Two Pakistani diplomats based in a consulate office in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad have been missing since Friday, when they set off by road back to their homeland, Pakistan’s foreign office said on July, 18, Sunday. “Pakistan has requested the Afghan Government that all efforts may be made to ensure early recovery of…
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Philippines military fighting rido culture
Lieutenant Colonel Jo-Ar Herrera, a military spokesman, said on June, 15 (15.06.2017) that the army had retaken higher ground to the east of the city, reducing the enemy’s field of fire. Three bridges over the Agus were also now under the army’s control, Herrera said. Many of the militants are locals, from the…
Japan Emperor Akihito to abdicate
Japan’s parliament passed a law 9th of June, allowing Emperor Akihito to become the first monarch to abdicate in 200 years. Akihito, 82, said in a special television address last August that his time to go was approaching because of declining health and age. What does the #emperor as #Japan's national symbol exactly mean? The debate must continue #abdication #Akihito…
EU expresses condolences to Iran
At least 12 people have been killed and dozens more injured in Tehran as a result of double attack of a gunmen and suicide bombers targeted the Iranian parliament and the mausoleum of the founder of the Islamic Republic. At the mausoleum of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (pictured) the founder of the Islamic Republic after deposing…
Trump to reinforce travel ban
U.S. President Donald Trump urged his administration to seek a reinforced version of his travel ban proposal following a weekend terrorist attack in London, and pressed for an expedited judicial review by the nation’s top court. What is widely called a ‘travel ban’ is an Executive Order 13769, titled Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry…
Qatar in diplomatic isolation
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain severed their ties with Qatar, accusing it of supporting terrorism, opening up the worst rift in years among some of the most powerful states in the Arab world. URGENT: @Emirates to suspend all flights to #Qatar from Tuesday https://t.co/iMLfvlk4MZ pic.twitter.com/O757JMwu0V — RT (@RT_com) June 5, 2017…
#Kabul: BBC jounralists among injured
Four BBC workers and their Afghan driver were among the victims of the suicide bombing outside the Federal Republic of Germany Embassy in in Kabul, the corporation announced . BBC Afghan driver Mohammed Nazir died was killed in Kabul attack. He was driving colleagues to the office.4 colleagues were also injured. — Quentin Sommerville (@sommervilletv)…
Explosion next to embassies in Kabul
A public health spokesman informed about at least 67 wounded people had been taken to hospitals around Kabul after a powerful car bomb exploded in the center of Afghanistan’s capital on Wednesday, 31.05.2017, killing or wounding dozens of people and sending clouds of black smoke into the sky above the presidential palace and foreign embassies, according…
Assange as 'hacker' can stay in Embassy
Ecuador’s new president Lenin Moreno said Julian Assange is a “hacker,” making his strongest comments to date against the WikiLeaks founder while still stressing he could stay on in the country’s London embassy. Moreno, who was sworn in earlier this month, has broken with his predecessor and mentor Rafael Correa, who had said Assange was…
Trump visits Vatican
Pope Francis urged U.S. President Donald Trump to be a peacemaker and the US President Donald Trump promised he would not forget the pontiff’s message, after both talked privately for about 30 minutes with interpreters. Honor of a lifetime to meet His Holiness Pope Francis. I leave the Vatican more determined than ever to pursue…
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