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A U.S. State Department spokesperson says the U.S Afghan Policy Review is still underway. Ms. Heather Nauert, the spokeswoman for the U.S. State Department, made these comments while replying to a question concerning the review of US policy in Afghanistan being conduced by the Trump Administration. “Our Afghan policy review …

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has confirmed  the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIS). “(We have) confirmed information from leaders, including one of the first rank, in [ISIS territory] in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor,” director of the …

An Afghan national detained on Friday with 23 passports at Islamabad airport, Pakistani Dawn News reported. The individual Azeemullah was intercepted when he was about to board Kabul-bound flight on Friday, Dawn newspaper said, cited from unnamed official.    Twenty- two of the passports belonged to Afghan government officials and …

North Korea appeared to use a Chinese truck originally sold for hauling timber to transport and erect a ballistic missile that was successfully launched on Tuesday, highlighting the challenge of enforcing sanctions to curb its weapons program. North Korea state television showed a large truck painted in military camouflage carrying …

A rogue SAS unit killed unarmed Afghan civilians then covered up the details of the potential war crimes, it was claimed today. The shocking allegations emerged in Operation Northmoor, a classified multimillion pound probe run by the Royal Military Police. Senior defence sources have said that evidence gathered on the …

U.S. defense officials say the Pentagon is considering an expanded and more aggressive role in Afghanistan, one that would include the American military once again targeting both Taliban and Haqqani network fighters. Both Pentagon and White House officials have been considering the expanded authority for several months as they have …

A doctor who had lost his job at a New York City hospital opened fire with an assault rifle inside the building on Friday, killing another physician and wounding six other people before taking his own life in a burst of apparent workplace-related violence, officials said, Reuters reported. Reportedly, the …

A Venezuelan police helicopter strafed the Supreme Court and a government ministry on Tuesday, escalating the OPEC nation’s political crisis in what President Nicolas Maduro called an attack by “terrorists” seeking a coup. The aircraft fired 15 shots at the Interior Ministry, where scores of people were at a social …

A landslide on Saturday morning in China’s southwestern Sichuan province has buried the homes of around 100 people, according to the official Xinhua news agency, citing local authorities. Xinhua did not give an estimate of the number killed or injured, but it said the landslide had covered 40 homes in …

U.S. Senator John McCain on Monday blasted the Trump Administration for lacking a strategy in Afghanistan, threatening that Congress would take over if the administration fails to develop one. McCain, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said that if the administration fails to develop a strategy for success, “Congress …

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova in her briefing in Moscow said the United States has no strategy to deal the problems in Afghanistan. “They still have no strategy for dealing with the problems of Afghanistan or for stabilizing the country and the region, which they invaded resolutely with a …

A van ploughed into worshippers leaving a London mosque on Monday, killing at least one person and injuring several in what Britain’s largest Muslim organization said was a deliberate act of Islamophobia. The Muslim Council of Britain said the vehicle hit people as they were leaving the Finsbury Park Mosque, …

A forest fire in central Portugal killed at least 19 people on Saturday, most of them occupants of various vehicles that were on the road and caught in the blaze, an official said in televised remarks. The fire, which has yet to be controlled, is already one of the deadliest …

Russia’s defense ministry is investigating if one of its air strikes in Syria killed the leader of the Islamic State (IS) militant group also known as Daesh. Moscow claims an air strike may have killed Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and up to 330 other fighters on 28 May. The Russian military …

After President Donald Trump has given his Secretary of Defense the authority to make decision about the troop levels in Afghanistan, the Chinese government called for respect to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Afghanistan by any party. “Peace and stability of Afghanistan bears on the regional security and development. …

Otto Warmbier, an American university student held prisoner in North Korea for 17 months and said by his family to be in a coma, was medically evacuated from the reclusive country after a rare visit there from a high-level U.S. official. Warmbier, 22, a University of Virginia student from suburban …

A number of gunmen have opened fire on the security guards at the Iranian Parliament and the shrine of Ayatullah Khomeini in Tehran, Iranian media report. According to the Tasnim news agency, at least one security guard have been killed and three others included two ordinery clients and a service …

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says his country’s commitment to Afghanistan is to ensure Afghanistan never becomes a safe haven for terrorist groups. “We do understand is we can never allow Afghanistan to become a platform for terrorism to operate from. And so our commitment to Afghanistan is to …

U.S. senior republican senator, John McCain says the U.S. National Security strategy in Afghanistan led by General, McMaster means “victory”. In an interview on Australian television, the U.S. republican John McCain declared the new security team in Trump’s administration is developing a strategy which means victory. “I believe that this …

Australia has announced to increase its troop level by 30 in Afghanistan to help train Afghan forces in the fight against the Taliban and other insurgents. The move was announced by the country’s defense ministry on Monday following a formal request from the NATO and the United States. “Given the …