” proposed by President Zelensky as a basis for negotiations. Explosions ...

Moscow on the Med: A Faraway War Transforms a Turkish Resort Town

Thursday 29-12-2022 06:55 PM

The ice cream man grappled with how much the war in Ukraine had changed his neighborhood. So many Russians had moved to Antalya, a resort city in southern Turkey, that local families were being ...

Ministers of rivals Turkey and Syria meet in Moscow after more than a decade

Thursday 29-12-2022 05:39 PM

The defence ministers of rivals Turkey and Syria met in Moscow after more than a decade along with their Russian counterpart in an effort to normalise ties between them amid the long-running Syrian ...

Security council tells Taliban to reverse restrictions on women in Afghanistan

Thursday 29-12-2022 05:33 PM

The UN security council has called on the Taliban to reverse policies targeting women and girls in Afghanistan, expressing alarm at the “increasing erosion” of human rights. The hardline Islamist ...

Yemen's Brothers mobilizing terrorists in Hadhramaut, Shabwah

Thursday 29-12-2022 05:01 PM

Islah (Reform) Party, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in Yemen, launches campaigns to include terrorist elements, especially from the al-Qaeda, in its camps. Some prominent party leaders ...

Military confrontation: Islamabad's last option to stop advance of Pakistani Taliban

Thursday 29-12-2022 04:56 PM

Military confrontation has become Islamabads last option to confront the threat of violence from the Pakistani Taliban movement, at a time when the Pakistani government is considering negotiating ...

On Libya's Independence Day: Haftar sends message to the people and threatens terrorists

Thursday 29-12-2022 04:46 PM

The Commander-in-Chief of the Libyan Army, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, delivered a speech on December 24 in downtown Benghazi on the occasion of the 71st anniversary of Libyas independence, with ...

UN suspends some Afghanistan programs after ban on female aid workers

Thursday 29-12-2022 04:31 PM

The United Nations said that some “time-critical” programs in Afghanistan have temporarily stopped and warned many other activities will also likely need to be paused because of a ban by the ...