India Latest Party to Take on China in Southeast Asia, Sea

Announcement of US new strategy beside the already-existing border and historical disputes are more and more exhibiting the rivalries between the global powers in the East Asia region. The new US war strategy has replaced Pakistan with India, motivating Islamabad to move closer to China day by day....

Five Things to Know about US New Afghanistan Strategy

Several months after taking the office, the US President Donald Trump in August last year unveiled the new American war strategy in Afghanistan, highlighting the need to increase the number of the troops in the war-ravaged country, emphasizing that the forces will remain there to an uncertain time. Trump...

Creators of Daesh Seeking to Relocate It to Afghanistan: Ayatollah Khamenei

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei highlighted the US role in the emergence of Daesh (also known as ISIS or ISIL) terrorists in the Middle East and said those who have created the criminal group are seeking to move it to Afghanistan. Addressing a religious session in...

Death Toll Rises To 95, Over 158 Wounded In Kabul Blast

Ministry of Interior confirms an ambulance bomb was used in Saturday’s explosion that rocked the city. Officials have confirmed at least 95 people have been killed and 158 wounded in Saturday’s deadly ambulance bombing in Kabul city. The explosive laden ambulance was detonated between two...

Saudi Regime to Hire Mercenaries from Latin America as Defeat Looms in Yemen War

Over the past three years of brutal aggression against neighboring Yemen, Saudi Arabia has resorted to various ways to defeat Yemeni revolutionaries. Actions ranging from ground offensives, use of mercenary fighters from a set of third-party countries such as Sudan and Senegal, and even hiring the...

Suicide bomber and Humvee laden with explosives eliminate in Helmand

A suicide bomber was killed before he manage to reach to his target to detonate a Humvee armored personnel carrier in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan. According to the local officials, a suicide bomber riding a Humvee vehicle packed with explosives was attempting to get closer to its target...

3 killed, 25 wounded as siege ends on NGO office in East of Afghanistan

At least three have reportedly been killed and around twenty others have sustained following a coordinated attack on a non-governmental organization in Jalalabad city in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. According to the local government officials, the siege of the militants on the non-governmental...

US Vice President Pence arrives in Israel to discuss Trump�s al-Quds decision

Hailed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a "great friend," US Vice President Mike Pence has arrived in Tel Aviv as part of a Middle East tour revolving around Washington’s recognition of Jerusalem al-Quds as the capital of Israel. Pence landed at Tel Aviv�s Ben-Gurion Airport...

Fatalities confirmed as Kabul hotel siege drama �ends�

A militant attack on a luxury hotel in the Afghanistanian capital of Kabul has ended, leaving eighteen people dead, among them 14 foreigners, according to Afghan officials. At least four assailants raided the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul at about 21:00 local time (16:30 GMT) on Saturday, detonating...

Assad blasts Turkey�s support for terror groups in Syria

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has condemned Turkish military operation in the country’s northwestern region of Afrin, stating that the offensive is part of Ankara�s support for Takfiri terrorist groups operating inside the conflict-plagued Arab country. “The brutal Turkish...

Brexit Fruits: More Arms sale to Saudi Arabia amid Yemen Aggression

During over 30 months of aggression against Yemen so far, Saudi Arabia has largely relied on the Western-supplied weapons to massacre the Muslim nation. London’s arm supplying to Riyadh has been crucial to the war waged against neighboring Yemen in March 2015. Voices are rising inside Britain...

Border Security Force: New US-designed Syria Partition Scenario

Since the eruption of the Syrian crisis in 2011, the US dealt with the conflict using various tactics in a set of stages. Under Barack Obama, Washington embarked on the policy of supporting the so-called Free Syria Army (FSA) that did not last for a long time. Soon, disunity broke the FSA into pieces...

Turkish President Urges NATO Take Stance on US �Terrorist Army� in Syria

Turkey expects US-led military alliance NATO take an official stance on the creation of a ‘terrorist army� along the country�s border in Syria, President Reccep Tayyib Erdogan said. He was referring to the planned 30,000-strong US-backed mostly Kurdish force. Erdogan said the US-led defense block,...

Afghanistani Govt. Denies Holding Informal Talks with Taliban in Turkey

The Afghanistani government reacted at the ongoing informal talks with the Taliban terrorist group in Turkey saying the participants of the meeting do not represent the Afghan government. A Presidential spokesman Shah Hussain Murtazawi said the individuals who have participated in the talks with the...

Over 22 Million Yemenis Depend on Aid Amid Saudi Aggression

The United Nations says the number of Yemenis who are dependent on assistance has risen to 22.2 million amid a brutal Saudi-led aggression on the impoverished Arab state. The UN humanitarian affairs office, the OCHA, said on Tuesday that 8.4 million people - out of Yemen�s population of 29 million -...

Syria Pans US Plan to Set up Kurdish Border Forces as Breach of Sovereignty

Syrian strongly condemned the US announcement of setting up a 30,000-strong force from the Kurdish-dominated SDF militias on its territories as a blatant breach of its sovereignty and territorial integrity and a flagrant violation of the International law. The US-led coalition’s plan to set...

Is Jordan Breaking Alliance with Saudi Arabia, West?

Sources at Jordan�s parliament have reported that the speaker of Jordanian House of the Representatives Atef Tarawneh is completing arrangements for a high-ranking delegation visit to Tehran. The same sources have added that the visit to Iran will be soon made. The visit will see the Jordanian diplomats...

How Global Journalists Get Together for Freedom of Media and Peace Journalism

To journalists, the year 2017 represents the misfortune of journalism. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) says at least 81 reporters were killed and violence against media has soared in 2017. Also, more than 70 media companies were closed in Venezuela where the political and social unrest...

Over 25 Million Muslims March Against ISIS And The Mainstream Media Completely Ignores It

In one of the largest organized marches in the history of the world, tens of millions of Shia Muslims made an incredibly heartening statement, by risking their lives to travel through war-stricken areas to openly defy ISIS. This massive event that would have undoubtedly helped to ease tensions in the...

Texas Attack Again Marks Trump, Western Media�s Double Standards

The Sunday shooting at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, left at least 26 people dead. In a news conference Sunday night, an official from the Texas Department of Public Safety described the scene: An armed man around 11:30 rushed into the church while firing an assault rifle....

NATO Chief Stresses on Political Reforms in Afghanistan

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says the alliance is backing Afghanistan�s elections by supporting its security forces to ensure a "secure environment" for its parliamentary and presidential elections. Speaking at a press conference prior to the meetings of NATO defense ministers in Brussels,...

Attack on TV shows Taliban, ISIS opposition to freedom of speech: Dostum

The first vice president of Afghanistan General Abdul Rashid Dostum condemned the attack on Shamshad TV station in Kabul, calling it an act against humanity and direct attack on the Afghanistanian people. The office of the first vice president in a statement said the Taliban and ISIS terroris group...

Ghani and pence discuss US strategy impact on Afghanistanian forces and Taliban

The US vice president Mike Pence discussed the seccurity situation in Afghanistan and the impact of the new US strategy on the Afghan forces and the Taliban insurgents. White House in a statement said Vice President Mike Pence spoke with President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan by phone on Tuesday. The...

Iranians hold rallies to mark US embassy takeover

Iranians have taken to the streets across the nation to commemorate the anniversary of the takeover of the American embassy in Tehran 38 years ago. On November 4, 1979, a group of Iranian university students took over the US diplomatic mission, which they believed had turned into a...

Mexico declares 1.5 billion barrel oil discovery

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said Friday state oil company Pemex has made a “major” oil and gas discovery with an estimated 1.5 billion barrels of crude equivalent, its largest onshore find in 15 years. The new field, dubbed Ixachi-1, is located in the eastern state of Veracruz...

Lebanese PM Hariri resigns after trips to Saudi Arabia

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has announced his resignation in a speech broadcast from Saudi Arabia. Hariri announced his resignation in a televised statement on Saturday, citing many reasons, including the security situation in Lebanon, for his sudden decision. He also said that he sensed a...

Hamas Demands UK�s Apology Over Balfour Declaration that Dispossessed Palestinians

Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, has called for the establishment of an international committee in order to prosecute Britain legally and politically over the consequences of the Balfour declaration. The Refugees Affairs Office of Hamas has issued a statement on the 100th anniversary...

US in Iraq: Taking Advantage of ISIS for Military Stay

Appearing with Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Monday night that the American forces deployed to Iraq will hypothetically stay in that country until the ISIS terrorist group is fully defeated, even...

Noor hold talks with top political figures in Kabul regarding new political coalition

The provincial governor of northern Balkh province and chief executive of Jamiat-e-Islami Afghanistan held talks with a number of top political figures in Kabul regarding the new political coalition. Noor reportedly visited Kabul in recent days amid ongoing efforts by him to lobby among his supporters...

Abdullah urges political circles to consider national interests in their stances

The Chief Executive of the Government of National Unity Abdullah Abdullah urged the political circles to consider the national interests of the country while adopting a stance, warning that the situation of the country remains tense as the enemies attempt to misuse from the upheavals. Speaking during...