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Nasrallah: Operation underway to revive Daesh, justify US role in Mideast Frame grab shows Hezbollahs Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah delivering a televised speech on September 29, 2020.
Lebanons Hezbollah resistance movement warns about an operation underway to revive Daeshs presence in the Middle East in order to whip up an excuse for the United States continued... |
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Khalilzad heads to Doha, says world is watching talks closely US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad left Washington for Doha, Qatar on Tuesday to meet with intra-Afghan negotiating teams.
The US State Department said in a statement overnight that Khalilzad will also meet with stakeholders to discuss increased regional connectivity,... |
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Kabul, Islamabad pave way for new era in bilateral relations After two days of back-to-back meetings with high-ranking Pakistani officials, Afghanistans peace envoy Abdullah Abdullah will wrap up his official three-day visit to Islamabad on Wednesday - taking home a clear message that the "ice has been broken" and both nations realize the need to strengthen bilateral... |
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14 killed, including five children, in Daikundi roadside explosion At least 14 people were killed on Tuesday morning when the vehicle they were traveling in hit a roadside bomb.
The explosion happened in Kariz village in Kajran District, the Ministry of Interior confirmed.
The incident happened at about 9am. Seventeen civilians had been in the vehicle at the time... |
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Time to move past conspiracy theories work together: Abdullah Afghanistans chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation addressed an event at the Institute of Strategic Studies in Islamabad on Tuesday and said "peace is on the horizon" but that everyone needs to move beyond conspiracy theories, and "start looking at the region as one region."
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Islamic Ideology Council to recommend CII-like body for Afghanistan Pakistans Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) chairman Qibla Ayaz said on Monday he will suggest the establishment of a CII-like institution in Afghanistan when he meets Afghan peace envoy Abdullah Abdullah this week.
Abdullah, Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR) is currently... |
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Trump was absolutely wrong to negotiate with Taliban: McMaster The Trump administration has been "absolutely wrong" in its negotiations with the Taliban in Afghanistan, former US national security adviser HR McMaster said Monday night.
Appearing on CNN Internationals Amanpour show, McMaster was asked by host Christiane Amanpour about the White Houses talks... |
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Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict: Flames of war rekindled as world urges restraint A still image from a video released by the Armenian Defense Ministry shows what is said to be Azerbaijani military vehicles during at attack in Nagorno-Karabakh, on September 27, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Heavy fighting continues in the South Caucasus region of Nagorno-Karabakh, a day after a decades-long... |
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Yemen war: Journos gather war crime evidence at scene of Saudi-led airstrike Picture provided by Sky News on September 28, 2020 shows the site of a recent Saudi Arabia-led attack on a civilian home near Yemens border with the kingdom.
A group of journalists have looked for evidence of war crime at the scene of a recent massacre of civilians, including children, during a Saudi... |
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UAE writer barred from traveling for rejecting normalization with Israel Emirati writer Dhabiya Khamis
A prominent Emirati writer says she was banned from traveling out of the United Arab Emirates over her opposition to the countrys normalization deal with Israel.
Dhabiya Khamis, 62, said in a post on Facebook that authorities at the Dubai International Airport banned... |
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US reportedly says it is shutting down Baghdad embassy US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, and his wife Susan, arrive in the northern city of Thessaloniki, Greece, September 28, 2020. (AFP photo)
The US has reportedly said it is closing its embassy in Baghdad unless Iraq prevents rocket attacks.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reportedly called... |
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Abdullah in Pakistan Meets Qureshi to Discuss Afghan Peace Abdullah Abdullah, the chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, traveled from Kabul to Islamabad on Monday morning for a three-day official visit that will include meeting Prime Minister Imran Khan, as well as the president and other Pakistani officials, Abdullahs office confirmed.
Abdullah... |
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Belarus accuses West of triggering chaos and anarchy This UN handout photo shows Vladimir Makei, Belarus minister for foreign affairs, as he virtually addresses the general debate of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, on September 26, 2020, in New York. (Via AFP)
The Belarusian foreign ministry has accused Western states of meddling... |
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Syria invites sanction-beset nations to unite against suffocating bans Syrias Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem
At the 75th UN General Assembly, Syria has urged all the countries that have come under illegal and unilateral US sanctions to "close ranks" and resist the "suffocating" bans.
"Unilateral coercive measures imposed by some countries clearly violate international... |
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Mexico finally orders arrest of soldiers in mysterious case of 43 missing students Relatives of 43 missing students hold banners as they march on the 6th anniversary of their disappearance in Mexico City, September 26, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
On the sixth anniversary of the mysterious disappearance of 43 Mexican college students, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has issued dozens... |
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Peninsula tensions: North Korea urges South Navy to keep off its waters in missing officer probe The South Korean Mugunghwa 10 fisheries patrol vessel is seen anchored off the western border island of Yeonpyeong on September 25, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
North Korea says it is searching for a missing South Korean fisheries official allegedly shot dead by its soldiers, warning Seoul to keep its naval... |
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Pakistan PM warns a hasty foreign troop withdrawal would be unwise Pakistan Prime Minister has warned that a hasty withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan would be unwise and that there are regional spoilers who are not committed to a peaceful Afghanistan as it would not be of benefit to them.
In an opinion piece published in the Washington Post on Saturday,... |
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18 million tourism jobs at risk in EU Throughout the summer, this was a familiar site; those in the hospitality sector, standing around waiting for customers. The EUs tourism industry, which accounts for 10% of the blocs entire economic output or GDP, has been decimated by the coronavirus.
The crisis has been debated in the European... |
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Military transport plane crashes in northern Ukraine, killing 22 A picture by the Press Service of the National Police of Ukraine shows wreckage of the Ukrainian military Antonov An-26 plane at its crash site outside of Chuhuiv town, Ukraine, on September 25, 2020. (via Reuters)
A military transport plane carrying 28 people crashed and burst into flames in northeastern... |
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Khalilzad says Taliban unlikely to call a ceasefire until a deal is made As the world continues to call for a reduction in violence in Afghanistan, US peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad said on Friday he did not think the Taliban would call for a ceasefire until an agreement between the two sides has been sealed.
When asked about this in an interview with Americas PBS News... |
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Australia Test against Afghanistan on hold due to COVID-19 Australias planned historic maiden Test against Afghanistan has become the latest victim of the global coronavirus pandemic, with the one-off match scheduled for later this year postponed until next year.
According to Cricket Australia (CA), complexities around international travel and quarantine... |
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Imran Khan accuses India of sponsoring Islamophobia Pakistans Prime Minister Imran Khan has emphasized the need for durable peace in the South Asian region but hit out at India and said India is driving Islamaphobia.
In a pre-recorded address Friday to the UN General Assembly Khan also said the return of Afghan refugees sheltering in Pakistan needs... |
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Local Police Commander Killed in Taliban Attack in Badakhshan Ghazi Shaheed, a local police commander, was killed in a Taliban attack in the northeastern province of Badakhshan province on Friday night, said Sanaullah Rohani, a spokesman for provincial police chief.
The attack occurred in the Aba Yaftal area of Faizabad, the capital of the province, after the... |
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Venezuelas Maduro calls US most serious threat to global peace A handout picture released by the Venezuelan Presidency shows Venezuelas President Nicolas Maduro giving a new speech to the annual United Nations General Assembly, from the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, on September 23, 2020. (Via AFP)
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has... |
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Russia blacklists EU officials in reciprocal move Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova
Russia has placed a number of European Union (EU) officials on a blacklist of individuals banned from entering the country in response to sanctions by the bloc.
The Russian Foreign Ministry announced the retaliatory sanctions in a statement on Wednesday,... |
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Japan, South Korea need to mend ties, cooperate: PM Suga Yoshihide Suga speaks during a news conference following his confirmation as prime minister of Japan, in Tokyo, Japan, on September 16, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
Japans new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga says his country and South Korea need to mend their relations and cooperate on various issues, including... |
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Rights groups slam EUs new refugee plan European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson speaks during a press conference on a New Pact for Migration and Asylum at the European Commission in Brussels on September 23, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Rights groups have accused the European Commission of bowing to anti-immigrant governments as the... |
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Ghani tells UN the country is dealing will multiple drivers of turmoil Afghan President Ashraf Ghani called on the international community to help his country achieve peace as Afghanistan is facing "multiple drivers of turmoil all at once."
He said however that peace remains Afghanistans "most urgent and important priority".
In a pre-recorded address to the UN General... |
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5 Family Members Killed in Taliban Ambush in Badakhshan At least five members of a family, including two children, were killed in a Taliban ambush in the northeastern province of Badakshan on Thursday morning, said Sanaullah Rohani, a spokesman for the provincial police chief.
The incident happened in Patawak village in Darayem district in the early hours... |
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How Iran is sharing lessons in resilience with Venezuela Workers of the Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA wave Iranian flags as the Iranian-flagged oil tanker Forest docks at the second-largest refinery, Cardon, in western Venezuela, May 27, 2020.
An Iranian supertanker that shipped the countrys first oil cargo to Venezuela last week despite US threats... |
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