Shared Afghanistan interests create opening for U.S.-Iran back channel – sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Western intermediaries are trying to persuade arch foes Iran and the United States to cooperate on bolstering security in Afghanistan as...
Taliban chief’s brother dead in Kuchlak blast: militant sources
QUETTA: The Afghan Taliban leader’s brother was among four people killed in a blast at a mosque in Quetta Friday, insurgent sources and a Pakistani...
A birth and a death amid Kashmir’s harsh curfew
SRINAGAR, India(Reuters) - Around the time Mohammad Sikander Bhat lay dying at home in Indian Kashmir’s main city of Srinagar, Shafiq Ahmed was racing...
Under pressure from Trump, Israel bars visit by two US parliamentary lawmakers
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday barred US Democratic congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar from making a planned trip to Israel, shortly after...
US intimidate visa ban on team of Iran tanker
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States on Thursday threatened a visa ban on the crew of a seized Iranian supertanker whose departure from Gibraltar...
U.N. Security Council to discuss Kashmir dispute tomorrow
UNITED NATIONS– The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Friday (August 16) in New York will meet over India’s moves in occupied Kashmir following...
Human Rights Watch requirements India to ‘step back in Kashmir’
ISLAMABAD– Human Rights Watch (HRW) – an international non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights – on Monday demanded the Indian...
US, Turkey begin work to generate Syria buffer zone
ISTANBUL (AFP) - A US delegation arrived in Turkey on Monday to begin working with Ankara on creating a buffer zone in northern Syria,...
Thousands protest in IOK over new status despite suppression
SRINAGAR: Indian police used tear gas and pellets to fight back at least 10,000 people protest New Delhi’s withdrawal of special rights for Muslim-majority Occupied...
Kashmiris smash curfew to offer Friday prayers
SRINAGAR– Following India’s decision to end special status of Occupied Kashmir by abrogating Article 370 and 35A and after being confined to their homes...
