Afghan security forces have captured those related to attacks on government employees in capital Kabul and foreign tourists in central Bamiyan province, Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman of the Afghan caretaker government. The captives, including a Tajikistan national who was planning a suicide bombing, were arrested during military operations conducted by security personnel on Monday. The arrest…
Chinese President Xi Jinping and other Party and state leaders on Monday attended a ceremony at Tian’anmen Square in central Beijing to present flower baskets to fallen heroes. The event was held to mark Martyrs’ Day, observed one day prior to National Day. This year, the country celebrates the 75th founding anniversary of the People’s…
Since the beginning of Israel’s massive aerial campaign on Lebanon which was launched last week, some 1,000 people have fled the country to neighbouring Syria. The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Monday. Some 60 per cent of them are believed to be Syrian refugees that previously fled to Lebanon amid the civil war that…
The former director general of the UK’s Border Force said that illegal immigrants need to be deported swiftly as Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s decision to scrap the Rwanda Plan. The decision to scrap the Rwanda Plan was criticised by Conservative Party members. Tony Smith, who led the UK’s border force operation until 2013 after starting…
Lebanon’s Hezbollah vowed on Monday to quickly choose a successor to killed leader Hassan Nasrallah, and continue the Islamist militia’s decades-long fight against Israel. Deputy head Naim Kassem, in a televised speech, said the group would choose a successor for Nasrallah to assume the secretary general position as soon as possible. He said that the…
Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, with swarms of combat drones overnight, authorities said on Monday. The drones attacked from all sides, the Kiev military administration said on Telegram, adding that all drones had been repelled. There were initially no reports of casualties or damages. In the Mykolaiv region in southern Ukraine, a Russian drone…
A total of 260 Tunisian nationals are scheduled to be repatriated from Lebanon on Tuesday aboard a flight operated by Tunisair, the Tunisian embassy in Lebanon said. The embassy announced on its official Facebook page that the special flight would accommodate Tunisians in Lebanon who have voluntarily requested to return due to the escalating and…
The health and living conditions in the Gaza Strip are “inhumane,” the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said. According to UNRWA on social media platform X, sanitary and living conditions across Gaza are inhumane. “Mountains of garbage are piling up in Gaza’s middle areas as sewage…
Saudi Arabia is closely monitoring the recent escalation of violence in Lebanon with “great concern”, according to the kingdom’s foreign ministry on Monday. The ministry underscored the necessity of safeguarding Lebanon’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. In light of the ongoing turmoil, Saudi Arabia reiterated its solidarity with the Lebanese populace. It also urged the international…
The Israeli military said on Sunday that dozens of fighter jets have carried out airstrikes in Yemen in a large-scale operation aimed at Houthi militants. The air raids targeted energy facilities and an oil dock in the Ras Isa and Hodaida ports where Houthi militants were said to have received Iranian weapons and military supplies,…
