Sat 17 February 2024: Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan to Afghanistan Ilham Mammadov paid a courtesy call to Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi to present the official letter from Azerbaijan’s foreign ministry regarding the opening of their embassy in Kabul, the ministry said in a statement Thursday. IEA’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abdul Qahar Balkhi […]
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Sat 17 February 2024: Japan has successfully launched its next-generation rocket into orbit, the country’s space agency has announced, after two failed attempts cast a pall over Tokyo’s space ambitions. The H3 had a “successful liftoff” at 9:22am Tokyo time (12:22 GMT) on Saturday and entered its planned orbit carrying a dummy satellite and two […]
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Heron Mark 2 drones (ANI – FILE PHOTO) Thu 15 February 2024: India has sent so-called “killer” drones to Israel to assist the occupation state in its military offensive against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. This is the latest reported support from New Delhi for Tel Aviv’s genocidal attack on Gaza’s Palestinian population. […]
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Wed 14 February 2024: Islamabad, Pakistan — A six-party alliance appears poised to form Pakistan’s next government, after nearly a week of political drama following a fractured mandate delivered by the country’s voters in the February 8 elections. Led by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN), which won 75 seats, and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), which secured […]
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) welcomes President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (R). Wed 14 February 2024: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has today inaugurated Abu Dhabi’s first Hindu temple, ahead of its public opening scheduled for Sunday. Modi is in the Gulf on a two-day visit, […]
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Wed 14 February 2024: Indonesian Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto has declared victory in the presidential election after unofficial vote counts showed him with a significant lead ahead of his rivals. The 72-year-old former special forces commander, who had run for president twice before, had about 58 percent of the votes, according to four pollsters, based on “quick […]
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Tue 13 February 2024: This past week’s elections in Pakistan were meant to be a formality, the outcome – a win for the PMLN – predetermined by the Pakistani military and intelligence apparatus. But despite their attempt to manage the narrative and meddle with politics, former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his party, the PTI, […]
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Tue 13 February 2024: Indian security personnel used tear gas to disperse thousands of farmers protesting on New Delhi after negotiations with the administration failed. “We do not want to break any barricades. We want resolution of our issues through dialogue. But if they [the government] do nothing then what will we do? It is […]
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Mon 12 February 2024: Roads leading to New Delhi have been blocked by Indian police as farmers march toward the nation’s capital to demand better government assistance. Government ministers were scheduled to meet with union leaders on Monday to address their demands for higher crop prices, which were promised three years ago, amid protests aimed […]
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Mon 12 February 2024: Two former Guantanamo Bay prison inmates returned to their home country, Afghanistan, from Oman on Monday, local media reported. The two Afghan nationals, Mullah Abdul Zahir Saber and Abdul Kareem, who had been arrested in 2002, were released from the Guantanamo Bay detention center in 2017, and shifted to an unspecified […]
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