Lebanon registers 1,461 COVID-19 cases, six deaths in last 24 hours
Lebanon reported 1,461 COVID-19 and six deaths in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry said Friday.
Told to leave but nowhere to go: civilians caught in Afghan crossfire
Afghan security forces have for days been telling residents in the western city of Herat to evacuate areas where the Taliban have dug in, warning them to clear out ahead … Read More
Beware Taliban promises, Afghanistan envoy to China warns
The Taliban cannot be trusted to keep their promise to China not to harbour Islamist militants seeking separatism in its Xinjiang region, Afghanistan’s ambassador to China told Reuters, a week … Read More
In rare challenge, Hezbollah fighters held after rocket launch
Hezbollah fighters who fired rockets towards Israeli forces from Lebanon on Friday were intercepted by locals afterwards, the group said, a rare challenge to the Iran-backed Shi’ite movement as its … Read More
Central Asian leaders warn on Afghan chaos as Taliban advances
Central Asian leaders sounded the alarm over the spiral of war in neighbouring Afghanistan at a summit in Turkmenistan Friday, as US-led forces withdraw from the country and the Taliban … Read More
Djibouti’s hidden rock art offers window to the past
These centuries-old images, rendered by flint onto igneous rock, also offer a valuable record of a bygone era – and a land drastically reshaped by millennia of climate change. The … Read More
Taliban capture first Afghan provincial capital, in Nimroz – police
] The city of Zaranj in Afghanistan’s Nimroz province fell to the Taliban on Friday, provincial police said, making it the first provincial capital the insurgents have captured as they … Read More
Israeli foreign minister to visit Morocco next week
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid is to visit Morocco next week, the two countries said Friday, in the first trip to the kingdom by Israel’s top diplomat since they normalised … Read More
Palestinian dies of Israeli gunfire after West Bank clashes: ministry
A Palestinian shot by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank died of his wounds on Friday, the Palestinian health ministry said.
Taliban close border crossing with Pakistan, call for visa-free travel for Afghans
The Taliban closed a key border crossing with Pakistan on Friday, saying no one would be allowed through until Islamabad dropped or relaxed its visa requirements for Afghans.