USA Achieved Central Mission By Killing Osama Bin Laden: US President
Shanksville: President Joe Biden, speaking unexpectedly during a visit to the Pennsylvania site of one of the 9/11 plane crashes, again defended the widely criticized...
21st Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks Being Observed
NEW YORK: This day marks 21 years since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, during which thousands of New Yorkers lost their lives, and the area...
US, Chinese Presidents Discuss Economic Issues
WASHINGTON::The United States and Chinese leadership have discussed strategic communication and exchanges on China-U.S. relations and issues of mutual interest. According to a White House...
US Says Interim Taliban Govt Not Reflective Of What It Had ‘Hoped To See’
WASHINGTON: The interim Taliban government does not reflect what the international community and the United States hoped to see, US State Department spokesperson Ned Price...
WHO Chief Urges Halt to COVID Booster Shots
GENEVA: Rich countries with large supplies of coronavirus vaccines should refrain from offering booster shots through the end of the year and make the doses...
Israel Pours Troops Into West Bank to Hunt Down Prison Fugitives
RAMALLAH: Israel flooded the occupied West Bank with reinforcements on Wednesday in the manhunt for six Palestinians who have been on the run for three...
Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund To Head New Afghanistan Government
KABUL: Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund has been named as Afghanistan’s new acting head of state. The Taliban, who swept into Kabul on August 15 following...
Panjshir Valley ‘Completely Captured’: Taliban
KABUL: The Taliban said Monday they had captured the last pocket of resistance in Afghanistan, the Panjshir Valley, even as opposition fighters vowed to keep...
Taliban, Opposition Fight For Afghan Holdout Province Of Panjshir
Kabul: Taliban and opposition forces battled to control the Panjshir Valley north of Kabul, the last Afghan province holding out against the group. Both sides...
UK Will Not Recognize Taliban: Dominic Raab
British Foreign Secretary Dominic Robb says we do not recognize the Taliban and urges other countries to do the same. British Foreign Secretary Dominic Robb...
Taliban Claim Taking Control Of Panjshir
Three Taliban sources said the group had on Friday seized the Panjshir valley, north of Kabul, the last province of Afghanistan holding out against it,...
Taliban Co-Founder Baradar To Lead New Afghanistan Govt
Taliban co-founder Mullah Baradar will lead a new Afghan government set to be announced shortly, sources in the group said on Friday, as its fighters...
Sher Muhammad Abbas Named Afghanistan FM
KABUL: Taliban leader Sher Muhammad Abbas Stanikzai, head of the Taliban's political office in Qatar, has been named foreign minister of the Islamic Emirate of...
It’s possible’: General Mark Says US Can Work With Taliban To Fight IS
US Army General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has said it was “possible” the United States will seek to coordinate with...
Nine Deaths Reported As Storm Ida Triggers State Of Emergency In New York and New Jersey
The governors of New York and New Jersey declared a state of emergency late on Wednesday as record-breaking rains from tropical storm Ida led to...
Taliban Likely To Appoint Hebatullah As Supreme Leader, Claims US TV
KABUL: The Taliban said that the discussions held on forming a new government have been finalized and they will soon make an announcement. Anamullah Samangani,...
Bin Laden’s Al Qaeda Security Chief Back in Afghanistan
KABUL: A senior al Qaeda commander who was Osama bin Laden’s security chief has apparently returned to Afghanistan after two decades living in Pakistan, according...
Biden Says He Was Not Expecting Sudden Departure of Ghani
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden on Tuesday mounted a fierce defense of pulling troops from Afghanistan as the “best decision for America,” a day after the...
UAE Announces To Resume Tourists Visas To Vaccinated People Against Coronavirus
The United Arab Emirates announced it will resume issuing visas to all tourists fully vaccinated against Covid-19, a month before Dubai hosts the delayed Expo...
Military Mission Ended in Afganistan: Blinken
WASHINGTON: The United States has completed withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan, ending the 20 years of invasion into the country. In press briefing in...