Washington:- US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made crushing allegations, ‘Iran had supplied chemical weapons to the Libyan dictator Muammar al-Gaddafi and Iran had used chemical weapons even in the war against Iraq. These chemical weapons were manufactured by Iran itself. But it hid the information from the international organisations.’ US Secretary of State Pompeo has […]
Kabul: – The demand that the United States should not withdraw its military from Afghanistan is becoming more assertive in Afghanistan. Rahmatullah Nabil, former chief of Afghan intelligence, warned that the decision taken by the existing US President, Donald Trump, could prove to be a boon for Pakistan. Nabil claimed that as soon as the […]
Al-Ula: Saudi, that had politically and economically blocked Qatar, since June 2017, has decided to make a truce with Qatar. Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, the Emir of Qatar, was invited for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) meeting, held in the Saudi. Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman surprised everyone by being present at the airport […]
Baghdad: – A plot to plant a mine on an oil tanker, in the Persian Gulf, and to blow it, was busted. After two days of efforts, the Iraqi Navy successfully dismantled the mine and rescued the sailors. This development once again poses questions regarding the safety of the oil tanker movement in the Persian […]
Paris/Bamako: – Two French soldiers were martyred in an IED blast, carried out by a terrorist organisation, in the Menaka region in Mali. One soldier was injured in the blast- his condition is said to be critical. This becomes the second attack on the French army in the last seven days. Three soldiers were killed […]
Kinshasa: Almost 25 people were killed in the terrorist attack in DR Congo. It is said that the attack was carried out near the city of Beni in the eastern part of DR Congo. The ADF group linked to both the terrorist organisations Al-Qaeda and ISIS is suspected of having a hand in the attack. […]
Moscow: The Russian Ambassador to Israel had accused Israel of the tension in the Middle East and not Iran and Hezbollah. This statement received fuming reactions from Israel over the statement. Israel summoned Russian Ambassador Anatoly Viktorov in the matter. But Russia stood behind the Ambassador and commented that Israel is unnecessarily sensitive over the […]
Kabul: – Afghan Vice President Amarullah Saleh demanded ‘China has violated the international regulations by inserting spies and running terrorist centres in Afghanistan. Therefore, China that has rocked the Afghan belief should openly apologise to Afghanistan.’ Saleh also warned that the Afghan agencies would release the Chinese spies under detention only if China apologised openly. China seems […]
Karachi: – Al Qaeda leader Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the killer of US journalist Daniel Pearl, has been set free by a Pakistan court. The Sindh High Court passed a verdict that Saeed Sheikh and his three accomplices can no longer be kept in prison. The United States has expressed resentment over this decision and […]
Washington: – USS Georgia, the nuclear submarine from the US navy, equipped with 154 tomahawk missiles has reached the Persian Gulf. The US Navy announced that the submarine has passed the Strait of Hormuz. Given the tension reigning high with Iran, the nuclear submarine’s deployment, in the Persian Gulf, becomes significant. Meanwhile, an Israeli news […]