1 year agoFrom German Intelligence agency: On January 21, China's leader Xi Jinping asked WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to hold back information about a human-to-human transmission and to delay a pandemic warning.
1 year agoMoradabad: A person was thrashed by locals in Katghar area on suspicion of theft yesterday. Amit Kumar Anand SP (City) says,"we have registered a case against four persons. Arrests will be made soon. Further probe is being done."
Indonesia records 16 deaths and 533 new infections with the Coronavirus
76 fresh cases of Coronavirus have been reported in Rajasthan, taking total number of cases to 3655 out of which 1526 cases are active. Number of fatalities due to the disease stands at 103: Rajasthan Health Department
1 year agoMASwings DHC-6-400 Twin Otter suffers runway excursion on landing at Long Seridan Airport, Malaysia. No injuries reported
Hong Kong reports no new coronavirus cases on Saturday, making it almost three weeks since the city has seen a locally-infected case
Afghan MoD claimed Afghan Army (ANA) repelled Taliban attacks in Chura district of Uruzgan province yesterday, claiming to have killed 9 Taliban militants
Pak-Afghan Chaman border opened for the Afghan citizens too who are stranded in Pakistani side, earlier only one way border was open for the Pakistani nationals, returning from Afghanistan
Afghan MoD claimed ANDSF op killing 8 Taliban militants and wounding 8 others in Andar district of Ghazni province last night.
1 year agoShootout on the Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan: Deputy Prime Minister Akram Madumarov went to Batken region
A demonstration of about a hundred people seeking aid outside the provincial governor's office in Ghor — one of the most deprived provinces in Afghanistan — turned deadly this morning as security forces opened fire. Initial info: at least 4 civilians killed and a dozen wounded
1 year agoFour people were killed and 10 others injured in a traffic accident in central Daikundi province on Saturday, an official said.
China's leader Xi Jinping has said he's concerned about the coronavirus situation in North Korea, offering Chinese help to the DPRK, according to state television here. Gen Sec Xi has reportedly written to Kim Jong-un praising his country's efforts but offering assistance
1 year agoNSC's Javid Faisal says Afghan govt has released 1,000 Taliban prisoners and "now it is the Taliban's turn to accelerate the release of ANDSF prisoners," stop "killing Afghans" & start face to face talks soon
1 year agoWeapons and vehicles seized from assassins arrested in Kabul.
1 year agoTaliban claim pro-govt Arbaki militiamen opened fire on a civilian vehicle yesterday in Shahrak, Logar which allegedly killed one civilian.
1 year agoAnother mass defection claimed by Taliban. 35 alleged ANDSF soldiers/policemen/militiamen defected to Taliban in various districts of Balkh province.
1 year agoAnother pylon damaged in explosion in Ahmad Shah Baba area of Kabul
1 year agoVIDEO from Firozkoh, Ghor where at least two people have been killed and nearly a dozen wounded when security forces opened fire on protesters
1 year agoAhmed Naveed, local Afghan journalist and host of "Voice of Ghor", has been killed in today's protests in Firozkoh, Ghor which have turned violent
Earthquake of magnitude 5.1 - 223km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia
1 year agoThis was Peel Street in Hong Kong last night.
Manufacturing of multiple ICBMs detected in North Korea, say U.S. authorities
Today, @POTUS spoke with @MuhyiddinYassin "to discuss efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic. President Trump thanked Prime Minister Muhyiddin for the Government of Malaysia's assistance with Project Air Bridge and efforts to keep supply chains open," says @WhiteHouse
1 year agoThe first two Japanese V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft arrived in Japan 8 May aboard the US MSC-chartered vehicle carrier GREEN RIDGE. The aircraft were off-loaded at US Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni. Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force is buying 17 Ospreys
1 year agoReportedly 3 wounded from the Kyrgyzstan side in shootout on the border with Tajikistan
1 year agoShootout between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan border guards today
The US State Department says its found coordinated COVID19 misinformation accounts linked to China on Twitter — but Twitter says the evidence the State Department has provided doesn't support its claims.
1 year agoEx Baloch militant (ex member of Iran-based BLF) Nazeer alias Chaggu killed in gun attack in Awaran. Pakistani soldiers took him to nearby hospital where he died. He surrendered on 20th June 2018 after killing his BLF colleague Ameer Bux. At the time BLF spox vowed to punish him
1 year ago[email protected] on COVID19: We can confirm that the Chinese Communist Party did all that it could to make sure that the world didn't learn in a timely fashion about what was taking place. It's the way the Communist Party has operated. That created enormous risk
Adm. Aquilino, commander of @USPacificFleet: "The Chinese Communist Party must end its pattern of bullying Southeast Asians out of offshore oil, gas, and fisheries. Millions of people in the region depend on those resources for their livelihood."
1 year agoChina aviation activities in Southern China Sea
1 year ago30 new positive cases (Kashmir division) reported today in J&K today, taking the total number of cases to 823: Government of UT of Jammu & Kashmir
President Ghani assigned a 10-member team led by military investigator Mohammad Hameed Tahmasi to probe reports of Afghan deaths on the border with Iran, presidential spokesman Sediq Sediqqi says
Over two thousand livestock were killed due to flooding in the Syrdarya region
1 year agoAll stranded Indians at Maldives have embarked INS Jalashwa which will set sail at 10:30 pm. Indian envoy Sunjay Sudhir says: Maldivian Govt went out of its way to facilitate the exercise although today was a Friday in the month of Ramzan. All agencies extended help
Pakistan records protest with senior Indian diplomat over unprovoked ceasefire violations
"Turkey's TAV to acquire shares of Kazakh airport": "The deal to acquire 100% of the shares of the airport with its consortium partner VPE Capital is worth $415 million."
Number of COVID19 cases has reached 19063, with 1089 more people testing positive today. 37 people lost their lives due to the disease in last 24 hours, taking COVID19 death toll to 731. Number of recovered/discharged patients stands at 3470: Maharashtra Health Department
Putin and Xi Jinping had a phone call, discussed coronavirus
Two more Hong Kong police officers arrested over 'ice' drug case
1 year agoThe HongKong police say they are "highly concerned" after officers were arrested this week for alleged drugs offences, as well as for allegedly assaulting homeless people
1 year ago
1 year agoIslamic State Khorasan (ISKP) claimed landmine blast targeting Taliban motorcycle patrol in Khogyani, Nangarhar, claiming to have wounded two Taliban members & destroying the motorcycle, on Wednesday
1 year ago87 new COVID19 positive cases reported in the state today; the total number of positive cases in the state is 1731: Punjab Government
6 security personnel including an officer killed in IED blast targeting security patrol in Buleda, Kech, Balochistan
Till today, 10 healthcare staff at Delhi's Hindu Rao Hospital & 5 at Kasturba Hospital have been found positive for COVID19. They have been sent to quarantine. Necessary sanitization has also been undertaken: North Delhi Municipal Corporation
Zalmay Khalilzad, US special envoy for Afghanistan, has arrived in Pakistan, Pakistani media reported Friday
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
