MIDDLE EAST

Taliban welcome Trump’s call to bring US troops home

9:14 pm October 11, 2019

Kabul: A Taliban spokesman is apparently carefully following President Donald Trump’s comments even though the US leader declared last month that the talks between an American peace envoy and the insurgents were “dead.” Suhail Shaheen, the spokesman of the Taliban political office in Qatar, tweeted about Trump’s speech at a rally in Minneapolis, just a […]

Iran tanker hit by suspected missile strikes near Saudi port

2:02 pm October 11, 2019

Tehran: Suspected missile strikes hit an Iranian oil tanker near the Saudi coast on Friday, its owner said, the first Iranian vessel targeted since a spate of attacks in the Gulf Washington blamed on Tehran. Oil prices surged more than two percent on the news, which raised new supply concerns with tensions still high after […]

Turkey vows to expand anti-PKK operations in northern Iraq

Turkey launches offensive against Kurdish fighters in Syria

9:12 pm October 9, 2019

AKCAKALE, Turkey: Turkey launched a military operation Wednesday against Kurdish fighters in northeastern Syria after U.S. forces pulled back from the area, with a series of airstrikes hitting a town on Syria’s northern border. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the start of the campaign, which followed an abrupt decision Sunday by U.S. President Donald […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Afghan Taliban frees three Indian hostages: Reports

2:16 pm October 7, 2019

Islamabad: The Afghan Taliban said it has freed three Indian engineers held hostage for over a year in an exchange for securing the release of 11 of its members, including some high-ranking officials of the militant group, according to media reports on Monday. Speaking on condition of anonymity, two Taliban officials refused to say who […]

Israel unveils remains of 5,000-year-old city

11:36 pm October 6, 2019

Hadera (Israel): Israeli archaeologists on Sunday unveiled the remains of a 5,000-year-old city they said was among the biggest from its era in the region, including fortifications, a ritual temple and a cemetery. “We have here an immense urban construction, planned with streets that separate neighbourhoods and public spaces,” Yitzhak Paz of the Israel Antiquities […]