White House: NSA Jake Sullivan spoke with Afghan counterpart Hamdullah Mohib today to "review the February 2020 U.S.-Taliban agreement, including to assess whether the Taliban was living up to its commitments to cut ties with terrorist groups, to reduce violence in Afghanistan"
4 month agoHole from projectile in one house. Clashes in Islam Qala still ongoing Herat
4 month agoGun battle tonight in Islam Qala as Taliban attacked this vital town on Iran border. Bullets and missles hit homes in district center. Herat
China: Wangkui County in Heilongjiang Classified as High Risk Area for COVID19
4 month agoPro Taliban accounts claimed killing militiaman Nani (left) and wounding commander Babar Sir in Shah Wali Kot district earlier today Kandahar
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 55 km ESE of Namie, Japan
4 month agoImages: Afghan Army's 217th Pamir Corps claims it intercepted and neutralized a car VBIED which was allegedly meant to target a military base in Baghlan province
Four people smugglers jailed over 39 Vietnamese migrant deaths: UK court
4 month agoChina: A hostage-taking occurred on January 22, 2021 at the Experimental College of Kunming Normal University, Yunnan. A man injured 7 people. The police sniped the assailant and killed him. There would be 2 deaths.
4 month agoChina: A blast is reported to have been caused by a suspected explosive in a hospital in Hangzhou and which injured 4 people. The suspect is under control according to the police
4 month ago2nd ANA officer killed yesterday in Kabul was identified as Nawab Haydari
Covid-19: Medical workers urged to maintain social distancing as Yau Ma Tei-Jordan cluster spreads
US National Security Adviser Sullivan has held calls with officials from France, Germany, UK and Japan: statement
The political crisis is exacerbated in Nepal, where a faction of the Government party has organized a large protest against the Prime Minister and the President for dissolving Parliament
4 month agoPolice claimed killing local Taliban chief of the Taliban Hajj and Endowment Commission in Pachir Aw Agam in Nangarhar
Afghan MoD claimed one child was killed and another one "severely" wounded in a mortar attack "by the Taliban" in Gezab district, Uruzgan province, yesterday
4 month agoAfghan Special Forces from 555 unit seized these from Rabat Sangi in Herat
Six policemen killed & three more wounded in a Taliban attack on a security outpost in Khashrod district, Nimroz province, Thursday evening, the provincial authorities confirmed
Police said that of the two people who have been detained for the ShivamoggaExplosion, one is a contractor of the stone-crushing facility where the blast occurred
4 month agoChina: "Shijiazhuang, Hebei, reported 8 new local confirmed COVID19 cases on Friday, all located in Gaocheng district. (Local health authority) A total of 10,256,424 people were tested in the 3rd round of PCR testing.
4 month agoPro Taliban accounts reported that police officer Dost Mohammad died in IED attack in Arghistan area of Kandahar
4 month agoTaliban destroyed outpost in Omar Khel today. Baghlan
4 month agoChina: Fire Reported at Jinyu Aluminum Profile Factory in Ruian City, Zhejiang
4 month agoA Chinese person was shot to death outside a casino in Cambodia on Friday. The Chinese embassy in the country asked the local police to strictly punish the murderer and actively assist the victims' families in dealing with the aftermath
4 month agoA Chinese PLA Y-9 EW aircraft entered southwest Taiwan ADIZ on January 22, 2021. ROCAF deployed patrol planes and air defense missile systems to monitor activities
4 month agoTaliban offensive started 5 days ago, seemingly to relive pressure from Chashmah i Sher axis. Baghlan
4 month agoPoliceman was gunned down yesterday afternoon in Herat and rifle was taken from him
4 month agoPolice officer Sayed Agha defected to Taliban in Husein Khel according to pro IEA accounts. Baghlan
China: "Suspicious [positive] results for COVID19 were found among residents of the Baoshan District residential complex on the outskirts of Shanghai on Friday according to the local health authority. RT-PCR tests were carried out on all residents
4 month agoAl Emara reported assassination of Adil Zurmati in Paktia capital, for whom it said was militia commander
4 month agoIslamic State (ISKP) has claimed responsibility for yesterday's MIED blast targeting a vehicle in PD-6, Kabul. ISKP statement indicates the attack was sectarian in nature
4 month agoConfirmed. Section between Zamankheyl and Omar Khel is under Taliban control. Area north of Baghlan and Chashmah i Sher is also in IEA hands
China blasts 'gross interference' by EU lawmakers on Hong Kong
4 month agoNavalny's coordinator in Krasnodar Anastasia Panchenko being brought to court after a night in custody. She has been jailed for 10 days - a day more than Navalny's main spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh
4 month agoIED attack near Nawa yesterday Helmand
Navalny's coordinator in Vladivostok was detained
#TodayInHistory The massacre victims, mostly from Central and Southern Luzon, were shot when policemen and soldiers violently dispersed a rally demanding land reform during the Aquino administration at Mendiola Bridge close to Malacañang on Jan. 22, 1987
4 month agoIn Novosibirsk Navalny's associates Yelena Noskovets and Sergei Boyko have been detained and are due to be put on trial tomorrow for calling for protests
Clashes took place over past 2 days. Air strikes, IED's and snipers. NDS reaching vicinity of Sperwan is the only thing which could be confirmed with some certainty. SW Kandahar
4 month agoMaharashtra: Fire breaks out at Mahanagar Palika Building in Nashik. Fire tenders at the spot
4 month agoKhurasan took responsibility for this MIED attack in Kabul. Sectarian motives
4 month agoClashes around Akram Khel and Hashim Khel villages in SW Nangarhar
Japanese officials "flatly deny" a newspaper report that the country is considering canceling the Tokyo Olympics this summer
4 month ago5 people died in the explosion at a quarry in Hunasodu village of Shivamogga y'day. A compensation of Rs 5 Lakhs announced for kin of the deceased. MP BY Raghavendra & officials are looking into it. Mines Minister is also going there. I will also go to the spot: Karnataka CM
4 month agoPro Taliban accounts claimed death of 4 NDS personnel in last nights ambush near Yakubi Khost
4 month agoA restaurant in Yau Ma Tei informs customers that the business has been suspended due to the epidemic. Other buildings have multi-lingual notices informing residents of compulsory testing
A 5-year-old girl died on the spot after accidentally firing off a "sumpak" (improvised shotgun) around 4 p.m. on Thursday in Pidigan, Abra, police said
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 32 km SSW of Daroot-Korgon, Kyrgyzstan
Karnataka: At least ten suspected to have been killed when a dynamite blast took place at a railway crusher site in Shivamogga District's Abbalagere Taluk. According to police the incident took place when the blast rocked a lorry carrying gelatin sticks and other explosives
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 91 km WSW of Cabra, Philippines
Associated Press: "US military moves to try Bali bomb suspects at Guantanamo"
4 month agoA Y-8 RECCE plane from the PLA of China entered southwestern Taiwan's ADIZ on January 20, 2021. ROCAF deployed patrol aircraft and air defense missile systems to monitor activities
Human Rights Watch calls on Beijing to immediately account for the death of a 19-year-old Tibetan Monk recently released from police custody and release six other young Tibetans, including a 16-year-old. They were sentenced to 5-years for joining peaceful protests
Commuters use the LRT-2 Santolan station on January 22, 2021. The station has been non-operational since October 2019 after a fire damaged some of its equipment. via @joncellona
Mumbai: Tulinj Police arrested 14 foreign nationals for allegedly staying in India illegally following the expiry of their visas and passports
4 month agoBrigadier general of Shaheen Corps, Sayed Abutalib Sadat was assassinated in this evening's attack in Kabul
4 month agoIMAGE: Two off duty Afghan Army (ANA) soldiers assassinated in drive-by shooting in Kabul city's PD5 this evening, police confirmed
4 month agoAFG Kabul - the deadly frontline - earlier this evening, in two separate attacks, at least 1 civilian and 2 members of the Afghan National Army were killed. At least 2 civilians were wounded.
Indonesian authorities on Thursday ended the search for remaining victims and debris from the crashed SriwijayaAir plane with 62 people on board. Transportation minister Sumadi said that a limited search for the missing cockpit voice recorder (CVR) will continue
Double IED blasts in Kandahar Aino Maina quarter, moments ago Afghanistan
China: "Six other residential communities in the Tiangongyuan district of Beijing's Daxing district are under sealed management due to the recent resurgence of COVID19 cases"
4 month agoTaliban claimed killing ANA officer Faizullah by IED in Saidan Helmand
"An IED targeted an Afghan National Army vehicle in PD5 in Kabul city in PD5, close to Ariana hotel. At least 3 members of ANA wounded.", Multiple sources in Kabul's PD5 tells
4 month agoBhandara hospital fire: 6 people including a civil surgeon have been suspended in connection to the tragic incident that claimed the lives of 10 infants.
4 month agoIMAGE: ANA's 209th Shaheen Military Corps claimed arrest of alleged Taliban militant in Balkh
Manipur reported 19 new #COVID19 cases and 43 recoveries today, says State Health Department. Total cases so far: 28,938 Total recoveries: 28,351 Active cases: 220 Total Deaths: 367 Recovery rate is 97
5 people were killed in a fire, at the largest vaccine production institute in India
4 month agoA likely asteroid fragment had people glued to the sky in many parts of Japan
4 month agoAlleged Taliban fighter captured in Dih Bala area, southern Nangarhar
@USGS_Quakes reporting a 7.0 magnitude earthquake in the Philippines
4 month agoPrelim 7.0 Earthquake off coast of Philippines
Strong initial-magnitude 7.1 quake off the coast of the Philippines
4 month agoIMAGE: Alleged Taliban militant arrested by ANDSF in Haska Mena, Nangarhar
4 month agoImages: Local police claims to have killed two alleged militants belonging to Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Utmankhel, Bajaur Agency. Weapons and bomb making material was allegedly recovered from the two militants
Two members of the government-led negotiation team told Kabul Now that the Taliban are reluctant to continue with the negotiations for they have now new demands from the Americans and new orders from Pakistan
4 month agoTaliban claimed responsibility for drive-by shooting targeting ANA patrol in Herat
"I was asked to confirm the information that the radio station already has and replied in the affirmative," PNP Crime Laboratory Office Colonel Enrique Ancheta said, after he was put on floating status by the Police Regional Crime Laboratory central office
4 month agoIndia: According to local media, the fire started on the 2nd floor of the Serum Institute of India, Pune, in a unit under construction. Vaccine production would not be affected and the vaccine storage unit would be secure.
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - Kuril Islands
Fire at the headquarters of the world's largest vaccine manufacturer, located in India
4 month agoMaharashtra: 10 fire tenders present at Serum Institute of India in Pune, where a fire broke out at Terminal 1 gate
4 month agoMongolian PM resigns after scandal over mistreatment of a pregnant woman with coronavirus
China: Beijing's Daxing District closes all public places and fitness centers amid outbreak of COVID19 infections
Beijing congratulates the US President on his inauguration and calls for unity in bilateral relations
4 month agoChina: Confirmation: Shanghai has reported 3 confirmed cases of local coronavirus contamination, the strain of which has not been specified. The hospital was closed
At least four soldiers were killed and five wounded when their vehicle was blown up by a bomb in Pakistan's Balochistan province, officials said
4 month agoProtests in Mongolia after a pregnant woman was moved to covid19 hospital without warm clothes in freezing cold. Demanding resignation of government. Vice PM and minister of health resigned
In Tajikistan, mosques will resume work from February 1, they were closed in April in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus infection
Albania soldier died in Afghanistan Reasons and location unknown
4 month agoMilitary claimed releasing dozens of people from Taliban jail in Nahri Saraj area Helmand
Bunkueanun "Francis" Paothong could face life in prison for participating in pro-democracy protests.
Twitter freezes China's US embassy account over 'dehumanising' Xinjiang post
U.S. president Biden 'looks forward to working with leaders in both parties to position America to out-compete china' - Biden NSC spokeswoman
Sixteen Cambodian nationals were arrested by two teams of patrolling police officers after entering the country via Sa Kaeo province without any documentation
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.
