ANKARA (AA) – Australia has jumped into the diplomatic fray between Canada and India over the assassination of a Sikh separatist leader in the Canadian westernmost province of British Colombia, expressing its deep concern over alleged New Delhi involvement through its intelligence agency network. Australia is “deeply concerned̶...
Torkham, Afghanistan — AFP The main border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan has reopened to pedestrians and vehicles, more than a week after it was closed following a gun battle between frontier guards. There have been several border closures after clashes between Pakistan and Afghan forces since the Taliban returned to power in...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AA) – A convoy of paramilitary soldiers was targeted in a roadside bomb blast in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, killing one security official and injuring eight others. Superintendent of Police Mohammad Arshad Khan confirmed that a vehicle of the Frontier Constabulary was hit in the attack on Machni Road in Peshawar, the...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – At least three people were killed, including a lawmaker and a local municipality staffer, in a bomb blast in Somalia’s central state of Galmudug on Monday. The attack took place in El-Garas town, which the Somali National Army said to have liberated from al-Shabaab fighters with the help of locals. Mohamed...
IDLIB, Syria (AA) – The Syrian army, Iran-backed groups and Russia carried out over 1,400 attacks in Syria’s Idlib and its surrounding areas over the past week, forcing more than 6,000 civilians to flee their homes. According to the Syrian opposition aircraft observatory, the Syrian army and Iran-backed groups targeted villages in the so...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – A key border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan remained closed to all traffic for the second day on Thursday following a clash between the two countries’ forces. The Pakistan Army and Afghan Taliban forces had exchanged heavy fire on Wednesday, resulting in the closure of the Torkham border, the main point of [&h...
ANKARA (AA) – The public prosecutor in Belgium will request the forfeiture of nationality for the defendants of the 2016 violent attacks, local media reported. The prosecutor announced on Monday before the court that it will request the forfeiture for Mohamed Abrini, Ali El Haddad Asufi and Bilal El Makhouki, who have both Moroccan and [&helli...
Paris, France — AFP A member of an elite French commando unit has been killed in Iraq while “supporting an Iraqi unit in an anti-terrorist operation”, French President Emmanuel Macron’s office said. Sergeant Nicolas Mazier, an air force paratrooper, “fell in combat while carrying out his mission”, the Elysee...
ISTANBUL (AA) — The Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has said that the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) will be dismantled and eliminated from Iraq. “The PKK terrorist group is currently hiding within the territories of Iraq. Hopefully, we will clear this virus from Iraq together,” Fidan said at a joint press conference wit...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar has said his country would continue its long-drawn fight against “terrorism” as “surrender is not an option.” “Pakistan will not surrender in front of radicalism, extremism, and intolerance no matter what. This is our home and we...
