8 month agoAustralia, Canada, UK and US issue joint statement on HongKong
8 month agoConfirmed: Pakistan internet connectivity collapses amid widespread power outage with nation-scale impact; real-time network data show connectivity at 62% of ordinary levels as users struggle to get online
Pompeo cancels restrictions imposed on US officials in their communications with Taiwan
Pompeo decides to lift restrictions imposed on Washington's relationship with Taiwan
Pakistani Minister for Power says that the blackout was caused by a 'fault' that tripped the country's high transmission system, causing powerplants to shut down
Hong Kong telcos appear to be blocking a website that doxes police, a first indication of China style internet controls hitting the city. HK police said they have the power to pull platforms/posts that threaten national security
Major breakdown, sudden power outages in many areas including Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi
Pakistan Major Nationwide power Blackout following tripping in NTDC transmission. Resolution will take a while as the grids get re-energized in phases to avoid further tripping
8 month agoFour alleged Taliban operatives arrested by local authorities in Laghman earlier this week
8 month agoVIDEO: Footage from recent clashes in Pusht Rod, Farah
8 month agoPerson killed yesterday in Qaysar according to pro Taliban accounts. Faryab
8 month agoVIDEO: Aftermath of yesterday's IED blast in Pul-e-Khumri, Baghlan which killed and wounded 8 including security personnel
Manipur reported 67 new #COVID19 cases and 31 recoveries today, says State Health Department. Total cases so far: 28,646 Total recoveries: 27,766 Active cases: 515 Total Deaths: 365 Recovery rate is 96
The Indonesian Minister of Transport confirms the presence of 62 people on board the crashed plane
Navy of Indonesia: The location of the crash has been identified and we will start searching for possible survivors
8 month agoThe Minister of Transportation, Budi Karya Sumadi, stated in a press conference that the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 aircraft, which had previously been declared missing contact, was confirmed to have crashed around Male Island and Lancang Island.
Afghanistan's Ghani tells CNN that Pakistan's PM Khan told him after meeting with Taliban that he cannot secure a full ceasefire (presumably without successful intra-Afghan talks) with Taliban. Ghani should read DohaDeal. It says full ceasefire only after intra-Afghan talks
8 month ago5 Afghan Civilians Killed in Airstrike. At least five civilians, including three children were killed and five others wounded following airstrikes carried out by Afghan Air Forces on civilian homes in Lashkargah city three nights ago
Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 - Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia
Fisherman Solihin told BBC he witnessed a plane crash into the sea. He was fishing in the thousand islands near Lancang Island. "The plane fell like lightning into the sea and exploded in the water..I was pretty close to us, the shards of a kind of plywood almost hit my ship
Police in Herat says 9 people including a policeman have escaped from a Taliban prison in Pushtun Zarghun last night
More reports coming in: "Residents of islands nearby were out at sea when they heard 2 explosions, then found debris afloat at the sea. It was raining at that time. Residents have so far recovered seats, cables, pockets and jeans."
8 month agoGroup of militiamen armed by Nusay authorities. Badakhshan
8 month agoWires extracted from the water in area of SJ182 Sriwijaya Air search and rescue operation
8 month agoANA forces managed to regain Charkh Aw yesterday, after Taliban briefly entered this town east of Kunduz
8 month agoSJ182 Boeing 737 of Sriwijaya Airlines: The data is lining up to not look good. Most tracking sites show a descent in altitude with a sharp right turn right before tracking was lost
Indonesia's transport ministry says a search and rescue investigation is under way after contact was lost
8 month agoADS-B signal from flight SJ182 was lost at 07:40:27 UTC time. The flight was en route from Jakarta to Pontianak in Indonesia
Sriwijaya Air Flight SJ182 Jakarta-Pontianak Route Reported Lost Contact
FlightRadar: We are following reports of a missing Boeing 737-500(SJ182) in Indonesia. We hope to have more information soon
During early hours of 08 January 21, a Chinese soldier was apprehended on the Indian Side of the LAC, in Ladakh, in area South of Pangong Tso lake. The PLA soldier had transgressed across the LAC and was taken into custody by Indian troops deployed in this area
Singapore reports 29 new #COVID19 cases, all imported
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 132 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan
Justice Department: Three Sri Lankan Nationals Charged with Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIS and involvement in the Easter attacks
DOJ charged three Sri Lankans with terrorism offenses, including conspiring to provide material support to ISIS. The men were part of "ISIS in Sri Lanka" which was responsible for the 2019 Easter attacks which killed 268 people, including five U.S. citizens
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has threatened to expand his nuclear arsenal in response to what he calls U.S. hostility
North Korea stresses tasks to acquire nuclear submarine and "nuclear strategic weapons" launched from sea that will contribute to increasing "long-range nuclear strike capability"
North Korea vows to work on developing solid-fuel ICBM that can be launched from sea & land "as planned
North Korea says it will operate military reconnaissance satellite in the close future, develop unmanned surveillance vehicles to reconnoiter up to 500km
North Korea vows to increase nuclear "preemptive" and "retaliatory" strikes capabilities. It also stresses improving "accuracy rate" to strike and annihilate "strategic targets within 15,000 km" shooting range
North Korea vows to heighten its nuclear weapons technology, making them smaller, lighter, and tactical. Kim Jong Un also vows to continue producing "super-large" nuclear warheads
Kim Jong Un slams Seoul for suggesting "not fundamental" issues like tourism, public health cooperation, humanitarian cooperation, urges it to stop joint drills with U.S. & explain itself touring arms modernization and acquisition
Kim says won't use nuclear power unless hostile forces try to use nuclear power against N.Korea - KCNA
N.Korea's Kim says should continue to develop nuclear warhead - KCNA
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8 month agoKim Jong Un says the "key to establishing DPRK-U.S. relations is in U.S. lifting its hostile policy" towards Pyongyang, vows not to misuse nuclear weapon "unless hostile forces try to use nuclear [weapons] targeting us
North Korea leader calls U.S. 'biggest enemy'
8 month agoIslamic State Khorasan (ISKP) claimed attack against Taliban in Kunar province. Looks like multiple ISKP cells are operating there now despite the big defeat ISKP suffered some months ago at the hands of Taliban and ANDSF/U.S
PM @ImranKhanPTI has decided to visit Quetta and it appears the family members of massacre victims have decided to bury their dead.
Earthquake of magnitude 5.1 - 138 km NNE of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia
Two people were killed and six more were wounded in an IED blast that targeted a police vehicle in Pul-e-Khumri city, the center of Baghlan province, this evening, police spokesman Jawed Basharat said
8 month agoPolice commander among 7 casualties in IED attack this evening in Baghlan capital
8 month agoChina: Video documenting the fire and explosion that occurred at a factory run by a subsidiary of battery maker CATL in Ningxiang, Hunan, on Thursday evening. 1 person died and 6 were seriously injured
8 month agoChina: Video that allegedly shows nucleic acid tests that were carried out at the Tangshan Nanhu Convention and Exhibition Center in Hebei Province on January 7, 2021
Blackout in parts of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, including Bishkek after failure in Uzbekistan' energy system
China: "Chifeng, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, has entered wartime mode to prevent 1 resurgence of COVID19. More than 3,660 people from Shijiazhuang and Xingtai of Hebei have visited the city in the past 2 days according to local authorities
8 month agoClashes in Pusht Rod area earlier afternoon, Farah
8 month agoOne local account still reports some ANA ops around Chashmah i Sher but other said that village is under Taliban control
8 month agoGhorian district police chief, Naqibullah Sultanzoi (see image), was killed along with three other policemen in Taliban attack in Herat province on last night
8 month agoAlleged Taliban fighter was killed in clashes in Zabul, as per pro-govt sources
8 month agoThe whole section of Kunduz road between Baghlan city and Aliabad is in Taliban hands. Northern part of the province up to Nahrin-Burka line is under complete IEA control
8 month agoClashes broke out in Charkh Aw east of Kunduz this afternoon. People are leaving their homes
Covid-19: Hong Kong to set up Kai Tak command centre as public urged to avoid unnecessary gatherings despite fall in infections
8 month agoPro Taliban accounts claimed death of militia fighter in Lakno area of Khost His name hasn't been provided
[email protected] chair @lokinhei pledged not to change their political ideology despite the arrests: "If the gov't threatens us or tries to intimidate us & we just change ourselves, our political beliefs, then this is not a political party. [We are] just some pro-Beijing puppets
8 month agoRifles seized after Taliban raid near Kaldar NE Balkh
Rajasthan: A man allegedly killed by a tiger in Baler range near Ranthambore National Park "We had informed the villagers and had asked them to stay indoors. We have also deployed a team to trace tiger's movement," says Baler Range Officer (07.01
8 month agoDeath of the head of Ghorian police has been confirmed. Herat
Balasore Police arrests 7 people in connection with a firing incident & seizes 2 guns along with 3 rounds of live ammunition. In another development, policemen arrest 4 people over a snatching case & recover Rs 7.17 lakh from their possession
Singapore reports 23 new #COVID19 infections, including 2 community cases
Reuters: Tongzhou district in Beijing, which borders Hebei province, also declared that it was entering a "wartime state" to prevent infections. Such a measure is usually followed by contact tracing and testing to track down any infections at the local level
Chinese authorities shut down some entry and exit ramps of a highway connecting Beijing and Shijiazhuang, the provincial capital of Hebei province, which is fighting a cluster of coronavirus infections
A total of 346 new #COVID19 cases, 397 discharges and 2 deaths were reported in Telangana yesterday, says State Health Department Total positive cases: 2,89,135 Total recoveries: 2,82,574 Active cases: 5,000 Death toll: 1,561
Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 - 125 km NE of Aksu, China
8 month agoChina: An explosion was reported at the Ningxiang plant in Hunan on January 7, 20201, 182 firefighters were dispatched to the scene and there are reportedly no casualties
8 month agoUSA: US PACOM photos documenting a Growler assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron 135 and a P-8A Poseidon with Patrol Squadron 8 preparing for take off at Misawa Air Base, Japan
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.
