2 Afghan military helicopters collide, 9 soldiers killed
Lashkar Gah (Afghanistan): Two Afghan army helicopters collided while transporting wounded soldiers in the southern Helmand province, killing nine Afghan service members, the country’s Defense Ministry and local officials said Wednesday. The two Soviet-era Mi-17 helicopters crashed due to technical problems while taking off in Nawa district, the Afghan Defense Ministry statement said. The nine […]
Bipartisan Christian group forms super PAC to oppose Trump
Washington: A group of prominent Christians from both sides of the aisle, including a past faith adviser to former President Barack Obama, is forming a political action committee designed to chip away at Christian support for President Donald Trump in the final weeks of the 2020 campaign. Dubbed ‘Not Our Faith’, the new super PAC […]
UN: Climate change means more weather disasters every year
Geneva: In the wake of heat waves, global warming, forest fires, storms, droughts and a rising number of hurricanes, the UN weather agency is warning that the number of people who need international humanitarian help could rise 50 per cent by 2030 compared to the 108 million who needed it worldwide in 2018. In a […]
China FM calls US Indo-Pacific strategy a huge security risk
Kuala Lumpur: The United States poses a “huge security risk” to Asia by pushing to boost engagement with the region, China’s foreign minister said Tuesday during a tour of Southeast Asia, where Beijing and Washington are locked in a battle for influence. Speaking in Malaysia, Wang Yi said the US’s real aim is “to build […]
Armenia, Azerbaijan report attacks despite cease-fire deal
Yerevan (Armenia): Armenia and Azerbaijan on Monday accused each other of attacks over the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh despite a cease-fire deal brokered by Russia in an effort to end the worst outbreak of hostilities in the region in decades. The cease-fire came into effect on Saturday, but was immediately challenged by mutual claims of […]
Azerbaijan, Armenia report shelling of cities despite truce
Baku (Azerbaijan): Azerbaijan has accused Armenia of attacking large cities overnight in violation of the cease-fire deal brokered by Russia that seeks to end the worst outbreak of hostilities in the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region. The Azerbaijani authorities said Sunday that nine civilians have been killed and over 30 wounded after Armenian forces fired missiles overnight […]
Israeli protests against Netanyahu draw tens of thousands
Tel Aviv: Tens of thousands of Israelis calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign demonstrated across the country Saturday evening, saying he is unfit to rule while on trial for corruption charges and accusing him of mismanaging the nation’s coronavirus crisis. Protesters gathered at hundreds of locations across the country due to a nationwide […]
Armenia, Azerbaijan agree on cease-fire in Nagorno-Karabakh
Moscow: With Russia’s mediation, Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to a cease-fire in Nagorno-Karabakh starting Saturday following two weeks of heavy fighting that marked the worst outbreak of hostilities in the separatist region in more than a quarter-century. The countries’ foreign ministers said in a statement that the truce is intended to exchange prisoners and recover […]
China protests latest US Navy mission in South China Sea
Beijing: China said it dispatched ships and planes to track the US guided-missile destroyer John S McCain as it passed near Chinese-held islands in the South China Sea. The People’s Liberation Army accused the US warship of trespassing into Chinese territorial waters on Friday near the Paracel Islands — called Xisha by China — during […]
UN Security Council back home in own chamber after 7 months
United Nations: The UN Security Council met in its chamber at UN headquarters in New York for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic hit New York in March on Thursday, and despite wearing masks and being separated by plexiglass dividers, U.S. Ambassador Kelly Craft said “It was so great to be home”. “We’re all […]