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Washington: US House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said it is very unlikely the United States will meet the August 31 deadline to completely withdraw from Afghanistan given the number of people on the ground that still must...

Kabul: Afghanistan will be led by a 12-member council, and the seven candidates that have been already agreed on include ex-Afghan President Hamid Karzai, the High Council for National Reconciliation chief Abdullah Abdullah and Abdul Ghani Baradar, a co-founder...

Kubinka: Russia plans to present its prospective S-500 Prometey surface-to-air missile/anti-ballistic missile system on the international arms market by 2030, Alexander Mikheev, the head of Russia's state arms exporter Rosoboronexport, told Sputnik on Tuesday.First S-500 deliveries to the Russian...

Islamabad: The Chinese Ambassador in Islamabad has demanded stronger security for Chinese nationals in Pakistan following a suicide attack in Gwadar that injured a Chinese worker.The Chinese Ambassador Nong Rong met Pakistan’s Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid on Sunday and...

Kabul: The Taliban said on Monday they will not extend the August 31 deadline for the current evacuation mission, a media report said.The BBC quoted Taliban spokesperson Suhail Shaheen as saying that the 31st of August was a red...

Gaza City: Attacks by Israel that destroyed four high-rise buildings in Gaza city during the May conflict might amount to war crimes, a prominent international human rights organization said on Monday."The Israeli military's airstrikes that destroyed four high-rise buildings...

Sanaa: At least 62 Houthi rebels and four soldiers of the Yemeni government army were killed in battles in the country's central province of Marib in the past 48 hours, a military source told Xinhua on Monday.The battles took...

Kabul: Heavy fighting was reported between the Taliban and the forces of Ahmad Massoud in Panjshir in northeastern Afghanistan on Monday, where Amrullah Saleh, who has declared himself the caretaker President, is holding out against takeover by the Taliban.Videos...

Kabul: At least seven Afghans were killed near the Hamid Karzai International Airport as thousands thronged outside the airport gates in hopes of leaving the country after the Taliban takeover, the UK defence ministry said on Sunday.The rush of...

Tokyo: The Japanese authorities refuse to provide official information on an unnamed man who allegedly identified himself as a Russian citizen and said that he sailed from the Kunashir Island to Hokkaido in north Japan to seek asylum, the...