Twitter issues apology for blocking accounts critical of China
Gunfight breaks out between Indian forces and suspected militants in Molu-Chitragam area of Shopian district. JammuKashmir
North Korean leader watches art performance with Kim Yong-chol amid rumor of purge
KCNA: "As Kono, a being like a rodent in burrow, shows off his diplomacy with the bright world, it is quite natural that Japan is marginalized in the international communityJapan should be mindful that it can never escape from the fate of a 'land of dipping sun.'"
KCNA: "We got disgusted with thesordid snobbish character of the island niggards, who are used to see everything through the eyeletIt is pitiful that such a poor-grade being as weasel-faced Kono who always makes harebrained and loathsome words serves as foreign minister."
KCNA: "Konoas if Japan hadabsolute power over the DPRK, dared to say that the international community would lift sanctions against north Korea if it makes a right judgmentKono spouted such nonsense ignorant of Japan's poor position, not knowing who grabs whom by the throat"
Taliban bomb the Bagram base with a number of missiles.
There are conflicting reports of a car bombing coming from Afghanistan from the same area in Kandahar where recently a safe house of an anti-Pakistan Baloch militant outfit was attacked by a car bomb which was promptly blamed on Pakistani Intel by said Baloch outfit.
Vehicle Bomb explosion in front of Shawaki Karzai's house. Acting Defense Minister Khalid and Police Chief Tadin were in Shawali house. firing hearing in area, Aaino Mena, Kandahar city, Afghanistan
Armed conflict between the units of 2 police commanders in Spin Boldak -Saleh and Ataullah Mama resulted in 3 killed and 5 wounded, SE Kandahar Afghanistan
Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 27km NW of Cempa, Indonesia
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - Kuril Islands
6 month agoExtreme heat over northwestern India in Rajasthan yesterday with 50.8 ° C recorded in Churu, 0.2 ° C of the national heat record established in May 2016 in Phalodi (51.0 ° C). Ogimet Map
During a clash, security forces have inflicted heavy casualties on Taliban militants in Ghazni province.
6 month agoAfter being postponed for 24 hours, a new Chinese test of strategic ballistic sea-ground missile (SLBM) seems to have taken place today very early in the morning. The craft took off from the Bohai Sea and flew west of China.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet Iranian leader Ali Khamenei to mediate between Tehran and Washington
Two back to back explosions have killed at least one, injuring at least ten more in west Kabul. The nature of explosions is not clear. At least one journalist is among the wounded.
China's defense minister is warning its military will "resolutely take action" to defend Beijing's claims over self-ruled Taiwan and disputed South China Sea waters.
Magnetic bomb hit a minibus carrying students of a university in pd5 of Kabul city, leaving at least 10 wounded on Sunday morning, ministry of interior said.
At least 10 people were wounded after a magnetic bomb hit a state university shuttle bus in PD5 in west of Kabul , their identities are not announced.
6 month agoAt least 20 Taliban militants, including a key commander of the group, were killed in Afghan forces airstrikes in Bala Murghab district in Badghis province, the Ministry of Defense said in a statement. Taliban has not commented on this report.
An automated train operated by Yokohama Seaside Line moves in the wrong direction and slams into a bumping post. Passengers inside the train were thrown to the ground, injuring about twenty people, including three serious injuries.
Earthquake of magnitude 5.2 - 120km SW of Padangsidempuan, Indonesia
China will not renounce use of force in Taiwan reunification: defence minister
6 month agoIslamic State claims responsibility for attack on policemen in Quetta, Balochistan. Pakistan
Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 - 88km S of Luwuk, Indonesia
Earthquake of magnitude 5.3 - 47km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines
J&K police has identified militants who were killed in Tral encounter. One of them is as Yawar Ahmad Najar of Tral and the other is Umar (code name) from Pakistan. As per police they were affiliated with JeM and were wanted by law for their complicity in a series of terror crimes.
6 month agoPassenger train derailed in Zabaikalsky Krai of Russia, no injures
Tral gunfight: Slain militants were affiliated with JeM, says police
6 month agoAfghan MoD said that a large cache of weapons, ammo and equipment was seized by ANA SOF in Logar.
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 169km SSW of Ciheras, Indonesia
6 month agoA large number of Chinese @Twitter accounts are being suspended today. They "happen" to be accounts critical of China, both inside and outside China.
The Japanese government has created a nationwide television broadcast advising civilians on how to protect themselves in the event of a North Korean missile attack.
