12+ hour, 24+ min ago   (192+ words) TEHRAN (AFP): Three members of Iran’s security forces were killed in clashes with gunmen on Saturday, state media reported, in a region plagued by violence involving armed groups including drug traffickers and separatists. State television initially said four gunmen were…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1033+ words) The renewed escalation in Yemen is no longer simply a Yemeni battlefield development. For Saudi Arabia, it is becoming a direct test of national security, economic resilience and the kingdom’s ability to prevent the wider regional war from spilling further…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (60+ words) Amu: Wednesday marks 25 years since the assassination of Ahmad Shah Massoud, a prominent commander who fought Soviet forces and later the Taliban and was declared a national hero by the former government. Massoud was assassinated on Sept. 9, 2001, in Khwaja Bahauddin…...

4+ day, 56+ min ago   (247+ words) KABUL (Ariana News): Russian Defence Minister Andrey Belousov says strengthening security along Tajikistan’s border with Afghanistan is among Moscow’s security and defence priorities. Speaking in Moscow on Tuesday, September 8, at an event marking the 35th anniversary of Tajikistan’s independence, Belousov said…...

1+ week, 2+ min ago   (126+ words) KABUL (Ariana News): Iran has executed a disabled 29-year-old Afghan citizen found guilty of murder, a human rights group reported on Sunday. The Hengaw Human Rights Organization reported that Wali Jan Noorzai’s execution was carried out on Wednesday at the…...

1+ week, 25+ min ago   (564+ words) YOSSI MEKELBERG There may come a time of reckoning, perhaps after the October general election and, eventually, in the judgment of history, over the harm that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government have inflicted on their own people…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (158+ words) KABUL (Ariana News): Dmitry Zhirnov, Russia’s ambassador to Afghanistan, met with Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in Kabul on Saturday. According to Afghanistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the two sides discussed the expansion of bilateral relations, shared interests, and…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (349+ words) The confrontation between the United States and Iran is increasingly shifting towards economic warfare, with prolonged tensions likely to have serious consequences for the global economy, said Sardar Masood Khan, Former Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States, China and…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (224+ words) JERUSALEM (AFP): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday voiced confidence that Iran’s Islamic republic could soon fall, saying it was weaker than ever as the United States resumed attacks. “This regime is currently teetering. It is weaker than ever....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (213+ words) DUBAI (Reuters): A car struck a gathering of supporters of Iran’s government and armed forces in the northeastern city of Mashhad overnight, killing four people and injuring more than 10, several ‌Iranian media ‌reported on Wednesday. A car ‌travelling at high…...