Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 38 km WSW of Sarupathar, India
At least 8 Westerners - including 1 American, 7 Brits - have been arrested by the Taliban in Afghanistan during different incidents in the last 2 months, CNN has learned. A sharp escalation of Taliban actions against Westerners, with @peterbergencnn
A Ukrainian skeleton athlete flashed a small sign that read " No War in Ukraine " to the cameras as he finished a run at the Beijing Olympics on Friday night, a plea for peace at a time of rising tensions - @AP
2 year agoTwo international journalists who were on an assignment for the UN refugee agency have been detained in the Afghan capital, the UNHCR said on Friday
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 14 km S of Maitum, Philippines
South Korea to ban travel to all regions of Ukraine amid looming conflict
Japanese citizens should leave Ukraine immediately, advises @MofaJapan_jp
Two foreign journalists on assignment for UN detained in Kabul: @AFP
Militants attack Indian security forces in Bandipora of North Kashmir. 5 J&K Police personnel reportedly injured, senior police officers tell. The attack took place in Nishat Park area near New Hospital. More details are awaited
Taiwan Ministry of Defense:2 PLA aircrafts (J-16*2) entered #Taiwan's southwest ADIZ on February 11, 2022
Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 153 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
Explosion at the Grand Mosque in Qala-e-Naw, the capital of Badghis province, during Friday prayers some minutes ago. Initial reports of several casualties
Zhenro Properties shares and dollar bonds plunge a record 81% in Hong Kong, with traders citing concern that the Chinese builder won't redeem a $200 million bond next month as planned
Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne said the Quad's cooperation on the region's COVID response was "most critical", with cyber and maritime security, infrastructure, climate action and disaster relief - especially after the recent Tonga volcanic eruption - also in focus
Asked by reporters if confrontation with China in the Indo-Pacific was inevitable, Blinken replied "nothing is inevitable". "Having said that, I think we share concerns that in recent years China has been acting more aggressively at home and more aggressively in the region
Foreign ministers of the so-called Quad, the informal grouping of the four countries, vowed to work on humanitarian relief, terrorism, cyber and maritime security and global supply chain challenges
In a meeting among its foreign ministers, US, Australia, Japan and India on Friday pledged to deepen cooperation to ensure the Indo-Pacific region was free from "coercion", a thinly-veiled swipe at China's growing economic and military expansion
.@SecBlinken, speaking alongside Australian PM Morrison & Quad counterparts, says he does not believe confrontation with China in Indo-Pacific is inevitable but notes "China has been acting more repressively at home and more aggressively in the region & indeed potentially beyond"
2 dead as result of crash of An-2 at Kamchatka
2 year agoRussia's special envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov: It's time to remove the Taliban from the list of terrorist groups banned in Russia. Taliban is not designated as a terrorist group in Russia but UNSC listed some Taliban leaders as militants
2 year agoMyanmar: People's Defence Forces (PDF) carried out an attack on Junta/Tatmadaw soldiers in Mingin, Kale, Sagaing. An MA-2 LMG and an M1 Carbine were recovered. 3 soldiers were allegedly killed as a result of the attack
A Senior Iranian govnt official visit is awaited in capital Islamabad "shortly". Pakistan has serious concerns on Iran intel proxies involved in terror financing and attacks, issues related to recent terror attacks in Baluchistan & cross border activities of outlaws
Karnataka reports 5,019 new #COVID19 cases, 13,923 recoveries and 39 deaths in the last 24 hours. Active cases 52,013
Taiwan Ministry of Defense:11 PLA aircraft (Y-8 EW, Y-8 RECCE, Y-8 ASW and J-16*8) entered #Taiwan's southwest ADIZ on February 10, 2022
Trump has told people that since leaving office, he has remained in contact with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, @maggieNYT reports
Putin holds a meeting with Kazakh President Tokayev in Moscow
Today Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is claiming a new attack targeting Pakistani border security posts in Shorko, Kurram, apparently carried out last night around 2 am. This is the same area where TTP carried out another attack recently which killed 5 Pakistani soldiers
The defense chiefs of South Korea, the US, and Japan commit to "closely cooperate" against North Korean missile threats and hold an in-person ministerial meeting during a trilateral phone call. The phone call intends to "send a coordinated message"
2 year agoIn response, a Hong Kong gov't spokesperson said: "the freedoms of the press and speech must comply with the restrictions of the law for reasons including protection of national security
2 year agoAfghanistan: 102 security forces graduated from 3rd Infantry Brigade of 203 Mansoori Army Corps in central Ghazni province this week
