The US Treasury imposes sanctions on a Pakistani for his links to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard
6 month agoTaliban claimed defection of 9 alleged ANDSF members in Helmand
6 month agoTaliban squad in Andar district earlier today. Ghazni
6 month agoChina's Hubei Province, once ravaged by COVID19, on Tuesday donated 30,000 testing kits and 22,000 locally produced brick tea products to Mongolia, a token of gratitude to the Asian country that donated 30,000 sheep to support China's COVID19 fight
6 month agoRifle seized tonight after Taliban ambush in Alishing Laghman
Taliban and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan tied through shared ideology and battlefield history - The Washington Post
6 month agoAlleged ANDSF member defected in Gurziwan according to pro Taliban accounts. Faryab
6 month agoPro Taliban accounts claimed that police officer was killed in yesterday's attack in Spin Boldak SE Kandahar
6 month agoChina: "Chengdu reported 4 new cases of COVID19 and 1 asymptomatic carrier on Tuesday. More than 255,000 residents have undergone nucleic acid testing and an epidemiological investigation is underway." Video of the 4th Jinniu District People's Hospital, Chengdu; Sichuan tonight
6 month agoChina: Liangjiaxiang Mall, Jinniu District, Chengdu, Sichuan, Also Undergoes Nucleic Acid Testing on December 8
6 month agoChina: Evelyn Towers Chengdu Chenghua district in Sichuan was also reportedly confined on December 8
China on Tuesday summoned the charge d'affaires of the US embassy in Beijing and addressed solemn protests to the US side over its sanctions against Chinese officials
6 month agoChengdu, Sichuan reported asymptomatic case on Tuesday evening, bringing total number of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infections to 6 in latest outbreak
UP's Gautam Buddh Nagar records one more fatality linked to COVID19, pushing district's death toll to 85, tally surges to 23,655 with 114 new cases; active case count 965: Official data
China: The Chinese Ministry of Customs and Agriculture and Rural Affairs jointly announced that they will ban direct or indirect imports of poultry products from Belgium
Karnataka reports 1,280 new #COVID19 cases, 1,060 discharges, and 13 deaths today. Total cases: 8,95,284 Total discharges: 8,58,370 Death toll: 11,880 Active cases: 25,015
6 month agoChina: A suspicion of Covid-19 is reported in Jiangjin District, Chongqing City, for the Xinghe Aoyun community where a diagnosis has been confirmed. All residents of the community undergo nucleic acid testing on December 8, 2020
Number of Afghan civilians killed annually in US airstrikes soars by 330% to around 700 civilians in 2019, new report reveals
31 deaths and 5,032 new #COVID19 cases reported today in Kerala. The total number of active cases in the state is 59,732 active cases
6 month agoWest Bengal: Bharatiya Janata Party holds candlelight protest in Kolkata against the killing of party workers in the State. BJP delegation yesterday submitted a representation to the State Governor alleging police atrocities at Siliguri leading to death of BJP worker yesterday
Hong Kong plans partial lockdowns for Covid-19 hotspots and more tests, as number of new infections surges
Japan strongly hopes that the democracy in Venezuela will be recovered expeditiously and peacefully through free and fair elections with a broad participation of the Venezuelan people
Andhra Pradesh reported 551 new #COVID19 cases, 744 recoveries, and 4 deaths in the last 24 hours. Total cases 8,72,839 Total recoveries 8,60,368 Death toll 7,042 Active cases 5,429
6 month agoDelhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia hold sit-in protest outside Chief Minister's residence alleging Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is under house arrest
6 month agoHong Kong plans partial lockdowns for Covid-19 hotpots and more tests, as number of new infections surges
6 month agoMoment of IED explosion yesterday in Mazar i Sharif Balkh
6 month agoPolice Ranger damaged by MIED near Takhar capital
6 month agoThis house is located in Sperwan. Seems it was destroyed in air strikes 2 nights ago SW Kandahar
A Covid-19 vaccine from China's Sinovac created antibodies among 97% of those who got the shot in a final stage trial in Indonesia but its efficacy has yet to be determined, says the company
6 month ago28 tons of hashish destroyed after combined ANA/ANP operation in Khogyani district SW Nangarhar
6 month agoTabin fell and all areas on western bank of Arghandab river. Few CP's are encircled and besieged according to local journalist. Kandahar
Hong Kong's Carrie Lam rebuffs complaints of 'political revenge' by exiled democrat Ted Hui after bank accounts frozen
Anutin said that he fully supports Chiang Rai tourism operators who are planning to sue the illegal border crossers
The Good Neighbour North District Church said on Facebook that police officers from the Narcotics Bureau Financial Investigation unit raided their Kwun Tong premises with a search warrant at 2:30pm. They said officers wished to contact the church pastor and directors
6 month agoWeapons shipment intercepted in Kandahar city according to MOI. 1 person arrested
Clashes in Maywand Kandahar and Daykundi
Jammu witnesses pro-farmer protests against newly introduced farmlaws
A female COVID19 patient in Chengdu has become victim of cyber bullying after her personal information was leaked in the wake of recent outbreak
Norway's central bank deputy governor Jon Nicolaisen resigns over China ties. He lost his security clearance in connection to his Chinese wife
Turbat: Five dead bodies found from Tump and Heronk areas, shifted to Teaching Hospital by Levies. All of them were shot
6 month agoAlleged assassin was killed in Khost according to authorities while Taliban reported death of police officer on city's bazaar
6 month agoBismillah CP destroyed, Arghandab Kandahar
6 month agoChina: Central Park community closed for residents of Pidu District, Sichuan Province to undergo nucleic acid testing on December 7
6 month agoRussia: The Defense Ministry released a video showing the interception of a simulated enemy aircraft (played by the MiG-31 fighter) at night in Kamchatka A MiG-31BM high-altitude fighter-interceptor was dispatched to intercept the simulated enemy of the Elizovo airfield
As per the postmortem report "death was due to the effects of shotgun injuries." Police do not use shotguns. It's obvious that during yesterday's protest in Siliguri, armed persons were brought and they fired from firearms: West Bengal Police
6 month agoNDS claimed arresting alleged Taliban member near Nangarhar capital
6 month agoChina: People Who Went to People's Hospital and Group 11 in Taiping Village, Pitong Street on December 6-7, Had Nucleic Acid Tests
6 month agoTaliban in Arghandab district. CP was torched
6 month agoChina: It has been reported that the Shaxi Farmers Market in Pidu District, Chengdu, has been closed and people are prohibited from entering or leaving. Nucleic acid tests were underway on December 7, 2020
6 month agoChina: Gas tank explosion occurred on a commercial street in Fushun, Liaoning province on December 7, 2020
6 month agoRussia: The Klyuchevskoy volcano in Kamchatka released a lava flow of a kilometer and a half. Volcanologists from a local institute suggest that the southern rim of the crater has collapsed. The height of the volcano is 4800 m, it is the highest active volcano in Eurasia
6 month agoWest Bengal: Ambulance, reportedly carrying a Covid-19 patient, stuck in Kolkata for nearly an hour. The state of West Bengal is supporting the farmers' protests, but not the Bharat Bandh; but certain pockets are seeing blockade allegedly by Left & Congress workers
6 month agoTaiwan faces daily military threats from "authoritarian forces," President Tsai Ing-wen said on Tuesday, as the United States announced a new $ 280 million arms sale package
US names Tajikistan and Turkmenistan among countries of particular concern for "systematic, ongoing, flagrant violations of religious freedom"
Tunisian President Kais Saied thanks China for providing various forms of assistance to help fight COVID19. Tunisia cherishes the traditional friendship between the two countries & will continue to work with China, he says
The Hong Kong SAR police arrested eight people on suspicion of involvement in unauthorized protests on July 1, the police said on Tuesday, adding the eight men arrested are aged 24-64 and include four district councilors
Earthquake of magnitude 5.1 - 78 km W of Monywa, Myanmar
6 month agoHong Kong church says HSBC account frozen 'in retaliation' for helping protesters last year
Hong Kong police said today that they arrested a 50-year-old man and charged him with inciting others to cause serious bodily harm and hurt others. Police claimed the man shared a post on Facebook earlier this month, calling on others to attack the police HQ and kill
In all, 8 were reportedly arrested on Tuesday morning, including Tsang Kin-shing, Leung Kwok-hung, Tang Sai-lai, Eddie Chu, Lancelot Chan, Figo Chan, Wu Chi-wai and Andy Chiu. Separately, an arrest warrant was issued for activist Koo Sze-yiu
In a press release, the League of Social Democrats said that the police are seeking to cause a chilling effect by rounding up democrats, citizens and students en masse
"The mass arrest of democrats is undoubtedly retaliation against the US sanctioning of the 14 vice chairpersons of the National People's Congress over [Beijing]'s disqualification of democrat lawmakers." the LSD said
Telangana reported 682 new #COVID19 cases, 3 deaths and 761 recoveries, as of yesterday Total cases: 2,74,540 Active cases: 7,696 Total recoveries: 2,65,367 Death toll: 1,477
6 month agoSingapore's Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat highlights 3 areas for further cooperation with China - connectivity, digitalization and sustainable development - which will be "increasingly critical in the post-COVID world
PNP Chief Sinas says the chief of police in Datu Piang was 'momentarily relieved' due to the ongoing investigation on the attack and stress debriefing, adds he will assume his post again once the probe is over
A magnitude 5.4 quake struck off Sorsogon on Monday night. Phivolcs initially pegged the magnitude at 6.4, which was computer-generated, said the institute's director Renato Solidum
Chengdu enters wartime mode after five local COVID19 infections found
Covid-19 – Hong Kong to reimpose dine-in ban from 6pm and gyms to shut, as Lam warns of low compliance with social distancing rules
6 month agoTelangana: TRS is joining the BharatBandh today with ministers blocking national highways and protesting at other key locations. After losing ground in Hyderabad in recent municipal elections, the TRS wants to consolidate its hold in rural areas, reports NDTV's Uma Sudhir
PNP Calabarzon regional director says the medico-legal report of their crime laboratory showed that Perez died due to three gunshot wounds — one on the head, one on the trunk, and one on the shoulder
Laguna police show Los Baños Mayor Caesar Perez's medico-legal report. Perez suffered from gunshot wounds in the head, truck, and right shoulder. He died last week after being shot by unidentified assailants at the municipal hall
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 62 km SSE of Lospalos, Timor Leste
The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced on Monday that @StateDept has made a determination to approve another military sales to Taiwan. The equipment is a Field Information Communications System and the estimated cost is $280 million USD
6 month agoLam says the number of untraceable carriers are on the rise. 36 patients are in a critical condition, 40 are in a serious condition. Recently, patients are younger, she adds. "We have to exercise extra caution, do not be careless," Lam says
6 month agoChief Exec. Carrie Lam says Hong Kong is seeing a Covid19 outbreak almost as bad as July's surge. Lam says it is "more complicated" this time
6 month agoOutside Chief Executive Carrie Lam's weekly press conference, pro-democracy protester Alexandra Wong holds a placard saying "awaiting vindication
6 month agoAccording to the Civil Aviation Administration of China, under the "reward and circuit breaker mechanism", several international flights will be suspended for some time in December after passengers on the flights tested positive for COVID19.
6 month agoMore people from opposition camp including Leung Kwok-hung, former LegCo lawmakers Eddie Chu Hoi-dick, Wu Chi-wai and Tsang Kin-shing, were arrested by @hkpoliceforce this morning for being suspected of taking part in illegal assembly on July 1: local media
6 month agoVice-convenor of Hong Kong anti-govt group Civil Human Rights Front Figo Chan was reportedly arrested by @hkpoliceforce on Tuesday morning for being suspected of taking part in illegal assembly on July 1: local media reports
A US judge orders the Commerce Department to lift restrictions on the TikTok app
6 month agoThe Hayabusa-2 sample return capsule flew back to Japan from Woomera aboard a business jet - landed at Haneda airport
6 month agoTaliban prepares mortars for combat in Khalbasat area, Sabari Khost
6 month agoRussia: 30 people (including 21 children) were hospitalized with poisoning after swimming in the Dynamo Astrakhan pool. The admissible rally of chlorine is exceeded there almost 25 times, according to the Ministry of Emergency. A criminal case has been opened
6 month agoUS taking action against violators of religious freedom, according to a statement from @SecPompeo
6 month agoWeapons taken after Taliban attack near Chimtal, western Balkh
6 month agoThis is a school in Zhari district, Kandahar. This is the aftermath of a suicide truck bomb.
6 month agoRefugees from tonight's fighting. Same places that were attacked a month ago, are under attack again. Basically Taliban never left Arghandab. They just withdrew from main villages.
6 month agoTaliban placed IED on highway1 to blow up the remaining of the road on Kandahar Kabul highway in Zabul province
6 month agoClashes reached Bismillah CP in Arghandab tonight Kandahar
6 month agoNew wave refugees escaping from Arghandab as Taliban begun new offensive on district, 10 km's west of Kandahar
Fr. Amadeo Alvero, parish priest of the St. Isidore Parish of MacArthur town, said mining of black sand could lead to the destruction of the environment and may cause severe flooding
6 month agoProtest in Andkhoy, northern Faryab over kidnapping a little boy in neighboring Balkh several days ago
6 month ago4 IED's were detonated. Area in Mazar i Sharif were explosions took place Balkh
6 month ago2nd SVBIED attack in Zhari district today (3rd in Kandahar province), this time in Pashmul about an hour ago.
Bharat Biotech has applied for Emergency Use Authorization: Govt sources tell CNN-News18
6 month agoComment from @SecPompeo on designations of National People's Congress officials who are undermining the autonomy of HongKong
6 month agoTaliban search op on Gardez road earlier today, central Pakti
US Treasury sanctioned over 14 vice-chairmen of the Chinese National People's Congress standing committee, or Chinese legislative body. The move however does not cover head of NPCSC Li Zhanshu, nor any Hong Kong envoys like Tam Yiu-chung
6 month agoTaliban conducted yesterday search op for ANDSF personnel in Khanaqa, close to Fayzabad. Many were detained according to local account, but exact number is unknow. Badakhshan
6 month ago[email protected]_dost downgrades magnitude 6.4 earthquake that hit Prieto Diaz, Sorsogon to magnitude 5.4
6 month agoNewly-emerged COVID19 cluster in HCMC has been basically put under control, said Deputy PM
Hong Kong reported 78 confirmed cases of Covid19 on Monday. Seven had a travel history during the incubation period
6 month agoA magnitude 6.4 earthquake shook Prieto Diaz, Sorsogon and nearby areas on Monday, December 7, 10:37 PM. No damage expected.
6 month agoHealth worker Saad Mohammad was killed by a stray bullet as street battles are ongoing around Dehrawud hospital SW Uruzgan
NGO @Amnesty says the arrests in Hong Kong over a graduation day campus protest are a "blatant attack on human rights
Earthquake of magnitude 5.4 - Samar, Philippines
6 month agoIED attack on BP patrol in Spin Boldak SE Kandahar
Mohamed bin Zayed receives the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs in Indonesia
6 month ago3 explosions rocked Balkh capital
6 month agoClashes at Dorahi CP in Arghandab district Kandahar
6 month agoIndia moved several battalions consisting of about 1,000 troops each into the Myanmar border area after a soldier was killed on Oct. 21. Beijing refutes India's claims. The United Wa State Army also denied support to Indian rebel groups on China's behalf
Manipur reported 152 new #COVID19 cases, 149 recoveries, and 3 deaths today, says State Health Department Total cases so far: 26,225 Total recoveries: 22,997 recoveries Active cases: 2,919 Total Deaths till date: 309
6 month agoAbandoned outpost on Dand/Panjwayi area earlier morning SW Kandahar
6 month agoIEA claimed defection of 10 alleged ANDSF members in Baghlan
Kerala High Court dismisses the bail plea of an ambulance driver in Kayamkulam, who allegedly raped a COVID19 patient while taking her to the hospital
6 month agoAfter SVBIED detonation in Wazir , Taliban begun assault on 13 villages in Arghandab, Panjwayi and Zhari districts this afternoon
Afghan MoD claims ANDSF intercepted and neutralized SVBIED in Zhari, Kandahar before it could reach its target and that no ANDSF personnel were harmed
6 month agoTaliban, despite fighting, are managing to set up CP's along Nuristan road Laghman
6 month agoANA forces still conducts operations in Dawlat Shah district, northern Laghman
Andhra Pradesh reported 316 new #COVID19 cases, 595 recoveries, and 5 deaths in the last 24 hours. Total cases 8,72,288 Total recoveries 8,59,624 Death toll 7,038 Active cases 5,626
Death toll from flooding in Thailand climbs to 24
Mortal remains of MiG-29K trainer aircraft pilot Commander Nishant Singh have been recovered from the Arabian sea. Indian Navy was conducting searches for the last 11 days
6 month agoReports that Daman attack was a double one. First smaller vehicle was detonated, and then the truck came in Kandahar
6 month agoViolence breaks out in BJP Rally in West Bengal. Ugly clashes in Siliguri, stones pelted amid clash
There have been calls from HongKong and Uyghur activists and human rights organizations for the European Union to pass its own Magnitsky Act to put pressure on China's human rights violations
6 month agoA local authority in the southern Kandahar province says that as many as 33 people were wounded after two mini-trucks laden with explosives exploded in Daman district of the province.
6 month agoPLA air force participating in China-Pakistan "Xiongying IX" joint military training left for Pakistan's air base on Mon, said China's Defense Ministry. The training is expected to conclude in late Dec, and will play a positive role in deepening practical air force cooperation
TWO suicide car bombs targeted ANDSF in Daand and Panjwai districts this afternoon. A devastating and destructive wave of attacks continue across Afghanistan.
6 month agoWest Bengal: Water cannons, tear gas used on protesters at BJP rally in Siliguri (ANI)
6 month agoSiliguri: Police use tear gas shells&water cannon on BJP Yuva Morcha workers protesting against West Bengal govt, at Tinbatti "Many BJP workers injured during their peaceful protest. Democracy being murdered in West Bengal," says MP& National Pres, BJP Yuva Morcha, Tejasvi Surya
9 police including the chief, 2 NDS personnel, 15 civilians & 7 employees at the district governor's compound were wounded in car VBIED/SVBIED blast near the Daman police HQ and district governor's compound, said Bahir Ahmadi, a spokesman for the provincial governor
6 month agoHSBC re-freezes accounts belonging to family of exiled democrat Ted Hui amid Hong Kong police money laundering probe
6 month ago33 wounded ANDSF personnel, Govt. employees and civilians in SVBIED/VBIED attack on Daman center east of Kandahar Afghanistan
6 month agoImages: Afghan MoD claimed Jalrez-Maidan Wardak Highway was cleared of Taliban
6 month agoVIDEO: Aftermath of VBIED/SVBIED bombing in Daman, Kandahar
6 month agoAlleged Taliban member arrested with weapons and ammo cache in Lal Pur according to Nangarhar authorities
6 month agoCar VBIED/SVBIED exploded near police HQ in Daman, Kandahar this morning. At least 11 policemen including police chief Abdul Wadud wounded
COVID19 vaccines from China were in good condition upon arrival in Indonesia and refrigeration vehicles for delivery have been well prepared to keep the vaccines undamaged and safe, Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto said on Monday
Second victim dies from injuries sustained in Thinadhoo boat fire
West Bengal: Violent clashes had erupted between BJP workers & the policemen in Siliguri after the former tried to break the police barricade while carrying out their rally
6 month agoAfghanistan: The police chief of the Daman District in Kandahar has been wounded today after a VBIED attack against the police HQ
Violence breaks out in BJP Rally in West Bengal. Ugly clashes in Siliguri, stones pelted amid clash. BJP clashes with Police.
6 month agoBase in Daman district demolished by explosion
6 month agoKyrgyzstan: A school is reported to have been burnt down in Batken, in the village of Chon-Talaa
6 month agoPro Taliban accounts reported that man killed yesterday in Mazar i Sharif was NDS associate named Haji Mohammad. Some local accounts said that he was employee of Kishindih district Admin
6 month agoPolice chief of Daman district, Abdul Wadud was slightly wounded. Kandahar
"I want to convey the good news that today the government has received 1.2 million doses from China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd.," said Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Sunday. He added that another 1.8M shots are expected to arrive in January
6 month agoBJP govt at Centre must withdraw farm bills or step down: Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) at rally in Midnapore
6 month agoHong Kong police confirm 8 arrested for unlawful assembly and 'inciting secession' during peaceful CUHK campus demo
6 month agoHong Kong police arrest 3 people for chanting banned slogans at a university last month. Detained are accused of violating draconian national security law imposed by China. Chinese University of Hong Kong students rally near the "Goddess of Democracy"
6 month agoFarmers Protest : AkhileshYadav, and other SP workers who were staging a sit-in protest have been detained by police for violating section 144 in Lucknow
South Korea records 4 deaths and 615 new cases of Coronavirus
6 month agoThe Law Society has said it "strongly condemns the act of intimidation against a judicial officer" following the death threat
Chinese Foreign Ministry in response to Pompeo: We strongly condemn the imposition of US sanctions
6 month agoWan Chai District Council Chairperson @clarisseysy told RTHK on Sunday that HongKong has failed the benchmarks put forward by the last colonial governor Chris Patten. legislature's Hansard: @hk_watch
Andhra Pradesh: Three people died and four others injured in a road accident in Hanuman Jucntion area of Bapulapadu Mandal in Krishna district at around 3.30 am today, says N Chantibabu, Sub-Inspector, Hanuman Junction Police Station
6 month agoCovid-19: Fines to rise to HK$5k, test kits roll out in MTR stations, as expert urges vigilance over Christmas
6 month agoFive arrested by Delhi Police Special Cell after brief exchange of fire in Shakarpur area of East Delhi. Two are from Punjab, while three from Kashmir. Weapons and other incriminating materials recovered. Major Narco terror module funded by Pakistan ISI unearthed
Senator Francis Pangilinan points out that ChinaTel, which is part of the Dito consortium, was red-flagged by the US government as having links to China's military, the People's Liberation Army
