Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 143km NNE of Palue, Indonesia
1 year agoAn Afghan Army (ANA) officer was killed on Wednesday in a motorcycle VBIED blast in Kunduz.
1 year agoAfghan Ministry of Interior claimed arrest of an alleged Taliban assassin in Farah along with a weapon.
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 229km E of Port Blair, India
1 year agoA senior military commander was killed in Ghazni
Earthquake of magnitude 5.1 - 134km ENE of Laiwui, Indonesia
1 year agoUS talking with Russia re nuclear arms control and possible new treaty, including China Deputy SecState John Sullivan, @UnderSecT met with Russian Deputy FM Wednesday in Geneva, per @StateDept US "made clear that a commitment to full and verifiable treaty compliance is necessary."
1 year agoOver 5,000 people lodged in relief camps in flood-hit Mizoram
At least nine residents of the Chak district of central Maidan Wardak province have died in a coalmine in the Balochistan province of Pakistan
Pakistan arrests US-wanted terror suspect in Mumbai attacks
Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 11km SSE of Ofunato, Japan
Former Indian Naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav who was doing genuine business in Iran at the Chabahar Port was abducted near Iran-Balochistan border around FebMarch 2016 by Taliban affiliated terror groups and handed over to Pakistan Army. Several top diplomats also confirmed.
Canberra calls on China to release Australian child trapped in Xinjiang
CTD Punjab has ARRESTED JuD Chief Hafiz Saeed while he was enroute to Gujranwala from Lahore.
KCNA: "The people-first principle was thoroughly embodiedand such monumental edifices as Masikryong Ski Resort, Mirim Riding Club, Munsu Water Park, Ryomyong Street and Sci-Tech Complex sprang up for the working masses like bamboo shoots after rain."
KCNA: "Under his guidance, the DPRK people could work world-startling miracles in building a powerful socialist country by giving the fullest play to inexhaustible potentials for development of the country in the spirit of self-reliancethrough a Mallima speed movement."
KCNA: "The country faced the harshest adversity and trials because of the hostile forces' unprecedented anti-DPRK moves. But, a new heyday was opened in all fieldsthanks to the Supreme Leader's matchless courage and patriotic devotion based on the do-or-die spirit."
KCNA: "Seven years has passed since Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un received the title of DPRK Marshal on July 17, 2012. It is a significant day for the prosperity of socialist Korea."
1 year agoHead of the security of President Ghani's house, Abdul Ghafar Ahmadzai, who was wounded in a magnetic IED blast in Kabul four days ago has died and will be buried today, sources confirmed. Afghanistan
A 22 year old Uyghur boy, Alimjan Emet, was beaten to death in a camp because they accused him of praying in secret
Convicted JeM militant evading arrest nabbed from Srinagar: Police
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 133km WSW of Kota Ternate, Indonesia
KCNA: "The international communityhails and supports the Panmunjom DPRK-U.S. summit meeting as an epoch-making event that brought about a radical turn in achieving peace and prosperity of the Korean peninsulaNevertheless, the conservative traitors dare challengethe world."
KCNA: "But the south Korean conservatives, displeased with the world-stirring event, are getting impatient to downplay its significanceTheir slander is no more than a death cry of traitors who are marginalized by the trend of peace with no room left for their existence."
KCNA: "The DPRK-U.S. summit meeting and talks held with surprise at Panmunjom, the symbol of hostility and confrontation, served as an occasion to build unprecedented trust between the DPRK and the U.S., which made all the Koreans and the whole world brim with excitement."
1 year agoAnother Islamic scholar killed in Afghanistan, this one in Jawzjan. The series of assassinations of Islamic scholars in Afghanistan continues without a break.
[email protected] on North Korea: "From our perspective, we would hope that no one would try to block - in their government or in our government - the ability for President Trump and Chairman Kim to make progress on the commitments that they made to each other in Vietnam."
1 year agoAlleged killing of this Taliban commander (identified by Mullah Muhammad) claimed by Shaheen Corps in Nishar village of Faryab.
US attorney general and various agencies should take a look at involvement of @Google in China to see if any truth to allegations raised by @peterthiel, @POTUS says to reporters at Cabinet meeting.
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 73km N of Laiwui, Indonesia
Heavy fighting in NW Badghis province leaves dozens of casualties. There are reports regarding heavy casualties among ANDSF Commandos in Badghis province. According to government sources dozens of Commandos are unaccounted for after clashes with Insurgents.
Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - Izu Islands, Japan region
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 56km SE of Namie, Japan
"The growing threats posed by great power competitors such as China and Russia warrant a re-focus to high intensity conflict" @EsperDoD tells SASC at his nomination hearing to be the permanent @DeptofDefense secretary
"We must be prepared to respond to regional threats such as Iran and North Korea – all the while maintaining pressure on terrorist groups such as ISIS and alQaeda" per @EsperDoD "This need to balance current readiness with modernization. is the Department's central challenge"
1 year agoISIS claims Katyusha rockets attack against US military base in Nangarhar causing several injured
1 year agoMumbai Police: Death toll rises to 5 in the Kesarbhai building collapse in Dongri, today. 8 people have been injured in the incident, so far. #Maharashtra
1 year agoVIDEO: Taliban official media has released footage of a tactical explosion carried out inside check-post in Salor Lari area of Arzan Qeemat, in Kabul city. Notice the video has been filmed from a nearby car likely by a Taliban member.
Norwegian ships accompany Chinese rig to Russian Arctic drill site
1 year agoFull English statements from KCNA, warning that the United States "unilaterally reneging on its commitments" is leading Pyongyang to reconsider its own decision to discontinue tests of nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs)
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 23km NNW of Khaydarkan, Kyrgyzstan
1 year agoJapanese Naval forces watched 2 Russian Navy ships in Soya Strait
KCNA: "This is clearly a breach of the main spirit of June 12 DPRK-U.S. Joint Statement and an undisguised pressureWith the U.S. unilaterally reneging on its commitments, we are gradually losing our justifications to follow through on the commitments we made with the U.S."
KCNA: "Less than a month since the DPRK-U.S. summit meeting in Panmunjom, the U.S. is going to resume joint military exercise which it directly committed to suspend at the highest level."
KCNA: "Our discontinuation of the nuclear and ICBM tests and the U.S. suspension of joint military exercises are, to all its intents and purposes, commitments made to improve bilateral relations. They are not a legal document inscribed on a paper."
KCNA: "The United States and south Korea are going to defiantly conduct a joint military exercise 'Alliance 19-2' targeting us in Augustit is crystal clear that it is an actual drill and a rehearsal of war aimed at militarily occupying our Republic by surprise attack."
KCNA: "The United States is going to conduct a joint military exercisewith south Korea in contravention of the commitments made at the highest levelIf the military exercise really goes ahead, it would affect the DPRK-U.S. working-level talks."
1 year agoOPEC+ cutbacks hurt by Kazakh recovery in June
A 6.0 magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia's tourism center of Bali Island earlier Tuesday, but was not likely to trigger a tsunami.
An Army Commander in Logar, Colonel Abdul Matin Hassankhail, says that at least 25 Taliban members, including their key commanders, were killed in an airstrike on a gathering of the militants in Kamalkhail village on the outskirts of Pul-e-Alam, the center of Logar province.
1 year ago@SMusapir's wife Nadila has been called into the police station in Urumqi Xinjiang this afternoon after he spoke out last night on @4Corners, later released
As many as 50 people are believed to be trapped after a four-storey building collapses in the Dongri area in southern Mumbai, India. There is a major rescue operation underway.
Four-storey building collapses in Mumbai, over 40 feared trapped
Police arrests two persons in Baramulla, recovers pistol
In two statements carried KCNA, North Korea's Foreign Ministry says the continued drills are a violation of the spirit of Trump-Kim talks, and make it hard to trust that the US will keep any promises
North Korea's Foreign Ministry says if US and South Korea go forward with upcoming military drills, it will affect the planned working-level talks agreed to at Trump and Kim's DMZ meeting
KABUL – Afghan security officials reported a mine blast at PD12 of the Afghan capital, with no casualties behind.
14 Taliban Militants Killed in Baghlan Operations
Earthquake of magnitude 5.7 - Bali region, Indonesia
1 year agoA few hours ago, Pakistan reopened its airspace to all commercial traffic. Some fights have begun to revert to routings used prior to 27 February already.
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.