Two explosions went off inside a stadium hosting an agricultural show in southern Afghanistan killing four people and wounding 31, government officials said. The blasts took place in Lashkar Gah, the capital of the volatile Helmand province, as people marked Farmers’ Day as part of Persian New Year celebrations, attended by nearly 1,000 people. Local Afghan news website TOLOnews reported that the provincial economic chief in… Read more »
At least 13 civilians, mostly children, were killed by a US air raid in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz, the United Nations said on Monday. The air raid early on Saturday was part of a battle between the Taliban and combined Afghan and US forces that lasted about 30 hours in Kunduz, a Taliban stronghold. “Initial fact-finding indicates that 10 of those killed were… Read more »
Tehran, Iran – Flash flooding in southern and parts of western Iran has left at least 23 people dead and more than 200 injured, according to news agencies citing officials, as the government urged people to cancel trips and warned of more rains. The Ministry of Interior advised Iranians on Monday evening to cancel any trips and take the warnings seriously with the Disaster Management… Read more »
Iran will respond firmly to any Israeli naval action against its oil shipments, Iran’s defence minister said, a week after Israel warned its navy could act against what it called Iranian oil smuggling to evade US sanctions. US President Donald Trump last year quit a nuclear deal with Iran and reimposed some sanctions, aiming to cut Tehran’s oil exports to zero. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told… Read more »
and Iran have launched a joint military operation against Kurdish rebels along Turkey’s eastern border, according to an official. Suleyman Soylu, Turkey’s interior minister, said the offensive on Monday targeted the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). “As of 8:00 this morning, we started an operation with Iran aimed at the PKK on our eastern border,” he told a crowd in the Mediterranean city… Read more »
The United States on Tuesday imposed fresh sanctions on a network of companies and individuals in Iran, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates it said was transferring billions of dollars and euros to Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard. The US Treasury said it was blacklisting 25 people and entities, including front companies based in the three countries, associated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Ministry of… Read more »
