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Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won a new five-year term after securing outright victory in the first round of a presidential poll. Election authority chief Sadi Guven said the president “received the absolute majority of all valid votes”. Erdogan had declared himself the winner before the official results were announced. But …

India and Russia have agreed to work jointly on possibly a development project in Afghanistan, an Indian newspaper reported Thursday. The agreement comes during six hours of one-on-one conversation between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi earlier this week. According to the Indian Express, Modi proposed …

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on June 12 in Singapore for a first ever summit between the leaders of the two countries. “The highly anticipated meeting between Kim Jong Un and myself will take place in Singapore on …

Sergey Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister  proposed  holding a trilateral meeting with U.S. and Afghanistan to President Ghani on the side line of Tashkent Conference, according to the Presidential Palace or Arg. The statement which was issued yesterday, March 27, also said that President Ghani accepted Lavrov’s proposal. “President Ghani welcomed …

The embassy of Russian Federation in Kabul issuing a statement has strongly reacted against recent remarks made by Gen. Nicholson and stated that the U.S. government officials are constantly allowing themselves to publicly voice “idle gossips”. “we have taken note of new statements of Gen. John W. Nicholson, the Commander …

U.S. President Donald Trump has named John R. Bolton, a former American ambassador to the United Nations as his third national security adviser and ousted HR McMaster. Mr Trump tweeted to thank Gen McMaster, saying he had done an “outstanding job & will always remain my friend”. Mr Bolton, who …

Reports in U.S. media about President Donald Trump’s plans to fire National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster have prompted the White House to issue a denial. President Trump is not ready to oust his National Security Adviser Gen. H.R. McMaster, the White House said, even though Trump has been telling people …

U.S. President Donald Trump has sacked Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, replacing him with the director of the CIA, Mike Pompeo. “Mike Pompeo, director of the CIA, will become our new secretary of state. He will do a fantastic job,” Trump tweeted on Tuesday. “Thank you to Rex Tillerson for …

Two men lobbed shoes at former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Sunday while he was about to begin addressing a gathering in Lahore City, the capital of Punjab province.  The incident happened during Nawaz’s visit to Jamia Naeemia seminary in Garhi Shahu, when he was about to address the …

Pakistan has not been added to the grey-list of global money-laundering watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) after conclusion of the task force’s plenary session on Friday. The list called ‘jurisdictions with strategic deficiencies’, available on FATF’s website, includes the names of Ethiopia, Iraq, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Vanuatu, …

The United States Treasury Department on Thursday announced that three “terrorist facilitators” based in Pakistan have been added to the U.S. government’s list of specially designated global terrorists. “We are targeting operatives who have provided logistical support, improvised explosive devices, and other technological assistance to [al Qaeda], Lashkar-e Tayyiba, the …

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Tuesday claimed that creators of Daesh (also known as Islamic State) are seeking to move IS fighters from Syria and Iraq to the war-torn Afghanistan. “The very same hands that created Daesh to use it as an instrument for oppression and crime …

The U.S. White House has urged Pakistan to immediately arrest or expel the Taliban’s leaders who operate from Pakistani territory. “We call on Pakistan to immediately arrest or expel the Taliban’s leaders and prevent the group from using Pakistani territory to support its operations,” White House press secretary Sarah Sanders …

Nursultan Nazarbayev, the president of Kazakhstan has assured his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump that the country will provide the U.S. forces with ‘critical logistical support and access for the troops’ in Afghanistan. Donald Trump appearing in a joint press conference with Nursultan Nazarbayev stated in Washington that the strategic partnership …

The United States on Wednesday expressed hope that Pakistan would “come to the table” and demonstrate willingness to “aggressively” confront terrorist groups operating from its territory, amid reports that Islamabad has suspended its military and intelligence cooperation with America. Based on media reports, Pakistan’s decision to suspend military and intelligence …

The United States accused Pakistan on Tuesday of playing a “double game” on fighting terrorism and warned Islamabad it would have to do more if it wanted to maintain U.S. aid. “They can do more to stop terrorism and we want them to do that,” White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders …

The U.S. and China have discussed the situation in Afghanistan during talks between visiting U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jiping in Beijing on Thursday. Following talks between the two leaders, Trump said he and his Chinese counterpart were committed to working toward a peaceful future for Afghanistan. …

Eight people were killed and almost a dozen injured when a 29-year-old man in a rented pickup truck screaming “Allahu Akbar” drove down a busy bicycle path near the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York City, Police said. Five friends from Argentina celebrating the 30th anniversary of their high …

The United States has taken back which gave nine rotary-wing helicopters to Pakistan’s Interior Ministry for anti-terror and recon operations at Pak-Afghan border in the year 2002, sources said. The choppers had been used during the Balochistan operation and different anti-narcotics operations, according to sources. Reports suggest that U.S. has …

Two car bombs killed at least 23 people in Somalia‘s capital Mogadishu on Saturday, police said, and Islamist group al Shabaab claimed responsibility. A suicide car bomb was rammed into a hotel, Nasahablod Two, about 600 meters from the presidential palace, and then armed militants stormed the building, police said. …