- Taliban leader Haqqani seeks excellent relations with United States & Othersby Aryan DasKabul [Afghanistan]: Key Taliban leader S Haqqani on Monday said that his outfit, which currently rules Afghanistan, seeks “good relations with the United States and the international neighborhood.” Haqqani, that is likewise serving as the “Preacher” in Taliban regimen, which took control of Kabul in August in 2014, made the comments in a interview to …
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- UAE: Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed elected as UAE presidentby Poornima DasDubai [UAE]: Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan was elected as the president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the UAE official WAM news agency reported on Saturday. The Federal Supreme Council convened today to elect the president, who will hold office for a five-year term before being eligible for re-election. The new president was …
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- Israel carries out airstrikes on military facilities in Gaza stripby Aryan DasGaza [Palestine]: The Israeli Air Force has struck several military facilities of the Palestinian groups in the Gaza Strip, a Sputnik correspondent reported from the site. “The Israeli Air Force has carried out airstrikes on facilities of the Palestinian groups in the Gaza Strip this night,” the correspondent said. A spokesperson for the Hamas Islamist …
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- Egypt approves India as wheat supplier, announces Piyush Goyalby Poornima DasNew Delhi [India]: Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal announced that Egypt has approved India as a wheat supplier. Taking to Twitter, Union Minister said, “Indian farmers are feeding the world. Egypt approves India as a wheat supplier. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government steps in as the world look for reliable alternate sources for …
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- Mass execution of 81 people in Saudi Arabia, UN condemnsby Aryan DasRiyadh [Saudi Arabia] : The UN human rights chief has condemned the beheading of 81 people, charged with terrorism-related offences, by Saudi Arabia during the course of a single day. In a statement released following Saturday’s mass execution, High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet urged Saudi authorities to “bring the country’s counterterrorism laws fully …
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- Israeli PM discusses peace, stability in Middle East with Bahrain kingby kshvid-adminManama [Bahrain (ANI): Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met with Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and the prime minister, Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa and discussed ways to build a more stable Middle East region. This is the first official visit by an Israeli premier to Bahrain.“I think we discussed many …
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- Turkey steps up attacks on press freedomby Aryan DasNicosia [Cyprus] (ANI): The Turkish government, under autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has been suppressing press freedom in the country and has been exercising almost complete control of the Turkish mass media for many years, but recently it has embarked on an attempt to control what foreign media report about developments in Turkey. Last week, …
- Iran’s daily COVID-19 caseload nears 40,000by R VatsaTehran [Iran] (ANI/Xinhua): Iran’s Health Ministry on Monday reported 39,819 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of COVID-19 infections in the country to 6,619,085. The pandemic has claimed 104 lives in the last 24 hours, bringing the total death toll from the virus to 132,934, according to the ministry.A total of 6,171,587 people have …
- UAE air force destroys missile launcher in Yemenby Aryan DasDubai [UAE] (ANI/Sputnik): The UAE air force has destroyed a missile launched in northern Yemen after it attempted to hit targets in Abu Dhabi, the UAE Defense Ministry said on Monday. “MOD Joint Operations Command announces that at 04:10 hrs Yemen time an F-16 destroyed a ballistic missile launcher in Al Jawf, immediately after it …
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- Iran issues permit for transit of diesel to Afghanistanby Subhro MajumderTehran [Iran] (ANI): Iran has said that it announced that Tehran has issued a three-month permit for the transfer of diesel to Afghanistan, a media report said.Hassan Kazemi Qomi, Special Representative of the President of Iran for Afghanistan, said in a tweet on Saturday that in order to meet the needs of the Afghan people, …
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- Houthis call on foreign companies to leave UAE as conflict escalatesby Subhro MajumderSana’a [Yemen] (ANI/Sputnik): Yemen’s Houthi movement has called on foreign companies to pull out of the United Arab Emirates following a series of airstrikes against Yemen by the US-Saudi-UAE coalition, Yahya Sare’e, a spokesman for the Houthi armed forces, said on Friday.“After the crimes committed by US-Saudi-UAE aggression today against Yemeni people , we advise …
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- Turkey, Qatar reach deal with Taliban on security at Kabul Airportby Subhro MajumderAnkara [Turkey] (ANI): Turkey and Qatar have reached an agreement with the Taliban on the issue of maintaining security at the Kabul airport, reported Sputnik.“Negotiations in Kabul are ongoing. Our delegation is there. An agreement has been reached on the issue of security,” Sputnik quoted a source from the Turkish Foreign Ministry as saying on …
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