The party of Pakistan’s jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday called off a protest in the capital Islamabad after a crackdown by security forces. This brought about the tragic loss of hundreds of supporters and the rest arrested and forced to flee. Thousands of Khan’s supporters led by his wife converged on Islamabad…
US and British authorities says one of the FBI’s most wanted terrorists was arrested in Wales after more than 20 years on the run on Tuesday. Daniel Andreas San Diego, who has ties to animal rights extremist groups, is wanted by US authorities for his alleged involvement in two 2003 bombings in the San Francisco…
Russia attacked Ukraine again with numerous drones during the night, following the largest-scale drone attack of the war so far the previous night. The Ukrainian Air Force reported on Wednesday morning that property had been damaged but there had been no deaths or injuries. However, Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko posted on Telegram during the night…
The Israeli military reported an incident in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, hours after the ceasefire with the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia came into force. In a statement, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that soldiers had identified a vehicle with several suspects in a zone prohibited for movement in Lebanese territory. “IDF troops fired to prevent…
Lebanese House Speaker Nabih Berri on Wednesday called on displaced Lebanese to return to their homes across the country, after the ceasefire between Israel and the pro-Iranian Shiite Hezbollah militia came into force. “We thank the displaced and the people who have welcomed them with compassion and solidarity,” Berri, a Hezbollah ally, said in a…
Turkey welcomes the ceasefire in Lebanon between Israel and the Hezbollah militia, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in the capital Ankara on Wednesday. Erdoğan separately called for an end to the fighting in the Gaza Strip. All parties, especially Israel, must now comply with their obligations, Erdoğan said in a speech to his parliamentary…
The Office of Deputy Minister of Interior for Counter-Narcotics on Wednesday announced that at least 450 individuals who were drug users have made a full recovery and rejoined their families. In a statement, the office said the drug users returned home after receiving treatment at a rehabilitation center in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan. The statement…
Clean-up operations began in Beirut on Wednesday hours after the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect. Acting Public Works Minister Ali Hamie said construction was underway to reopen roads from the centre of the Lebanese capital to the southern suburbs. Eyewitnesses said excavators and clearing vehicles were already at work removing rubble in the…
As truce talks intensified, exchanges of cross-border fire between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah have also increased, with Israel reporting around 250 projectiles launched at its territory on Sunday alone. Israel’s security cabinet was due to meet Tuesday to vote on a proposed ceasefire in its war with Hezbollah in Lebanon, an official said, while…
There were no reports of injuries in the incident, in a remote area of Kagoshima in southern Japan, where a solid-fuel Epsilon S rocket was being tested. A huge fire erupted Tuesday at a Japanese rocket testing station, sending flames and smoke soaring into the sky, in the latest mishap for the country’s ambitious space…
