Taliban prisoners' commission released "48 soldiers" in Herat province yesterday and today. "Each was given clothes and 5,000 afghanis,the process will "continue in the future."
1 year agoTaliban claimed defection of 10 alleged Arbaki militia members in Herat and posted their names (posted only 4 photos though)
1 year agoSpanish Air Force A400M damaged following a bird strike while operating at Zaragoza Air Base, Spain
1 year agoOutpost taken over by Taliban in Chamtal, Balkh
IED attack in Kandahar killed policeman and wounded 1 civilian
Vladivostok is the city in Russia with the most layoffs due to the pandemic - 44 percent of workers, compared with a national average of 22 percent
The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission reports that in the first 10 days of Ramadan (April 24 to May 3), 43 civilians were killed and 73 others wounded in blasts, targeted killings, and militant attacks
1 year agoPro democracy lawmaker Roy Kwong is dragged out of legislativecouncil chamber while shouting: "Starry Lee is an eternal sinner" at the pro-Beijing lawmaker who seized control of a committee, sparking scuffles between the two sides
1 year agoFTU lawmaker Luk Chung-hung accused the pan-democrats are "siding with property hegemony". Property sector lawmaker Abraham Shek rebuked "there is no such thing as property hegemony..Shame on you."
1 year agoDennis Kwok said to Starry Lee: "We need to end this meeting as soon as possible. This is not a meeting from the beginning."
1 year agoAs one pan-democrat after another is carried out of Legco's chaotic House Committee meeting, security guards are struggling to stop some of them from forcing their way back in. HongKong
1 year ago3 employees of @republic TV in Mumbai have been tested positive for COVID19
1 year ago[email protected] chair Wu Chi-wai is removed from the conference room as committee members take turn to speak.
1 year agoAndrew Wan of @HKDemocrats hurts his back when he's expelled from the house committee meeting
1 year ago"Starry Lee, out." Pro-democracy lawmakers chanted back while the house committee meeting carries on
1 year agoRival presiding member @cpdenniskwok said that he wants it on the record that he warned Starry Lee she has no power to preside over the meeting and asked her to leave, but his direction was ignored by LegCo security staff Lee retorted that Kwok has no power to eject any members
1 year agoA HongKong legislative House Committee meeting on Friday descended into chaos as lawmakers from opposing sides vied for control of the floor
1 year ago[email protected] welcomes Govt's move of including Pakistan controlled Kashmir in India's weather forecast. 'Very interesting weather forecasts from Doordarshan. Quite a Gandhian way to let the neighbours know they are encroaching,' tweets @DrAMSinghvi.
Philippines' COVID19 tally at 10,463 as the Department of Health reports 120 new cases on Friday, May 8. 116 new recoveries; 1,734 total 11 new deaths; 696 total
The United States is providing $ 15.6 million to Afghanistan to fight the coronavirus
1 year agoChaos at Hong Kong's legislature as lawmakers battle for control of committee as democrats ejected @creery_j @holongsze HongKong
1 year agoNoon protest at IFC mall leads to tussle, fines
1 year agoPolice crackdown on protesters and journalists in IFC mall for singing the Hong Kong anthem "Glory in Hong Kong" Tension mounts before sensitive anniversaries to come: June 4, June 10, July 1 and September elections
Police arrest ten people on suspicion of assault following an attack near a Lennon Wall in Lok Fu last night
1 year agoMedical staffs provide thermal tests and sanitizer at the entrance of Puducherry Legislative Assembly everyday.
Pro-Taliban sources claim repelling joint US & ANDSF raid last night in Nahr-e-Siraj area of Greshk district, in Helmand province. US drone strike also reported in the area. Pro-Taliban sources say the drone strike killed 1 Taliban fighter and injured another 2.
1 year agoGhazni police say 7 Taliban militants were killed and wounded in latest ANDSF op in Ab Band district and a police Ranger was seized back from Taliban
1 year agoIndian AF Mig-29 pilot in this picture. He was rescued by locals
The Indian AF Mig-29 jet crashed near Rurki Kalan village in Nawanshehr district and the pilot successfully ejected and has been hospitalised in Hoshiarpur: local journalist report
1 year agoXZF-SC comes in to landing in the Alashan desert of Inner Mongolia
1 year agoTaliban claimed responsibility for the IED blast killing Khost police chief and two other police officers as well as other police personnel
1 year agoIndian Mig-29 crashed in Punjab
1 year agoPolice Have apparently subdued a young man forcibly after he shouted that he was a journalist. The young man was later taken to the back stairs of IFC where officers prohibit journalists to access
1 year agoStatement from @USTradeRep on China talks
KCNA: "Saying that the relations between the two parties of the DPRK and Chinaare getting close and further developing on good terms with each passing day, he sent militant greetings to every member of the Communist Party of China."
KCNA: "Saying that he was pleased over the successes made in China as over his own, Kim Jong Un wished Xi Jinping good health, expressing conviction that the Chinesepeople would cement the successes made so far andwin a final victory under the wise guidance of Xi Jinping."
KCNA: "Kim Jong Un in his message extended his warm greetings to Xi Jinping and congratulated him, highly appreciating that he is seizing a chance of victory in the war against the unprecedented epidemic and strategically and tactically controlling the overall situation."
KCNA: "Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, sent a verbal message to Xi Jinpingin connection with the fact that China is registering success in preventing the COVID19."
1 year agoXinhua reporting top trade negotiators from China and the United States have talked on the phone and have vowed to push forward with efforts to implement phase 1-deal US futures extending gains. ESA +1%
1 year agoUS Navy littoral combat ship MONTGOMERY LCS8, on a western Pacific deployment, cruises the South China Sea 7 May with supply ship CESAR CHAVEZ T-AKE14 astern and a Chinese Type 054A frigate shadow on the horizon
US Senate leader expects vote soon on seeking China sanctions over Uighurs
1 year agoTaliban claimed IED blast targeting ANDSF patrol in Ahmad Abad, Paktia, claiming multiple casualties.
1 year agoTaliban claimed IED blast targeting ANDSF convoy in Charkh, Logar, claiming multiple casualties.
1 year agoPolice chief of Khost province Ahmad Babazai has been killed in IED blast
Earthquake of magnitude 5.1 - Izu Islands, Japan region
1 year agoRecent clashes between Taliban and ANDSF in Nimruz
1 year agoRecent clashes between Taliban and ANDSF in Farah province. Afghanistan
1 year agoNorth Korea: Kim Jong-un sent a voice message to Chinese President Xi Jinping, welcoming Beijing's success in stemming the spread of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus
Canada's Foreign Minister declines to say Taiwan's name at Parliamentary Committee when pressed repeatedly on why he has not publicly thanked self-ruled island for mask donation:
Two Pakistani soldiers were killed, two wounded in gun + rocket attack on security check-post by unknown militants in Mir Ali, North Waziristan. Slain soldiers identified as Havaldar Zafar and Sepoy Asif. No claim of responsibility from any group so far. Pakistan
1 year agoWednesday's joint ROK military drills "a grave provocation which can never be overlooked and this situation demands a necessary reaction from us," says KCNA (DPRK news agency)
North Korea says recent South Korean military drills are grave provocation that demand a reaction – KCNA
Police have charged 13 people with a range of offences linked to the siege at the Polytechnic University in November last year, in the area of the anti-extradition protests
New gas leak reported from southern India LG Polymers plant, evacuations underway
1 year agoSmoke from MIED blast in District 14 of Kabul
1 year agoSources say that people are in a panic mode and are being evacuated by the police as soon as possible. LGPolymersGasLeak
1 year agoPeople were asked to evacuate their places as they were experiencing strong smell once again
1 year agoA journalist, who had tested positive for COVID19 and was admitted at the isolation ward of SN Medical College, has died. He was on ventilator since Wednesday: Agra District Magistrate Prabhu N Singh (file pic) (07.05.2020)
One more police officer was arrested in relation to the drug case - in which an off duty sergeant was arrested last night with 2.1kg meth - and 23kg more suspected meth was found, TVB reported
The White House: Trump tells Putin that the United States is ready to discuss limiting the arms race with the participation of Russia and China
The Public Health Ministry tells TOLOnews that Ferozuddin Feroz, Afghanistan public health minister, is infected with the coronavirus
South Korea tests new ballistic missile, one misfires
"You'd be alarmed at the amount of Chinese activity off the coast of Norway in the High North. We need to be vigilant to that," Trump nominee to lead U.S. Navy, Amb. Kenneth Braithwaite, tells Senate Armed Services Committee
One Indian soldier, two civilians injured on Indian side in today's clashes between India and Pakistan armies along LoC. Multiple civilian houses on Indian side also reportedly damaged
Five civilians injured on Pakistani side in today's clashes between India and Pakistan armies along LoC
State Department spokeswoman: We invite the Chinese government to share information on the origin of the Coronavirus
1 year agoTaliban ambushed a convoy of Kabul administration in Farah, a tank destroyed
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - Izu Islands, Japan region
1 year agoTamil Nadu: At least 7 persons have been injured after blast in a boiler at Neyveli Lignite corporation Ltd in Cuddalore district, earlier today
1 year agoSilab Corps reported clashes near Khadah Khel SW Nangarhar
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 66km ENE of Aksu, China
1 year agoTaliban reported clashes with pro-govt forces in Arzoo village near Ghazni capital.
1 year agoTaliban fighter targeting Afghan pro-govt forces aircraft with anti-aircraft weapon in Farah. Recent vid.
1 year agoTaliban claimed attack on a police CP in Khas Balkh district of Balkh province, also claiming casualties.
Military parade preparations have been stepped up in Pyongyang
1 year agoGovernor of Ahmad Abad district of Paktia province survived assassination attempt in which his gunman was moderately wounded.
Drugs bust officer arrested in possession of HK$1 million in ice and cash
North Korea: South Korean intelligence agency claims to have detected activity related to ballistic missiles launched by submarines, or SLBMs, at Sinpo, a DPRK shipyard
Hong Kong announced 4 new Covid19 cases today BUT they are all residents who recently returned from emergency charter flights out of Pakistan & are in quarantine. The last 19 days look as follows, most recent first 4, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 2, 4, 4, 0, 2
171 new coronavirus cases registered in the past 24 hours in Afghanistan, total at 3,563: health ministry
1 year agoKerala: Police resort to mild lathicharge in Koothattukulam area of Ernakulam District to disperse migrant labourers who were protesting demanding they be sent back to their native places
1 year agoAbout 250 police personnel have tested positive for COVID19 in Mumbai. The number of symptomatic cases is very low and none of them are in ICU: Mumbai Commissioner of Police Param Bir Singh
Chinese Foreign Ministry: We object to US interference in our internal affairs regarding the situation in Hong Kong
1 year agoDrug Bust: 310kg of hashish seized by ANDSF in Naziyan District of Nangarhar
Singapore records 741 new cases of coronavirus
1 year ago8 new COVID19 positive cases reported in Karnataka from 5 PM yesterday to 12 noon today, taking the total number of cases in the state to 701 including 30 deaths and 363 cured/discharged: State Health Department
Tajiksitan prosecutor's offices warns of punishment for spreading fake news about coronavirus - other countries in Central Asia also cracking down on this
1 year agoINS Jalashwa entering Male port for the first phase under Operation Samudra Setu to repatriate Indians from Maldives: High Commission of India in Maldives. COVID19
1 year agoVizag: Eight dead, over 5,000 fall sick after gas leak from LG Polymers chemical plant
1 year agoAtmar: Tense Meeting with Iran over Border Deaths
1 year agoPrimary report is PVC gas (or Styrene) leaked from LG Polymers, Vepagunta near Gopalapatnam in Visakhapatnam at around 2:30 AM today Because of the leakage of the said compound gas hundreds of people have inhaled it and either fell unconscious or having breathing issues
1 year agoU.S. Air Force B-1s flyover East China Sea Wednesday in message to Beijing
1 year agoGas leakage reported at LG Polymers industry in Andhra Pradesh's Vizag. Police, fire tenders, ambulances reach the spot. (ANI)
