Cholera Outbreak in Yemen: Over 1,600 Cases Detected in 12 Provinces

Yemeni health minister says some 1,700 cases of cholera have surfaced in the country, as Saudi Arabia's deadly aggression rages on against the poorest Arab nation.  Sabanews.net cited Mohamed bin Hafedh as saying that 1,681 cases of cholera have been detected in 12 provinces of the war-torn...

Saudi kingdom will be destroyed if Riyadh does anything 'ignorant'

Following Saudi deputy crown prince's comments about moving the battle to Iran, Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan says if the Saudis do anything stupid, the Iranian army will hit back and destroy all of the kingdom -- apart from Mecca and Medina. Dehqan gave the warning in...

Facebook wages war on �fake news� ahead of UK general elections

Social network company Facebook has taken a series of new measures to crack down on what it calls “fake news” in the UK, as the country prepares for crucial general elections next month. Facebook said in a statement Tuesday that it had designed new algorithms to detect and remove news...

Israeli forces shoot, kill Palestinian woman over alleged stabbing attempt

Israeli military forces have shot dead a young Palestinian woman in the Old City of the occupied East Jerusalem al-Quds for allegedly attempting to carry out a stabbing attack. Israeli police spokeswoman, Luba al-Samri, said the Palestinian woman was shot after she purportedly approached Israeli...

ISIS head in Afghanistan, mastermind of Kabul military hospital attack killed

The head of the Daesh (ISIS) terrorist group's offshoot in Afghanistan was killed during an operation in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. The Office of the President, ARG Palace, said earlier tonight that the leader of ISIS Khurasan Abdul Hasib was killed during an operation of the Afghan...

Head of Daesh in Afghanistan killed in joint strike with US: Ghani

Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani has announced the death of the Daesh terrorist group’s leader in the country during a joint raid with the US. On Sunday, Ghani said that Abdul Hasib was killed during a joint operation by 40 Afghan commandos and 50 US special forces on Thursday...

Iran loses to Tahiti, fails to snag berth in Beach Soccer World Cup final

The national Iranian men's beach soccer team has failed to clinch a berth in the final showdown of the 2017 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Beach Soccer World Cup in the Bahamas, and has to assess its chances in the third-place...

Macron Trounces Le Pen to Win French Presidency amid Low Turnout

Emmanuel Macron has won the French presidency by beating far-right Marine Le Pen amid a historically low turnout of voters. Pollsters projected that Macron won 65 percent of the votes Sunday. Le Pen's projected 35 percent score was lower than her polling numbers earlier in the campaign. Many French...

Scared Bahraini Regime Postpones Ayatollah Sheikh Qassim�s Trial

The Bahraini regime has once again postponed the verdict issuance in the case of Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim amid rising tensions in the tiny Persian Gulf sheikhdom. Bahrain's fourth high criminal court decided in its Sunday session to postpone the verdict issuance in the case of Ayatollah Sheikh...

Raziq Warns Pakistan Of Fallout If Border Issue Talks Fail

Kandahar police chief Gen. Abdul Raziq has warned Pakistan of dire consequences if a diplomatic solution is not found to ease tensions along the border. This comes just days after military forces from the two countries engaged in a fierce battle over the village of Luqman inside Afghan territory. The...

Iran, Afghanistan Vows to Expand Ties, Fight Terror

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday said that insurgency is a common threat to the region and the world, but warned that terrorism will destabilize the security of nations that are sponsoring terror groups. Speaking at a joint press conference with his Afghan counterpart Salahuddin...

Britain Unable to Control ISIS Terrorists Returning from Syria, Iraq: Report

Hundreds of ISIS Takfiri terrorists are returning to Britain from Syria, with the country's security forces saying they are unable to control the returnees. According to British media reports, the country's domestic intelligence service MI5 previously said around 850 extremists from Britain...

US to Ink Multi-Billion Arms Deal with Saudis amid War Crimes in Yemen

The US is working hard to ink deals for tens of billions of dollars in arms sales to Saudi Arabia, despite the regime's ongoing aggression on neighboring Yemen that has killed over 12,000 people since March 2015. In a major shift from its predecessor, Donald Trump's administration has been negotiating...

US Mulls Sending New Forces to Afghanistan, Amid Trump�s Policy Incertitude

In the last days of administration of the former President Barack Obama, the United States was in a real confusion on how it could draw up a clear and stable policy in Afghanistan. The same bewilderment appears to be still existing now inside the new administration, baring Washington from adopting a...

Hizb-e-Islami Names 3,500 Fighters For Security Departments

Hizb-e-Islami Names 3,500 Fighters To Be Included In Security DepartmentsThe political council of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's Hizb-e-Islami on Saturday said they have drawn up a list of 3,500 names of Hizb-e-Islami fighters whom they want recruited into the security departments. According to them, the...

Afghan And Pakistani Officials Meet Over Border Clashes

Afghan and Pakistani border forces met in Spin Boldak district of southern Kandahar province on Friday evening to discuss the security situation - an hour after clashes stopped following a ceasefire. This came after border forces opened fire on each other across the Durand Line after Afghanistan authorities...

348 militants killed in Afghan forces operations in past one week: Waziri

At least three hundred and forty eight insurgents including dozens of ISIS militants were killed during the operations of the Afghanistan security forces in the past one week, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) claimed Saturday. Gen. Dawlat Waziri, spokesman for the Ministry of Defense, told reporters in...

US losing leadership in world, EU filling the gap: Mogherini

European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini says the United States is “losing its leadership” position in the world, presenting an "opportunity” for the EU to become a “reliable partner” on the international stage. “There is an opportunity for the Europeans...

Scrapping Iran deal in no one�s interest: EU�s Mogherini

The European Union (EU)’s foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, says scrapping a 2015 nuclear deal with Iran would be in the interest of no one, something she says the United States must have come to understand by now. “I believe the new US administration must have understood...

Qala-e-Zal District Collapses To The Taliban

Sayed Asad Sadat, a Kunduz provincial council member said Qala-e-Zal district collapsed on Saturday morning to the Taliban after two days of heavy clashes between the insurgent group and security forces. He said however that as yet there are no reports of casualties. Earlier Mahbubullah Sayede, the...

Pakistan�s Envoy To U.S Meets McMaster, Discusses Afghan Issues

Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry met with the U.S National Security Adviser Lt Gen H.R. McMaster on Thursday and discussed peace in Afghanistan and recent border clashes. Chaudhry stressed during the meeting that the benefits of war on terror could only surface after...

�US using North Korea pretext to launch nuclear attack on China

The United States is using the pretext of North Korea to build up its military capabilities in order to launch a nuclear attack on China, an American writer and retired professor says. James Petras, who has written dozens of books on international issues, made the remarks in an interview with...

Pentagon admits March strike hit a 'mosque complex' in Syria

Pentagon officials have finally admitted that a March airstrike in northern Syria did in fact hit a mosque, killing dozens of people. An investigation by the US Central Command found that the March 16 airstrike targeted a building that was part of a "mosque complex" in a village west of Aleppo, two...

Syria safe zones closed for US-led warplanes: Russian envoy

Russia says the de-escalation zones agreed to be formed in four conflict zones across Syria will be closed for warplanes of the US and its coalition allies. “In terms of their actions in the de-escalation zones then from this moment these zones are closed for their flights,” the Kremlin’s...

US Senate Republicans hesitate on Obamacare repeal bill

US Senate Republicans have announced that they plan to make major changes to the Obamacare replacement legislation that was pushed through the US House of Representatives, less than a day after the bill was approved by the House Rules Committee​.   “We’re writing a Senate...

Casualties Sustained In Spin Boldak Clash

In an escalation of tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan, Afghan and Pakistani border forces clashed in Spin Boldak district in southern Kandahar province on Friday morning, police officials said. Kandahar police spokesman Zia Durani told TOLOnews that the clash started at around 4am on Friday...

U.S Looking At 'Adjustments' To Afghanistan's War Strategy

Theresa Whelan, acting assistant defense secretary for Special Operations of the United States (U.S) said in response to questions by the U.S Senate Committee on Armed Services that the Pentagon's proposal to send more troops to Afghanistan will be sent to President Donald Trump within the next week. "We...

Afghan War Being Financed From Abroad: Hekmatyar

The leader of Hizb-e-Islami, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, in an address to thousands of his supporter in Ghazi Stadium in Kabul on Friday, recalled his recent remarks about militants and said the Afghan war is being financed from abroad. Hekmatyar said there are good as well as bad elements among anti-government...

Hekmatyar Should Be Held Accountable For Past Actions: HRW

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday said Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, head of Hizb-e-Islami, should be held accountable for what he has done in the past, especially the deeds he committed during the civil war. Patricia Gossman, a senior researcher of Human Rights Watch in Afghanistan said Hekmatyar, like other...

Hekmatyar Calls Taliban �Brothers�, Urges Them To Lay Down Arms

Addressing a welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Kabul on Thursday, Hizb-e-Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar called Taliban "brothers" and asked them to join the peace process. Speaking to the large group of dignitaries present including President Ashraf Ghani, CEO Abdullah Abdullah, former...