19 killed, including 4 elite Guard members, in Iran attack
Dubai: An attack by armed separatists on a police station in a southeastern city killed 19 people, including four members of Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard, Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency reported Saturday. The assailants in Friday’s attack hid among worshippers near a mosque in the city of Zahedan and attacked the nearby police station, […]
‘Nasha Mukt J&K’ Campaign
During the month of September this year, the Union Territory (UT) administration launched a campaign again drug trafficking and drug abuse and special awareness camps were held across J&K with a special focus on the youth. This campaign was the need of the day as not a single day passes when the local media doesn’t […]
Suicide bomber strikes Kabul education center, killing 19
Kabul: A suicide bomber struck an education centre in a Shiite area of the Afghan capital on Friday, killing 19 people and wounding 27, including teenagers who were taking practice entry exams for university, a Taliban spokesman said. The morning explosion at the centre took place in Kabul’s Dashti Barchi neighbourhood, an area populated mostly […]
Putin signs treaties annexing Ukrainian regions
Kyiv: Russian President Vladimir Putin signed treaties Friday to annex occupied areas of Ukraine and said he would use “all available means” to protect the territory that Ukrainian and Western officials said Russia was claiming illegitimately and in violation of international law. In a speech preceding the treaty-signing ceremony, Putin urged Ukraine to sit down […]
EU demands clampdown on issuing visas to Russian citizens
Brussels: The European Union’s top migration official on Friday urged the bloc’s 27 nations to clamp down on issuing visas to Russian citizens amid heightened security concerns over Russian President Vladimir Putin’s nuclear threats and his annexation of parts of Ukraine. “This is clearly an escalation and that means also an escalation of the security […]
4 regions of Ukraine to be folded in Russia Friday: Kremlin
Kyiv: Russia confirmed on Thursday it will formally annex parts of Ukraine where occupied areas held Kremlin-orchestrated “referendums” on living under Moscow’s rule that the Ukrainian government and the West denounced as illegal and rigged. Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend a ceremony on Friday in the Kremlin when four regions of Ukraine will be […]
Iraq summons Iranian ambassador after drone bombing campaign
Baghdad: Iraq summoned the Iranian ambassador on Thursday to deliver a diplomatic complaint following a deadly drone bombing campaign, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The Iranian drones targeted an Iranian-Kurdish opposition group in northern Iraq on Wednesday, killing at least nine people and wounding 32 others. The strikes took place as demonstrations […]
China says person killed in Karachi by a gunman not its national
Beijing: China said on Thursday that the person killed in Karachi on Wednesday was not its citizen, refuting reports that the incident could be yet another targeted attack against Chinese nationals in Pakistan. “We express condolences for the victims of the relevant incident. To my understanding the relevant person is not a Chinese citizen,” China’s […]
Russia prepares to annex occupied Ukraine despite outcry
Kyiv: Russia is poised to formally annex areas of Ukraine where it has military control after referendums there reportedly endorsed Moscow’s rule. But the ballots were widely discredited and earned the Kremlin no relief Wednesday from international pressure over its assault on its neighbour. Pro-Moscow administrations of all four occupied regions of southern and eastern […]
European Union vows retaliation if energy network attacked
Brussels: The European Union suspects that damage to two underwater natural gas pipelines was sabotage and is warning of retaliation for any attack on Europe’s energy networks, a senior official said Wednesday. “All available information indicates those leaks are the result of a deliberate act,” EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said in a statement […]
