Israel launches airstrikes on Gaza following clashes

Tel Aviv (IANS) Israeli fighter jets struck posts and facilities of the armed wing of the Islamic Hamas Movement in Gaza following clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli soldiers, security sources and witnesses said.

The airstrikes…

Australia evacuates 300 people from Kabul: PM

Canberra (IANS) Australia has evacuated more than 300 people from Afghanistan, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on Sunday.

Morrison said that the Australian Defense Force (ADF) evacuated the people on four flights overnight, reports…

BLA's Majeed Brigade claims responsibility for Gwadar attack targeting Chinese nationals

Quetta (IANS) The Majeed Brigade, an elite unit of the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), has claimed responsibility for the suicide attack in Pakistan's port city of Gwadar in which Chinese nationals were targeted on Friday.

The Chinese…

'For what?': Joe Biden stands ground on Afghanistan exit

New York (IANS) US President Joe Biden believes history will judge the US experience in Afghanistan as one where it "overextended" its stay to deal with its national interest.

At a time when roughly two-thirds of Americans say they think the…

Bulgaria's 2nd largest party refuses to form govt

Sofia (IANS) The GERB-UDF coalition, the second largest group in Bulgaria's new Parliament, refused President Rumen Radev's proposal to form a government on Friday.

The coalition's Prime Minister nominee Daniel Mitov has turned…

Pak Army used militants trained by LeT to aid Taliban

New Delhi (IANS) Pakistans nefarious role in aiding the Taliban to seize power in Afghanistan is becoming clear with the exposure of the identity of militants trained and dispatched by the Pakistan Army.

A large number of them are from Punjab…

Death toll from quake in Haiti reaches 2,189

Port-au-Prince (IANS) The death toll from the powerful 7.2 earthquake that struck Haiti on August 14 has increased to 2,189, the Caribbean island's Civil Protection Agency reported.

The 7.2-magnitude quake also left more than 12,000 people…

SA govt extends deployment of soldiers following last month's unrest

Cape Town (IANS) The Parliament of South Africa has said that it has been informed by President Cyril Ramaphosa about extending the mission of troops who are authorised to fight against last month's unrest.

The South African government…

Pakistan takes Taliban on board over TTP issue

Islamabad (IANS) Pakistan's Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed said on Tuesday that the country has taken the Afghan Taliban on board over the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) issue, hoping that the Afghan soil will not be used against Islamabad.

Uzbekistan contacts Taliban on border security issues

Tashkent (IANS) Uzbekistan has maintained close contacts with representatives of the Taliban movement in Afghanistan on border security issues, the Foreign Ministry in Tashkent said in a statement on Tuesday.

"We support the statements of the…