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30 December, 2019 By SJA Jafri KABUL/ ISLAMABAD/ WASHINGTON: The Afghan Taliban’s ruling council has agreed to a temporary cease-fire in the war torn country, officials from the sources yesterday. However, Afghan Taliban officials did not specify when the ceasefire would come into effect. According to the sources, it is …

30 December, 2019 By SJA Jafri + BBC HOUSTON/ MELBOURNE: A gunman opened fire in a church in Texas, fatally shooting two parishioners before being killed by an armed member of the congregation. The gunman stood up from a pew at West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement, a …

30 December, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies BAGHDAD/ DUBAI/ WASHINGTON: The United States military said on Sunday it carried out “defensive strikes” in Iraq and Syria against the Kataib Hezbollah armed group, two days after a US civilian contractor was killed in a rocket attack on an Iraqi military base. Iraqi security and …

29 December, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: An overnight Taliban attack has killed at least 17 local fighters in Afghanistan’s northern Takhar province, local officials said, even as a temporary nationwide ceasefire may be in the works. The attack on Sunday apparently targeted a local militia commander who escaped …

29 December, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies At least five people have been stabbed at the house of a rabbi in New York state, police say. The house in Monsey, north of New York City, was hosting a religious celebration when the attacker burst in, according to the Orthodox …

29 December, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies WASHINGTON/ MELBOURNE: The US suffered more mass killings in 2019 than any year on record, according to researchers. A database compiled by the Associated Press (AP), USA Today and Northeastern University recorded 41 incidents and a total of 211 deaths. Mass killings …

28 December, 2019 MOGADISHU: As many as 69 people have been killed and many wounded in a car bomb attack in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday, police and witnesses said. Police officer Mohamed Hussein said the blast targeted a tax collection centre during the morning rush hour. Close to …

28 December, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies NEW YORK/ NAYPYITAW: The UN General Assembly has approved a resolution condemning human rights abuses against Muslim Rohingya and other minorities in Myanmar. The resolution also calls on Myanmar to stop the incitement of hatred against the Rohingya and other minorities. Thousands …

28 December, 2019 ISTANBUL/ DAMASCUS: More than 235,000 people have fled the Idlib region over the past two weeks, the UN has said, amid air raids by Russian and Syrian government forces targeting Syria’s last major opposition bastion. The mass displacement between December 12- 25 has left the Maaret al-Numan region …

28 December, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies DOHA/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The Taliban has freed 27 members of an activist group urging peace, two days after abducting them and taking them to an undisclosed location. The Taliban has released 27 members of a peace group a day after they were …