Lebanese rescue workers dug through the rubble looking for survivors of a powerful warehouse explosion that shook the capital Beirut, killing 78 people and injuring nearly 4,000 in a toll that officials expected to rise,
Mike Pompeo discussed the situation in Afghanistan with the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday, the U.S. State Department has confirmed.
US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper confirms that Russia is in contact with the Taliban, the Haqqani Network, and other groups in Afghanistan, saying that it is taking advantage of this connection.
A company-sized unit of Georgian peacekeeping forces has arrived in Afghanistan to replace their colleagues for the next round of effort in NATO mission in the country,
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said late on Monday that the United States is “certainly looking at” banning Chinese social media apps, including TikTok.
The death toll from the novel coronavirus reached over 120,000 in the United States, according to a Reuters tally on Monday, as new cases spike in several states.
Afghanistan hopes the two regional and global powers resolve their differences through dialogue and based on good neighbourly relations.
Moscow reacted to President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani’s latest order to the Afghan forces in which he ordered the national defense and security forces to resume offensive operations against the militants, including Taliban.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that India shall do everything possible to help humanity’s fight against the COVID-19.
The Taliban, which is in a fragile peace negotiation with the government of President Ashraf Ghani, has denied any role in the attack.