Raeisi joins mix for 12th Iran presidential election

Hojjatoleslam Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi, the current custodian of the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (PBUH) in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad, throws his hat in the ring for the forthcoming presidential contest. Raeisi arrived at the Interior Ministry building on Friday and registered for the...

Karzai strongly condemns US dropping of huge bomb in Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s former President Hamid Karzai has blasted the US for dropping its largest non-nuclear bomb in the Asian country, saying Washington is using his country as a “testing ground” for its new weapons. “I vehemently and in strongest words condemn the dropping...

Trump lauds US military for firing �mother of all bombs� in Afghanistan

President Donald Trump has praised America’s “incredible military” for dropping the largest non-nuclear bomb in the US arsenal on an area of eastern Afghanistan. “We have [an] incredible military. We are very proud of them and this was another very, very successful mission,”...

One in four young women in UK reports mental health problems: Study

Official figures show that one in four young women in the United Kingdom suffer from anxiety and depression. Data revealed that 25 percent of 16 to 24-year-old women reported struggling with poor mental health - either anxiety or depression, according to a new survey released by the Office for...

US drops largest non-nuclear bomb in Afghanistan + video

The US military has dropped the largest non-nuclear bomb in the American arsenal on an area of eastern Afghanistan known to be populated by Daesh (ISIL) terrorists, according to the US Defense Department. A GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb (MOAB), also known as the "mother of all bombs,"...

Saudi blockade paralyzing Yemen, causing catastrophe: UN expert

A United Nations rights expert has called on Saudi Arabia to immediately lift its “paralyzing” aerial and naval blockade on Yemen that has been under attack by the kingdom for more than two years now.   Idriss Jazairy, UN special rapporteur on the negative impacts of unilateral...

Two billion people drinking polluted water worldwide: WHO

Dramatic improvements are needed in ensuring access to clean water and sanitation worldwide, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday, warning that nearly two billion people currently use fecal-contaminated water. Hundreds of thousands of people die each year because they are forced to...

America's first Muslim woman judge found dead in New York

Sheila Abdus-Salaam, America’s first-ever Muslim woman judge and the first African-American female to serve on New York’s highest court, has been found dead in New York, police say. The 65-year-old judge’s body was found floating on the on the Manhattan side of the Hudson River...

Pistachio harvest in NE Afghanistan expected to surpass 1,000 tons

The pistachio fields in northeastern Badakhshan province of Afghanistan is expected to surpass 1,000 tons during the current year, according to the officials. According to the officials in the ministry of agriculture, irrigation, and livestock, around 151 hectares of pistachio fields are available in...

132 ISIS terrorists killed in Afghanistan in past 6 days: MoD

At least 132 loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group were killed during the ongoing counter-terrorism operations in East of Afghanistan. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) officials said Thursday that the militants were killed in the past six days during the anti-ISIS operations...

Trump sending Gen. McMaster to Afghanistan to review the situation

The US President Donald Trump is sending General McMaster to Afghanistan in a bid to review the situation in the country. Trump made the remarks while speaking during a press conference with the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. "It's my hope that NATO will take on an increased role in supporting...

Afghan Ulemas once again slam Pakistan�s Maulana Fazal for his remarks

The Afghan Ulemas once again slammed the Pakistani politician and religious figure Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman for his controversial remarks regarding Afghanistan, emphasizing that he is not having a religious and academic status. Speaking during a press conference in Kabul, the Afghan Ulemas said Maulana...

Why Did NATO Expand to West Asia?

After collapse of the Soviet Union and thus end of the Cold War, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) redefined the so-called threats posed to its members from communism to terrorism, Islamic fundamentalism, and risks of proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs), arguing that the three...

134 Sri Lankan Peacekeepers linked to Child Sex Ring; No Arrests: UN Report

In the ruins of a tropical hideaway where jetsetters once sipped rum under the Caribbean sun, the abandoned children tried to make a life for themselves. They begged and scavenged for food, but they never could scrape together enough to beat back the hunger, until the U.N. peacekeepers moved in a...

Russia-US relations deteriorated under Trump: Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow-Washington relations have worsened since US President Donald Trump took office in January. "You can say that the level of trust on a working level, especially on the military side, has not improved but most likely worsened (under Trump),"...

Pakistan says will quit Saudi-led military coalition if it turns 'sectarian'

Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif says Islamabad will quit a controversial Saudi-led coalition if it becomes "sectarian," as the military bloc continues its aggression against the impoverished nation of Yemen, particularly the Shia Houthi Ansarullah movement there. “Pakistan...

China denies any deployment of troops near North Korea

China's Defense Ministry has denied reports of troop deployment along the border with North Korea to respond to contingencies emerging from a potential US attack on the peninsula. The ministry said on its website on Wednesday that reports of troop build-up along China’s northeastern...

Iran rejects EU sanctions over human rights as politically-motivated

The Iranian Foreign Ministry has dismissed as politically-motivated the European Union’s extension of sanctions against the Islamic Republic over human rights, saying the bloc has turned a blind eye to the realities of civil rights in Iran. The Islamic Republic of Iran condemns the...

Heavy explosion heard in Kabul city

The incident has taken place in the vicinity of the 2nd police district, house to the Ministry of Defense and several other government institutions, including the VIP Protection Unit providing security to the government elites. The Ministry of Interior confirmed the incident that took place in Police...

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Why Mosul Liberation Op Proceeding Slow?

Operation to liberate Iraq's second largest city, Mosul, from ISIS was ordered by the Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on September 14, last year and is taking its stages according to the schedule. After recapturing eastern part of Mosul from the terrorist group, Iraqi army launched a large...

How Germany Chases its Economic, Military Interests in West Asia?

The West Asian developments have been one of the leading points of concern of the global powers, among them Germany which has always set a profit-seeking eye on the region. A set of worries, including the effects of the regional crises on the global energy markets, has been central to the German leaders'...

Turks attack Syrian refugees with knives, burn tents

Some 500 Syrian refugees have been forced to flee a makeshift housing in Turkey’s western Izmir province after being violently attacked by locals who burnt their tents. The attack took place in Izmir’s Torbali district on Saturday after reports claiming that a local child had...

Russia reacts at alleged support to the Afghan Taliban

The Embassy of Russia in Kabul has reacted towards the remarks of the Afghan officials regarding the alleged support of Moscow to the Taliban group. According to a statement by the Russian Embassy, some senior Afghan officials are accusing Russia of supporting the Taliban group, emphasizing that such...

Seven Theories About US Missile Strikes on Syria

The US navy's missile strikes against the Syrian military base on last Friday have unleashed an array of media and expert speculations on what will Trump's future strategies be in relation to the Syrian crisis, ranging from heading to the direct military action against Damascus to continuing...

Nine Afghan forces battling Taliban killed by roadside bomb

A roadside bomb has killed at least nine Afghan soldiers during an ongoing military operation in Afghanistan’s northern Balkh Province. Media reports on Sunday cited an Afghan official as saying that in addition to the nine killed, several more Afghan forces had been injured in clashes with...

Blast hits area near church in Egypt�s Tanta

At least 26 people have been killed and more than 71 others injured in an explosion that hit an area near a church in the northern Egyptian city of Tanta, sources say. State television confirmed the explosion on Sunday but the cause of the blast is yet unknown. Provincial governor Ahmad Deif told...

US strikes in Syria violate UN Charter: Rouhani, Putin

Presidents of Iran and Russia say the US missile attack on a Syrian airfield was a violation of international law and the United Nations Charter. In a phone call on Sunday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin stressed the importance of further supporting...

Iran Named Afghanistan�s Largest Trade Partner in 2016: ACCI

Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) on Sunday said Iran retained its position as the country's largest trade partner for 2016. Statistics by the ACCI shows that Iran's trade value with Afghanistan for 2016 was $1.8 billion USD. However trade volumes between Afghanistan and...

Rashid Khan secures 3 wickets as SunRisers Hyderabad wins second IPL match

Afghanistan's Rashid Khan secured three wickets and was awarded the man of the match award for his astounding performance in the second match of the SunRisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League. Khan managed to take three key and top order batsmen of the Gujrat Lions to restrict them to 135...