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Germany pledges 59 million euros to Afghanistan The announcement was as government consultations on cooperation between Afghanistan and Germany in 2019 ended on Tuesday.
An additional 100 million euros or 8.7 billion afghanis shall be allocated to the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund, a German press release said. That will be subject to the... |
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Saudi Arabia resorting to death penalty to quash opposition: Amnesty Amnesty International says Saudi Arabia is making use of the death penalty to crush opposition figures, as a crackdown led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman against Muslim preachers, members of the press and intellectuals widens in the conservative oil-rich kingdom.
The London-based rights group... |
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Facebook spends $22.6 million to keep Mark Zuckerberg safe Facebook Inc. more than doubled the money it spent on Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerbergs security in 2018 to $22.6 million, a regulatory filing showed on Friday.
Zuckerberg has drawn a base salary of $1 for the past three years, and his "other" compensation was listed at $22.6 million, most... |
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Trump warns ICC against prosecuting Americans, Israelis for war crimes US President Donald Trump has warned the International Criminal Court (ICC) of "swift and vigorous response" if the Hague-based tribunal investigates Americans and Israelis for war crimes.
Trump issued the warning on Friday after ICC judges rejected a request by the court’s prosecutor... |
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UN expert: Assange not guaranteed fair trial in US; torture, death penalty possible WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is not guaranteed a fair trial in the United States, where he is likely to face torture and ultimately receive a death penalty, a UN torture expert has warned.
Nils Melzer, a UN special rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment,... |
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Afghan Forces Push Back Taliban Attack on Kunduz City Afghan security forces have pushed back a Taliban attack over the capital of northern Kunduz province, an official said on Saturday.
Enamuddin Rahmani, a spokesman for Kunduz police said that Taliban militants launched a large-scale attack from four directions over Kunduz city early on Saturday morning.
He... |
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Khalilzad condemns Taliban Reckless Offensive Announcement The US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad said that the Talibans spring offensive announcement is "reckless" and is in "indifference" to the demands of Afghans for peace.
Khalilzad said in a tweet on Friday that the Taliban announcement is "irresponsible" and that... |
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Taliban Offensive Announcement Illegitimate: ARG The Presidential Palace, also known as ARG, in a statement on Saturday condemned the Taliban’s announcement of the so-called spring offense and said it is an evident sign of the will of the group to continue the “illegitimate” war in Afghanistan.
The statement says that the... |
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Assange exposed great crimes by US government: Galloway WikiLeaks founder and Australian whistleblower Julian Assange has exposed the crimes of the US and other Western nations and now a crime has been committed against him by his arrest, says veteran British politician and broadcaster George Galloway.
“Im very shocked...Julian Assange is a friend... |
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UK PM May admits huge frustration over Brexit delay British Prime Minister Theresa May has defended her decision to delay Brexit, though admitting it has created a “huge frustration” among many people in the UK, as some members of her own party repeating their call for her to resign.
May told the House of Commons on Thursday that she... |
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Sudan Ruler Omar Al-Bashir Removed as President: Reports Sudan’s longtime ruler Omar al-Bashir appeared to have been removed as president on Thursday following months of on-and-off popular protests that culminated in clashes between his loyalist security branches and the uniformed armed forces, reports said.
During a tense dramatic morning that... |
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US blacklisting of IRGC proves Washingtons fiasco in Middle East: Nasrallah The secretary general of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement has censured the United States for designating Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist group, stating that the move is a concrete proof that Washington has miserably failed in its plots... |
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Qatar Meeting Postponed For April 19 The meeting between Afghan politicians and the Taliban which was initially scheduled for April 14 was postponed to April 19 as per the decision of the newly-established Reconciliation Leadership Council - which is chaired by President Ashraf Ghani, the Presidential Palace confirmed in a statement on... |
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Russia ready to expand military cooperation with Turkey on new S-400 supplies A high-ranking Russian official says his country is interested in expanding military and technical cooperation with other states, and is ready to consider signing new contracts on delivering advanced S-400 air defense missile systems to Turkey.
“Russia is open, Russia has certain capabilities... |
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Poll shows Labour is surging in run-up to UK elections Results of a bombshell poll released in the UK shows support for the ruling Conservative Party has plummeted significantly as the opposition Labour Party surges in the run-up to the upcoming local elections.
The poll by the Kantar covered in the Daily Mirror on Wednesday showed that... |
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Turkey: Delivery of Russian S-400 may be brought forward Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country’s purchase of Russias S-400 is a “done” deal, and that the delivery of the missile defense system may happen sooner than the date set.
Erdogan made the remarks to reporters on his plane while returning from... |
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Rightist Netanyahu on path to win 5th term as Israeli PM Right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears poised to secure a fifth term in office after early results from Israel’s general elections handed him a narrow victory against his centrist rival, Benny Gantz.
With about 97 percent of the votes cast in Tuesday’s elections... |
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Turkey, Qatar, China, Iraq denounce US blacklisting of IRGC Turkey, Qatar, China, and Iraq have separately denounced US President Donald Trump’s recent move to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist group.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Tuesday warned that the move was a step outside international... |
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US fines Standard Chartered $1.1bn over Iran transactions London-based Standard Chartered has been fined $1.1 billion by US authorities for allegedly breaching sanctions against Iran and other countries.
The fine is one of the largest imposed on a bank since France’s BNP Paribas had to pay $8.9 billion in penalties in 2014 over alleged sanctions... |
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NATO Challenges on Eve of 70th Anniversary The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is wrestling with unprecedented rifts among its members states on the threshold of its 70th anniversary.
In a recent rift, the member states have been divided over the organization’s defense budget. The US Vice-President Mike Pence has recently... |
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Abdullah Sees A Role For Taliban If They Quit Violence Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah says the Taliban can be part of a political process and that they can represent the people of Afghanistan at any level if the group gives up violence.
"The minute they joined the political process, they give up violence, they cut their ties with terrorist groups and... |
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Irans IRGC on US Terror List: Reasons, Consequences On Friday, Reuters news agency reported, citing American officials, the White House intended to add Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) to its terror blacklist. On Monday, it designated the official Iranian military force a “terrorist organization”, marking the first time Washington... |
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Israelis voting in general elections, with main contenders neck and neck People in the Israeli-occupied territories are voting in the 2019 general elections, with a tight race expected between corruption-tainted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of the right-wing Likud party and centrist Benny Gantz of the Blue and White alliance.
Polling stations opened at... |
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Amnesty to join legal fight against UK arms sales to Saudi amid Yemen atrocities Amnesty International says it is joining a fresh legal fight to end Britain’s weapons sales to Saudi Arabia, as the kingdom continues to kill Yemeni women and children in its years-long war against the impoverished southern neighbor.
“Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and... |
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Americas move against IRGC rooted in rancor: Khamenei Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the recent decision by the United States to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) a “foreign terrorist organization” is rooted in America’s “rancor” against the force, which... |
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US under pressure to extend Iran waiver as oil surges The US has left the world guessing on whether it will extend waivers for countries importing oil from Iran, but the recent rally in prices means there is little room for maneuver.
"Well make that decision in due course as we move towards May 2nd," US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo... |
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Pakistani PM and US CENTCOM Chief discuss Afghanistan Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday met with the U.S. CENTCOM Chief General Kenneth McKenzie Jr in Islamabad.
According to a statement released by Prime Minister House of Pakistan, the two sides held talks regarding ongoing efforts to end the conflict in Afghanistan.
The statement further... |
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Ex-Communication Minister Jailed for Three Years Abdul Razaq Wahidi, the former Afghan Minister of Telecommunication and Information Technology, has been arrested by the anti-corruption heavy crimes task force, the Attorney General Office (AGO) said on Monday.
Minister Wahidi is sentenced to three years in prison on corruption charges and misuse... |
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Ghani Welcomes EUs Stance On Afghan Peace President Ashraf Ghani in a statement appreciated the European Unions stance on the Afghan peace process a day after the EU vowed to support the ongoing peace process in Afghanistan and act as a guarantor of a peace process.
The EU Council on Monday discussed the situation in Afghanistan with a special... |
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US House Urges Briefing By Khalilzad On Afghan Peace The Foreign Affairs Committee of the US House of Representatives in a letter has called for a briefing by the Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad, who left Kabul on Sunday after a series of talks with Afghan leaders, politicians and civil society members.
"Representative... |
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