Reuters: President-elect Joe Biden's nominee for secretary of state Antony Blinken said on Tuesday the incoming administration planned a full review of the approach to North Korea to look at ways to increase pressure on it to come to the negotiating table over its nuclear weapons
To augment the lack of traffic enforcers in Metro Manila's major thoroughfares, the Philippine National Police-Highway Patrol Group (PNP-HPG) has pledged to provide 180 personnel to man the traffic along Edsa and Commonwealth Avenue
8 month agoTaliban took Husain Khel today and begun to move on Zamankheyl earlier this evening Baghlan Afghanistan
Lindsey Graham just noted Pompeo's determination that China is committing genocide against the Uighurs, and Blinken is not tip-toeing around the issue. Blinken says: "That would be my judgement as well"
8 month agoANA officer was wounded during today's clashes in Qadis district. Local account reported separate Taliban raid near Muqur center (MOD only mentioned previously reported air strikes) Badghis
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 100 km SSE of Pundong, Indonesia
8 month ago2 alleged militiaman captured by Taliban near Jurm earlier today. Badakhshan
Blinken says that Pres Trump was "right in taking a tougher approach to China." He says he disagreed "very much" to the way he went about it but says "the basic principle was the right one"
Blinken says there's no doubt China poses "the most significant challenge of any nation-state to the US." Says there are is a need to approach China from a position of strength, meaning US working with allies, leading in intl institutions, standing up for US values, investing in US
8 month agoKhurasan took credit for one of 3 yesterday's MIED attacks in Kabul (one in District 6) Allegedly media personnel was targeted
The United States should take an "aggressive stance" toward the threat posed by the aggressive and assertive China that it faces today, Avril Haines, President-elect Joe Biden's choice for the top U.S. intelligence job, said on Tuesday
8 month agoKhurasan took responsibility for MIED attack in Kabul They claimed targeting police personnel
8 month agoBike VBIED was used, but who was targeted its not entirely clear. Uruzgan Afghanistan
8 month agoAt least 10 wounded in Tarinkot, including local journalist. Uruzgan
8 month agoPolice officer Siraj Ahmad Mamour was killed near Farah earlier today
8 month agoPro Taliban accounts claimed death of militia commander Atta Mohammad Khan Arab near Saripul Afghanistan
8 month agoUS Navy MQ-4C Triton AE5C76 active tracking South of Taiwan
8 month agoAnother vehicle was destroyed in Uruzgan capital today
8 month ago[email protected] has made a genocide determination against China: "I have determined that the PRC, under the direction and control of the CCP, has committed genocide against the predominantly Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minority groups in Xinjiang
8 month agoKey paragraphs from the @SecPompeo statement on China
In massive parting shot, outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo just determined China has committed "GENOCIDE and crimes against humanity" in the treatment of Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang. @secpompeo made the call after weeks of internal debate
8 month agoIncoming US Government Will Use All Available Tools Against China's "Abusive" Business Practices, Warns Biden's Designated Commerce Secretary Janet Yellen
Anti-establishment protesters demonstrated in front of Icon Siam shopping mall on Tuesday, to demand an apology from its management after a security guard allegedly assaulted one of the protesters
Local authorities in Nangarhar claimed at least 17 Taliban fighters, including two commanders named Abdulzada and Borj, were killed in separate airstrikes in Spinghar and Surkhrod districts
8 month agoChina on Tuesday reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza in wild swans in Dongying, Shandong province. Of the 249 wild birds at the epidemic site, 35 are sick and 35 have died (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs)
Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri on Tuesday pushed for the modernization of military air assets after seven people were killed when an Air Force helicopter crashed in Bukidnon last weekend
8 month agoVIDEO: Afghanistan's Marshal Dostum in Faryab during recent clashes with Taliban
8 month agoAs per reports in local Afghan media, Taliban commander Zaimullah was killed in Herat province
Thailand jails woman for more than 43 years for insulting monarchy
8 month agoChina: A natural gas explosion was reported to have occurred in Huangwu Tianlun Garden, Zhifu District, Yantai, on January 19, 2021, around 5 p.m. Details of the accident and injuries form the subject of an official investigation report
8 month agoTaliban spox Mr Ahmadi officially claimed responsibility for the assassination of Washer district governor Zahir Haqyar
A Hunan woman has been arrested for killing a provincial court judge who refused to be bribed into helping her resolve a legal dispute. The woman reportedly got hired as a cleaner in the judge's residential community and attacked her with a knife
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8 month agoChina: J-15 fighter jets based on Chinese aircraft carriers recently carried out air combat exercises in temperatures below -20°C [in the Bohai Sea]
8 month agoAfghan intelligence (NDS) claimed arrest of two alleged Taliban operatives in Achin, Nangarhar
South Korea confirms 67th case of highly pathogenic bird flu birdflu poultryfarm
8 month agoTwo Chinese PLA Y-8 ELINT and Y-8 EW aircraft entered southwest Taiwan's ADIZ on January 19, 2021. ROCAF deployed patrol aircraft and air defense missile systems to monitor activities
8 month ago3 Y-8 RECCE, Y-8 ASW and Y-8 EW planes from the PLA of China entered the ADIZ in southwest Taiwan on January 18, 2021. ROCAF deployed patrol planes and air defense missiles to monitor activities
Secretary of state nominee Blinken says US can 'outcompete' China
8 month agoA small group of protesters are gather at Icon Siam after a mall official allegedly slapped a protester who was demonstrating against Thailand's vaccine program.
8 month agoAt least 1 member of highway police killed in a bomb attack in Tarin Koat, capital of Uruzgan province . At least 2 members of highway police wounded. At least 11 civilians including 2 women slightly wounded, police and Health officials in Tarin Koat city tells
8 month agoFour @UNICEF schools for Rohingya children in refugee camps in Bangladesh have been destroyed in a fire, with the UN children's agency calling it arson
8 month agoSenator Nancy Binay (@SenatorBinay), in a tweet on Tuesday, decried the unilateral abrogation of the Soto-Enrile Accord by the Department of National Defense, which gives prior notice before police and military could enter UP campuses
TLHR reported that student activist Benja Apan and 2 other activists has been arrested and taken to the Pak khlong San Police Station after they organised a small activity holding protest signs at the Icon Siam shopping mall
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 154 km N of Amahai, Indonesia
8 month agoTaliban claimed defection of 13 alleged ANDSF members in Dehrawud Uruzgan Afghanistan
8 month agoReports that police officer Sharifullah was killed in Helmand
8 month ago2 alleged Taliban arrested by NDS in Achin Nangarhar
Reuters: The current outbreak in Jilin was caused by an infected salesman travelling to and from the neighbouring province of Heilongjiang, the site of a previous cluster of infections
Reuters: China reported 118 new cases on Jan. 18 vs 109 a day earlier. 43 of these were in Jilin, a new daily record for the northeastern province. Heilongjiang reported 27 new infections
Earthquake of magnitude 5.2 - 140 km NNW of Dili, Timor Leste
Pakistan has approved a vaccine by China's Sinopharm for emergency use amid rising COVID19 cases in the country, its drug regulatory authority said Monday. A vaccine manufactured by British-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has also been given the authorization earlier
China: 4 people lost contact after a mine accident in Bijie, Guizhou province, in southwest China. A rescue operation is underway. [An accident is still in progress in Qixia, Yantai, Shandong province]
Reuters: "Trump orders assessment of security risks of Chinese made drones in U.S. govt fleet - Reuters"
Jharsuguda: Minor girl who was among the four people of a family critically injured in the fire mishap at Brajarajnagar succumbs to injuries. 2 persons including the prime accused have been arrested for setting the family's house on fire for property
Lam suggested the spike in cases on Mon may be a result of more testing being carried out. Over 100 new cases were detected. "Let me reassure the public not the panic. we need to step up our effort on compulsory & voluntary testing"
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 103 km NNE of Palu, Indonesia
Covid-19: Hong Kong experts recommend BioNTech vaccine as city records over 100 new infections on Mon
8 month agoImages: Stuff seized by Afghan intelligence (NDS) SOF in op in Helmand
8 month agoImages: Pro-govt militia captured three alleged Taliban fighters along with weapons in Qaramqol, Faryab following a Taliban raid. Looks like the Taliban raid was repelled
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 29 km ESE of Ōfunato, Japan
8 month agoPakistan: Counter-terrorism Department (CTD) press release detailing the arrest of a student of NED University (in Karachi city) who was arrested for financing ISIS in Syria via cryptocurrency
8 month agoSound of planes over SW Kandahar tonight. Only bigger clashes last night were reported near Sangi Sar in Zhari district
Hyderabad: A 11-year-old boy was set ablaze by his father for not focusing on studies, on January 17. Police said, "The boy received 65% burn injuries and is undergoing treatment at the hospital. A case has been against the father. Probe underway"
8 month agoPro Taliban accounts claimed that 25 alleged 3ANDSF members defected across Kandahar province
8 month agoPro Govt. media claimed death of Taliban commander Zaimullah in Herat province
8 month agoClashes on the road between Pul e Khumri and Baghlan Civilians, caught in a cross fire abandoned their vehicles
Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (the Pakistani Taliban) has claimed responsibility for a mine attack on a Pakistani army vehicle in the village of Khaisor in the North Waziristan region of Pakistan, allegedly inflicting at least 10 casualties
Josep Borrell Fontelles: EU is fully committed to support Cyprus settlement talks. Talked to Ersin Tatar and President @AnastasiadesCY on resumption of talks under @UN auspices, in line with relevant UNSC resolutions. EU ready to contribute
8 month agoVIDEO: Aftermath of today's MIED blast in PD-6, Kabul
8 month ago"A vehicle belonging to the ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development was targeted in a sticky bomb. At least 1 person killed. At least one person wounded.", a police officer in PD6 tells
8 month agoIbrahim Asim, a close associate of Afghan VP Saleh, was in one of the vehicles targeted by MIED in Kabul today. However as per reports he survived unhurt
8 month agoImages: Staff of Afghan Information Ministry reportedly targeted in MIED blast in Kabul earlier today. There were reports of two separate MIED blasts. Surprisingly, local authorities claimed there were no casualties
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 172 km NNW of Sabang, Indonesia
8 month agoHong Kong security law: Arrested teen pro-independence activist first to be released unconditionally
Government soldiers arrested an alleged communist guerrilla and seized explosives and firearms after a 30-minute clash at a village in Borongan City on Sunday, Jan. 17
8 month agoOdisha: An all-women scooter rally was organised in Bhubaneshwar to create awareness on importance of wearing helmets by pillion riders, as part of 32nd National Road Safety Month "By wearing a helmet, severe accidents & on the spot deaths can be avoided," said a woman constable
AFG " Last night from 8PM-8:30PM Taliban established a checkpoint in Stanakzai township in Sarakay Naw, PD8, Kabul city." Several residents in the area has confirmed it to
8 month agoPeople's Liberation Army Air Force Mode S 7A4262 Shaanxi Y-8G Electronic countermeasure aircraft active over the strait of Taiwan
8 month agoWeapons taken in this overnight Taliban raid in Nimruz
8 month agoRemains of Humvee after IED attack in Nirkh district Wardak
8 month ago5 alleged Taliban supporters arrested in Laghman by NDS
8 month agoA man identified as Mohammad Nader Niazi was killed in Nimruz capital. Possibly crime related, but its not entirely clear
8 month agoSaleh associate Ibrahim Asim escaped unhurt from one of the MIED attacks in Kabul today
8 month agoSeems that this SUV was targeted in 2nd separate MIED attack in Kabul
8 month agoAftermath of air strikes near Dasht e Archi 2 days ago NE Kunduz
8 month agoMinistry of Communications staff was targeted but there was no casualties. Kabul
8 month agoAlleged Taliban member arrested in Khogayni by NDS
8 month agoSoldier captured alive near Khash Rod center last night Nimruz according to pro Taliban sources
8 month agoPro Taliban accounts claimed death of police officer Aghajan Andarabi in battles north of Baghlan capital
8 month agoMIED attack in Kabul Afghanistan
8 month agoSoldier was executed in the center of Adarskan last night Herat
2 unidentified men with head shots and both hands tied at their back believed to be victims of summary execution found at Alagao bridge, Monday in Kalayaan, Laguna.
School van (JE-5412) turned over at in front of the TCF collage near Baloch Colony Bridge, two students injured namely: 1- Faraz 16/17yrs 2- Irshad khursheed 16/17yrs injured and injureds shifted to JPMC for further treatment. Further investigation is underway. Karachi Police
Police conducted raid last night near PSO Pump, Tauheed Commerical Clifton. During the raid accused tried to escape and hit his vehicle to a Police Constable Mir Muhammad who killed in this incident. Police arrested above accused . Further investigation is underway. Khi Police
8 month agoDeployed US carrier THEODORE ROOSEVELT CVN71 with cruiser BUNKER HILL CG52 and destroyer JOHN FINN DDG113 operated with Japanese destroyers ASAHI DD119 and KONGO DDG173 15 Jan in the western Pacific
The pursuit came to a halt when the car crashed into a stationary police vehicle that was blocking the car's path to the exit of a multi-storey carpark at Anchorvale Road
The Philippine Air Force grounds all Huey-type helicopters (UH-1H and UH-1D) for a thorough inspection, following the fatal crash that killed 7 soldiers in Bukidnon on Saturday
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion said that through the deal, they were able to secure AstraZeneca vaccines for $10, or about P480, per two shots.
The New People's Army's Santos Binamera Command took responsibility for the ambush that killed three Army soldiers on Sunday morning in Barangay Baquerohan in Legazpi City
Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (the Pakistani Taliban) has claimed responsibility for sniper attacks targeting Pakistani army forces in the village of Baizai Torkhel in the Mohmand District of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, allegedly killing an officer and a soldier
China stats bureau chief Ning says impact of Covid19's resurgence on economy is under control
Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 28 km S of Kuril’sk, Russia
8 month agoIMAGE: Weapons captured by the Taliban in recent insider attack in Ghorian, Herat
A Taliban airstrike via armed drone targeting Afghan Army base in Imam Saheb, Kunduz was reported on Sunday. Rest of the details remain sketchy
8 month agoImages: A supply truck was intercepted and torched by suspected militants on Sunday in Jalalabad, Nangarhar
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.
