Spin Twins Lead Afghanistan To Victory
Afghanistan defeated Zimbabwe by 54 runs to take a 2-0 lead in their five-match ODI series on Sunday thanks to spinners Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi who finished with six wickets between them....
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Trump Holds Interviews For Security Adviser To Replace Flynn
US President Donald Trump is interviewing candidates for the position of national security adviser. He has selected four candidates: adviser Keith Kellogg; former UN ambassador John Bolton; Lt Gen H...
WTC Bombing ‘plotter’ Omar Abdel Rahman Dies In US Jail
Omar Abdel Rahman, who was convicted of conspiracy in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and of planning more attacks as part of a "war of urban terrorism" in the US, has died in a North Carolina...
Jim Mattis In Middle East For First Time As Pentagon Chief
US Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis arrived in the United Arab Emirates on Saturday, his first trip to the Middle East since taking office last month. A retired Marine general who fought in Iraq and...
Roadside Bomb Kills 12 Afghans Including Children, UN Says
The UN has condemned the killing of 12 Afghans, including eight children returning from school, by a roadside bomb in the country's volatile east, the latest in a growing number of civilian...
Red Cross Urges Release of Two Staff Abducted In Afghanistan
The Red Cross on Saturday called for the unconditional release of two staff members who were abducted when their convoy was ambushed in northern Afghanistan last week, leaving six other workers dead....
Colombia Families Flee Illegal Gangs As Farc Leaves
Families on Colombia's border with Venezuela have been displaced by illegal groups trying to fill the vacuum left by the departure of Farc rebels, the UN says. Officials said 96 families in the...
Ex-Admiral Turns Down US National Security Advisor Job
A former navy admiral reportedly tapped by President Donald Trump to be his national security advisor has declined the post, US media said on Thursday. Robert Harward's rejection leaves President...
Security Crackdown As Pakistan Mourns Sufi Shrine Victims
Pakistan launched a nationwide security crackdown Friday, officials said, after a bomb ripped through a crowded Sufi shrine, killing at least 70 people including 20 children and wounding hundreds....
Islamic State-Claimed Bomb Kills 70 At Pakistan Shrine
At least 70 people were killed and hundreds wounded Thursday when a bomb ripped through a revered Sufi shrine in southern Pakistan, officials said, after a series of attacks which have shaken...
My Facebook Manifesto To Re-Boot Globalisation
Mark Zuckerberg has revealed deep-seated concerns that the tide is turning against globalisation. In an interview with the BBC, the Facebook founder said that fake news, polarised views and "filter...
Pakistan Sufi Shrine Bombing Kills Up To 35
A bomb ripped through a crowded Sufi shrine in Pakistan Thursday, killing up to 35 people and wounding 60, officials said, the deadliest in a series of attacks to strike the insurgency-wracked...
Homes Destroyed and Residents Evacuated
Hundreds of homes have been evacuated in the New Zealand city of Christchurch as a huge wildfire rages on its outskirts. One pilot died in a helicopter crash and least 11 homes have burned down. A...
Refugees Serve Up Coffee and Life Lessons In California
A coffee shop that recently opened in California is serving customers more than just steamy cups of latte or espresso, offering an additional true life lesson about an issue roiling the country --...
Nervous NATO Allies Put On Brave Face For Trump Era
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Nervous European allies put a brave face on the troubled debut of President Donald Trump's administration, expressing confidence in U. S. engagement with NATO as they prepared to...
UAE Envoy To Kabul Dies of Wounds From January Bombing
The United Arab Emirates' ambassador to Afghanistan has died of wounds sustained in a January 10 bombing in Kandahar that also killed five other UAE officials, state media said Thursday. Ambassador...
UAE Ambassador Juma Mohammed Abdullah Al-Kaabi Dies After Afghan Blast
Juma Mohammed Abdullah al-Kaabi, centre, has died of wounds sustained in the Kandahar attack The ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Afghanistan died on Wednesday of wounds sustained in a bomb...
Trump Immigration Storm Buffets LA 2024 Olympics Bid
Donald Trump may have given his unequivocal support to Los Angeles's bid for the 2024 Olympics but the tumultuous first few weeks of his presidency have dealt a blow to the city's hopes of staging...
Pro-Russia and Fixated On Islamic Extremism
President Donald Trump's national security adviser Michael Flynn, who resigned late Monday over his controversial contacts with Russia, is a former military intelligence chief who saw militant Islam...
Rights Group Raps Pakistan For ‘forced’ Repatriation of Afghans
Pakistan is conducting the mass repatriation of Afghan refugees through coercion, threats and abuse, Human Rights Watch said in a scathing report Monday, accusing the UN refugee agency of complicity...