Sanctions imposed over Iran�s nuclear program lifted

Sanctions imposed on Iran over its nuclear program are lifted following confirmation of Tehran’s commitment to​ the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action by the International Atomic Energy Agency. European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and Iranian Foreign Minister...

Iran: All sanctions to be annulled today

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says “all oppressive sanctions imposed against the Islamic Republic will be annulled today.” “Today, with the submission of the report by the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the JCPOA will in...

Saudi warplanes kill 30 in NW Yemen

At least 30 people have been killed ​in a Saudi airstrike in northwestern Yemen, a day after six troops were killed at a military base of the kingdom near the border.    The fatalities came on Saturday during an air raid on residential buildings in the Dhahian...

Refugee Crisis: EU Seeks Political Solution For Challenges In Afghanistan

The European Union (EU) Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management, Christos Stylianides, on Friday called on European institutions to deal with "the root causes" of the migrant and refugee crisis. In a meeting with Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic in Belgrade, Stylianides said...

Al-Qaeda Attack On Burkina Faso Hotel Kills 20

At least 20 people have been killed and others were being held hostage in an ongoing Al-Qaeda attack on a hotel in the capital of Burkina Faso popular with United Nations staff and westerners. A fire raged in the main entrance of Ouagadougou's four-star Splendid hotel and screams could be heard...

Pakistan strengthens security of Afghan diplomats following attack

Pakistan has taken additional measures to ensure security of Afghan diplomats after attack on the residence of an official of Afghan consulate in Peshawar, capital of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Sayed Mohammad Ibrahimkhil, the Afghan consul in Peshawar said Pakistan’s security...

President Ghani arrives in Kapisa

President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has arrived in Mahmud-i-Raqi, capital of northeastern Kapisa province. He is expected to discuss security situation, violence against women and development with local government officials and residents. President Ghani’s visit to Kapisa comes about a week after...

Clinton plans advertising blitz to fend off surging Sanders

US Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton is planning a massive advertising blitz to fend off the challenge from Senator Bernie Sanders, according to a report. In the first three months of 2016, Clinton’s campaign would almost double the proportion of money it devoted to...

New US drone raid kills 11 in eastern Afghanistan

Afghan authorities say at least eleven people have lost their lives in a new US assassination drone strike in Afghanistan’s troubled eastern province of Nangarhar. Attaullah Khogyani, a spokesman for the provincial governor, said the aerial attack took place Friday in the Achin district...

Obama lifts ban on aircraft sale to Iran

US President Barack Obama has lifted a decades-old ban on the export of civilian passenger aircraft to Iran as Tehran prepares to see sanctions relief. President Obama delegated that authority to Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday through a presidential memorandum, a directive similar to...

Saudi King to abdicate throne in favor of son: Report

A report says Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud plans to renounce power in favor of his son, who is currently the second in line to the throne but is widely believed to be the real ruler. The report by the Institute for [Persian] Gulf Affairs quoted multiple...

Turkey arrests 12 academics for signing declaration

Turkey arrests 12 academics for signing a petition that calls on Ankara to end its military campaign against Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the country's southeast.  The academics are among more than 1,200 people from 90 Turkish universities who last week signed...

Ayat. Sistani urges Iraqi govt. to protect Sunni mosques

Iraq's top Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani condemns bombings on Sunni mosques in the province of Diyala. Ayatollah Sistani said Friday he placed full responsibility for protection of mosques and preventing repetition of such attacks on the government security forces. His message...

Daesh Leader Killed In Nangarhar Drone Strike: Officials

Local officials on Friday confirmed the death of Hafiz Saeed – one of the key leaders of Daesh – in a drone strike by foreign troops in eastern Nangarhar province. Achin district chief Ghalib Mujahid told TOLOnews that Hafiz Saeed was killed with 10 other fighters in the air strike which...

U.S Declares Daesh Af-Pak Wing A Terrorist Organization

The U.S Department of State on Thursday said it has declared Daesh - ISIL - Khorasan (ISIL-K) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) under Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. The U.S Department of State said the consequences of the FTO designation include a prohibition against...

At least 7 dead as bombs hit Jakarta

Daesh-linked attackers strike at the heart of Jakarta, the capital of the most populated Muslim country, leaving at least seven people dead.  Police said five attackers and two civilians were killed and 19 others injured in the assault copying "the pattern of the Paris...

Austria turns away 3,000 asylum seekers over 'false claims'

Some 3,000 refugees have been turned away by the Austrian police over the past 20 days for being "untruthful" about their nationalities, an official says. Austrian police spokesman Rainer Dionisio said this was all due to more controls over the border points with Slovenia from...

Car bomb kills five, destroys police HQ in southeast Turkey

A devastating explosion has reportedly ripped through a multi-storey police headquarters in Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakir, killing five people and wounding 39 others. The incident occurred late on Wednesday when an explosive-laden car hit the headquarters in Cinar district...

UNICEF calls for urgent help for 10 million Yemeni children

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warns that millions of Yemeni children are in need of urgent help, amid the Saudi-led war on the impoverished country. “With no end in sight to the deadly conflict in Yemen, nearly 10 million children inside the country are...

IRGC move in Persian Gulf shows Iran might: MP

A senior Iranian lawmaker says the recent capture of US Navy troops for trespassing indicated that the security of the Persian Gulf is under the control of the Islamic Republic. MP Alaeddin Boroujerdi made the remarks in a Thursday message to Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi,...

Mosazai says at least 60 % militants fleeing Pakistan join Daesh in Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s Ambassador to Pakistan Janan Mosazai has said that majority of militants fleeing military operation in the tribal agencies of Pakistan join Islamic State (IS) in Afghanistan. While talking to a seminar in Islamabad, Mosazai said about 60 to 70 per cent militants who have fled...

Ten Daesh Insurgents Killed in Nangarhar Air Strike

At least ten Daesh insurgents were killed in an Afghan air strike in eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday evening, local officials said. The air strike took place in Kot district of the province after an Afghan air force helicopter targeted the group of insurgents, Provincial Police Chief Fazil...

100s of New Zealanders hold rally over Nimr execution, urge premier to cut ties with Saudi

Hundreds of people have held a protest rally in New Zealand’s most populous city of Auckland to voice outrage at Saudi Arabia’s recent execution of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr and demand country’s premier to sever relations with Riyadh.   Around 300 people...

US may deploy more strategic assets to South Korea

The United States may deploy further strategic assets to South Korea in the wake of the latest nuclear test by the North. Washington and Seoul are in talks towards sending further strategic US assets to the Korean peninsula, a day after a US B-52 bomber flew over South Korea. "The United States...

Israel nabbed 100s of kids in 2015: Rights group

The majority of the Palestinians arrested by Israeli regime forces in East al-Quds (Jerusalem) in 2015 were children, among them minors under the age of 14, says a prisoner’s rights group. The Palestinian Prisoners’ Center for Studies said in a report on Sunday that the Tel Aviv regime...

Pakistan To Present List Of Taliban Open To Peace Talks At Meeting

An Afghan official says Pakistan will present a list of Taliban willing to negotiate with Kabul at a meeting this week aimed at reviving the Afghan peace process. Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United States will meet in Islamabad on Monday to discuss a road map for peace talks. The meeting...

Kabul police arrest woman for using false identification to meet the first lady

Kabul police have arrested a woman who falsely identified herself to meet the first lady Rola Ghan or Bibi Gul. Abdul Rahman Rahimi, police chief of Kabul said the woman is a civil society activist who identified herself as wife of Haji Mohammad Mohaqiq, second deputy to Chief Executive Officer (CEO),...

Cricket Team Beats Zimbabwe By 81 Runs in Second T20 Mach

The national cricket team on Sunday night defeated Zimbabwe by 81 runs in the second T20 clash with Mohammad Shahzad ending with 118 not out for Afghanistan. Afghanistan batted first setting a target of 216 but Zimbabwe was bowled out for 134 with 11 balls to spare. Shahzad triumphed for the Afghan...

Human Rights: From Comedy to Tragedy

An essay by Seyyed Mohammad Sadegh Kharrazi, a former Iranian ambassador to the UN The martyrdom of a freedom-seeking cleric who cried out for liberty of expression has become a pretext for us to look more deeply at the bitterly difficult days the world is experiencing and a pretext to...

Afghan minister narrowly escapes HIV infection in syringe attack by drug addict

The Afghan Public Health Minister Ferozuddin Feroz has narrowly escaped a possible HIV infection after he was attacked with a syringe by a drug addict, the officials said Sunday. There are growing fears of rapid HIV infection spread among the drug addicts in the country as syringes are mostly used...