Wed 03 August 2022: The United States said yesterday that it has “no DNA confirmation” of the death of Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri, who was apparently killed in a drone attack in the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday. John Kirby, the coordinator for strategic communications at the US National Security Council, stated that there was […]
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Wed 03 August 2022: Japanese pharmaceuticals company KM Biologics Co has already seen overseas interest in its monkeypox vaccine which was recently approved by domestic regulators. KM Biologics, a unit of candy maker Meiji Holdings Co , has had “several inquiries from overseas” a company official told Reuters on Wednesday, declining to comment on any export plan for the […]
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Wed 03 August 2022: US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in Taipei on Wednesday that China must realize that it will not prevent people from traveling to Taiwan. Her contentious visit to the self-governing island has drawn harsh criticism from an enraged Beijing. “I just hope that it’s really clear that while China has stood in the way of Taiwan participating and going to certain meetings, that they understand that they will not stand in the way of people coming to Taiwan,” Pelosi said at a joint news conference with Taiwan’s President Tsai […]
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Wed 03 August 2022: The South China Morning Post (SCMP), citing security analysts, claimed that Pakistani airspace was used by the drone that killed Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri in the center of Afghanistan’s capital Kabul. US President Joe Biden said on Monday (August 1) that Zawahiri was killed in a “precision” strike. His death comes […]
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Tue 02 August 2022: Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of Al-Qaeda, was killed by a drone attack over the weekend in Kabul, Afghanistan, dealing a devastating blow to the group. President Joe Biden acknowledged the strike in a speech to the nation on Monday evening, saying that “justice has been delivered”. Following the killing of Osama […]
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Tue 02 August 2022: China stated on Tuesday that it will begin a “series of targeted military operations” in reaction to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. China’s Defense Ministry declared that the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) would conduct a number of targeted military operations to counter (Nancy) Pelosi’s travel to Taiwan island […]
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Tue 02 August 2022: Pelosi would put it on a collision course with China and provoke tensions in the region. “We cannot say for sure right now whether she will or will not get there, but everything about this tour and the possible visit to Taiwan is purely provocative,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters. China has repeatedly warned Pelosi against […]
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Tue 02 August 2022: Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has been killed in a CIA drone strike in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, United States President Joe Biden has said. Al-Zawahiri was killed on Sunday in the biggest blow to the group since its founder Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011. Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has been killed […]
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Mon 01 August 2022: Yet another Kashmiri journalist has been stopped by the Indian authorities from flying abroad as outrage grows over a continuing clampdown on press freedom in Indian-administered Kashmir and its residents. Independent journalist Aakash Hassan, 25, was on his way to Sri Lanka for a reporting assignment last week when immigration officials at New […]
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Mon 01 August 2022: If US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan, China’s military will “not sit idly by.” The latest warning was issued during a regular briefing by the Chinese Foreign Ministry. Spokesperson Zhao Lijian also stated that a visit to Taiwan, which China claims as its own, would have “egregious political […]
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