 |
France evacuates more than 300 people from Afghanistan France has carried out an evacuation mission in Afghanistan, taking 258 Afghans as well as 11 French, about 60 Dutch nationals and an unspecified number of people linked to them out of the country, a French foreign ministry spokeswoman said on Friday.
The operation was organised with help from Qatar,... |
|
 |
IAEA chief rejects Israeli claims on Irans plan for 90% uranium enrichment Frame grab from France 24s interview with IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi on December 1, 2021
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has dismissed claims by the Israeli regime that Iran is gearing up to enrich uranium to 90 percent purity.
In an interview with France 24 on Wednesday,... |
|
 |
NATO chief says military bloc intends to prevent conflict with Russia over Ukraine Jens Stoltenberg, NATOs secretary general, gives an interview at the Adazi military base, Latvia, on November 29, 2021. (Photo by AFP)
US-led NATO says it intends to prevent a conflict with Russia, as Moscow has already warned that it will act if the military alliance crosses its red lines in Ukraine... |
|
 |
Massive blasts heard as Saudi-led war coalition attacks Yemens Sanaa, Saada Smoke billows from the site of Saud air strikes in Sanaa, Yemen. (File photo by Yemens Masirah news network)
The Saudi-led military campaign has carried out airstrikes against the Yemeni provinces of Sanaa and Saada, with reports of massive explosions in the capital.
The Saudi-led coalition said... |
|
 |
US reports first Omicron case in California A sign promotes a COVID-19 testing location located inside the Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on December 01, 2021. (Photo by AFP)
The United States says it has detected the first case of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in California, as fear and... |
|
 |
Haitian migrants stuck in southern Mexican city ask for asylum Migrants wait as they hope to receive help from the Mexican government to obtain humanitarian visas to transit Mexican territory, in Tapachula, Mexico, on December 1, 2021. (Photo by Reuters)
Several thousand Haitian migrants have camped outside a stadium in Tapachula, a southern Mexican city, urging... |
|
 |
China summons Japan envoy over former PM Abes comments on Taipei Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrives at the parliament building to attend a parliament session to face questioning over a possible violation of election funding laws, in Tokyo, Japan, on December 25, 2020. (File photo by Reuters)
China has summoned Japans ambassador to protest the "extremely... |
|
 |
UK is in danger of becoming a corrupt country: Labour MP Senior Labour MP Dame Margaret Hodge (File photo)
A leak in the Pandora Papers shows that the United Kingdom is on the verge of becoming a corrupt country since it is failing to take economic crime seriously enough, says the former chair of the public accounts watchdog.
Speaking to MPs in the Commons,... |
|
 |
Taliban delegation hold talks with envoys from 16 countries in Doha The Taliban delegation led by Taliban acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Wednesday met in Doha with 16 designated ambassadors and representatives for Afghanistan to discuss security, humanitarian, economic, political, and health issues.
Spokesman for the foreign ministry, Abdul Qahar Balkhi,... |
|
 |
World Bank backs using $280 million in frozen aid funds for Afghanistan The World Banks board has backed transferring $280 million from a frozen trust fund to two aid agencies to help Afghanistan cope with a brewing humanitarian crisis after the U.S. withdrawal, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday.
The 31 donors to the World Bank-administered... |
|
 |
Clash between Taliban and Iranian forces was a misunderstanding: Mujahid Clashes between Irans border forces and Afghanistan Talibans forces in Nimroz province have ended and were attributed to a "border misunderstanding", Taliban officials said on Thursday.
Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Islamic Emirate, said that a clash broke out between Afghan and Iranian... |
|
 |
Dollar falls; yen and Swiss franc gain in post-Omicron gyrations This file photo taken on September 22, 2010 shows a bank teller counting 10,000 yen (115 USD) bank notes in Tokyo. (AFP photo)
The US dollar fell on Wednesday morning in trading that saw the safe-haven yen and Swiss franc appreciate even as the risk-on British and Australian currencies rebounded from... |
|
 |
Italian parliamentary panel blames Egyptian security for murder of Giulio Regeni This file photo shows Italian student Giulio Regeni who was killed in Egypt in 2016.
An Italian parliamentary panel has blamed the Egyptian security apparatus for the 2016 abduction, torture and murder of student Giulio Regeni in Cairo.
Regeni disappeared in Cairo in January 2016 while he was in the... |
|
 |
Saudi Arabia launched stealth campaign to close UN war crimes probe in Yemen: Sources Yemeni Red Crescent workers remove the body of a casualty following a Saudi airstrike in Dhamar. (By EPA)
A new report says Saudi Arabia launched a stealth campaign to shut down a UN investigation of war crimes in Yemen, using "incentives and threats."
The Guardian cited political officials and diplomatic... |
|
 |
Russia says US democracy summit is the worlds most odious project Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov of Russia attends a press conference in Moscow, November 30, 2021. (Photo via AFP)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has denounced the United States plan to hold a so-called democracy summit, describing the initiative as "one of the most odious projects."
US President... |
|
 |
Russia accuses Ukraine of deploying half its army to Donbass Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova (file photo by AP)
Russia says Ukraine has deployed half of its army, or 125,000 troops, to the ethnic Russian region of Donbass, amid an escalation between Kiev and separatists in the volatile zone.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria... |
|
 |
Nigeria boat disaster kills 29, mostly children People recover bodies after a boat capsized on Bagwai River in northwest Nigerias Kano state, on November 30, 2021. (Local media photo)
An overloaded boat carrying dozens of passengers, mostly children aged eight to 15, capsized late on Tuesday in northwest Nigerias Kano state, a rescue agency spokesman... |
|
 |
EU chief mulls mandatory Covid jabs as Omicron fears deepen European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a press conference in Brussels, on December 1, 2021. (Photo by AFP)
Europes top official said Wednesday it was time to "think about mandatory vaccination" as the fast-spreading Omicron variant darkened forecasts and deepened fears of... |
|
 |
Belarus to halt Russian energy flow to Europe amid tensions with Poland Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko visits a center for migrants on the Belarusian-Polish border in the Grodno region, in Belarus, on November 26, 2021. (Photo by AFP)
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko says his government will suspend Russian energy flows to Europe in response to Polands... |
|
 |
Air travelers to US set to face tougher COVID-19 testing Passengers wait in line inside the terminal at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, US, November 24, 2021. (Reuters photo)
The US is moving to require that all air travelers entering the country show a negative COVID-19 test performed within one day of departure in response... |
|
 |
Report: Iran delivers 2 million barrels of condensate to Venezuela Venezuela swaps its heavy oil for Iranian condensate to improve the quality of its tar-like crude.
Venezuelas state-run firm Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) has received 2 million barrels of condensate from Iran, S&P Global Platts reports.
The cargo was expected at the Jose terminal in northeastern... |
|
 |
Roadside bomb explosion hits US military supply convoy in Syrias Hasakah In this file picture, US armored vehicles on patrol drive past an oil well in Rumaylan town of Syrias northeastern province of Hasakah. (Photo by AFP)
A roadside bomb has reportedly struck a convoy of trucks carrying military equipment and logistic supplies for US troops in Syrias northeastern province... |
|
 |
US, South Korea to update war plans against North Korea South Korean soldiers take part in a live-fire exercise near the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, South Korea, on June 23, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
Senior military officials from the United States and South Korea are set to meet in Seoul to develop "a new, operational war plan"... |
|
 |
Army forces, allies shoot down intruding Saudi-led spy drone in northwestern Yemen This file picture provided by the media bureau of Yemens Operations Command Center shows a Yemeni man searching the wreckage of a Saudi-led CH-4 reconnaissance drone after it was shot down by Yemeni air defense forces and their allies in the skies over Yemens northern province of al-Jawf. (Photo via... |
|
 |
Xiomara Castro elected as Honduras first female president A boy plays next to a newsstand with a campaign poster showing President-elect Xiomara Castro, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on November 29, 2021. (Photo by AFP)
Honduras former first lady Xiomara Castro has won the countrys presidential election, and the ruling partys candidate has conceded defeat.
Conservative... |
|
 |
Russia wants to team up with China against Wests unfriendly actions Russias Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin speaks during the opening session of the 13th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM13) via a video conference at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, on November 25, 2021. (Photo via AFP)
Moscow has called for China and Russia to team up against the unfriendly actions of and... |
|
 |
Over 120 European MPs blast ongoing persecution of Saudi women rights defenders Saudi women rights activists (L-R): Samar Badawi, Nassima al-Sadah, Eman al-Nafjan and Loujain al-Hathloul (Photo via Twitter)
More than 120 members of the European Parliament have denounced the "ongoing persecution" of Saudi women human rights defenders by the Riyadh regime, saying the activists... |
|
 |
Afghan babies succumb to hunger as winter descends The facility run by Doctors Without Borders in Herat receives around 60 new patients each week Hector RETAMAL AFP
When six-week-old Zubair arrives at a clinic for malnourished children in Afghanistan, doctors initially give him only a few hours to live.
And as he battles under a survival blanket... |
|
 |
Three Russian aircraft with humanitarian aid arrive in Kabul Three Russian aircraft landed in Kabul on Wednesday carrying 36 tonnes of humanitarian aid, Russias TASS news agency reported.
All three Russian Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft, involved in delivering humanitarian aid to Afghanistan would also evacuate Russian citizens, as well as citizens of the Collective... |
|
 |
Saudi Arabia reopens consular section of embassy in Kabul Saudi Arabia announced that it has reopened the consular section of its embassy in Kabul as of Tuesday in order to provide consular services to Afghan citizens.
This latest move has been welcomed by the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA).
"We welcome them, appreciate this profound step by the Saudi... |
|
General Soleimani highly charismatic, conqueror of hearts: Daughter
ANSAR PRESS
|
ABOUT US
|
CONTACT US
|
MOBILE VERSION
|
LINKS
|
DESIGN: Negah Network Co.