A powerful earthquake collapsed at least one coal mine and dozens of mud houses in southwest Pakistan early Thursday, killing at least 23 people as the death toll continued to creep higher. At least another 200 people were injured, an official said.
The Taliban have requested an opportunity to speak to the United Nations in New York this week. According to a letter seen by Reuters, the Taliban also nominated Doha-based spokesman Suhail Shaheen as Afghanistan’s UN ambassador in a letter from Foreign Minister Amir
Turkish fighter jets shot down two Syrian warplanes Turkey and destroyed three Syrian air defense systems, the Turkish Defense Ministry said in a statement on Sunday. The jets were shot down as they attempted to attack Turkish planes, the ministry said, without
At least 210 Covid-19 patients have died in Iran, sources within the country’s health care system have told Report Focus News This figure, as of Thursday evening, is way above the official figure of 34. The official figure for infected people is
Thousands of mourners have joined the formal funeral processions for Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, Iraqi paramilitary commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and six others killed in a US air strike in Iraq’s capital, Baghdad on Thursday. US President Donald Trump says he ordered
Washington – The United States will not release the long-delayed political portion of its Israeli-Palestinian peace plan before Israel’s elections next month, White House Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt said on Wednesday. The move, announced in a tweet by Greenblatt, keeps the
Up to three Palestinians were killed by Israeli army fire on the border fence in the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday night, the coastal enclave’s health ministry reported. The three were identified as Muhammad Abu Namus, 23; Mahmoud al-Walida, 22 and Muhammad