Headlines- On Monday at 14:00 GMT, the US military says it would start blockading Iranian ports, preventing ships from entering or leaving Iran from passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
- In the southern town of Biyyada, Hezbollah claims that its men have attacked Israeli soldiers with "a swarm of attack drones."
- US President Donald Trump's threat to block the Strait of Hormuz was deemed "ridiculous" by Iran's navy chief, Shahram Irani.
- Any military ships approaching the Strait of Hormuz "will be considered a violation of the ceasefire and will be met with severe force," according to a statement released on Sunday by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
- The speaker of Iran's parliament Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf is leading the delegation that has arrived to Pakistan for talks with the United States.
- Nawaf Salam, the prime minister of Lebanon, stated that he was working to ensure the withdrawal of Israeli forces and to put an end to the Israel-Hezbollah conflict.
- Viktor Orban, the longtime prime minister of Hungary, has conceded defeat to Peter Magyar in the country's legislative election.
Tag: Afghan War
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An Afghan Refugee Seeks Solace in...
After escaping from Taliban militants who threatened him and killed his father, Afghan artist Omar Khamosh went to Vahdat,Tajikistan,in early 2021
5,000 Afghan Refugees to be Accepted...
California is gearing up to welcome 5,000 Afghan refugees, and the state is getting ready
With Public Universities Still Closed, Afghan...
After a month of Taliban rule in Afghanistan, fears of women being barred from higher education and public life are growing. Lawmakers in the United States are urging the Biden administration to maintain pressure on Taliban officials to protect women’s rights
A Tale of Two People: Vietnamese...
In southern California, many Vietnamese Americans are volunteering to assist Afghan refugees. Titi Tran conducted interviews with residents of Orange County’s Little Saigon and Afghan refugees living in a nearby Afghan American neighbourhood for this report
My Early Years My Homeland 20...
Award Winning Documentary Film Makers Phil Grabsky and Shoaib Sharifi’s new documentary, 20 Years in Afghanistan, is their most recent work
Afghan Woman Who Was a War...
Alina Jun Nawabi was born in Afghanistan but spent years in hospitals after being taken to the United States as an injured war victim. She now works for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), where she is assisting additional Afghans to leave the country
Afghan Refugee Assistance in U.S.
Afghan Refugee Assistance: Over 80,000 persons, including US citizens and Afghan refugees, have been evacuated from Afghanistan in the last two weeks. Fatima Popal started collecting donations in her Washington, D.C. restaurant to help newcomers from Afghanistan settle in
Afghan Refugee Crackdown in Turkey
Hundreds of unregistered refugees, many of them Afghans, have been detained in Istanbul by Turkish officials. The crackdown comes as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government faces mounting public pressure to halt any influx of Afghans to Turkey following the Taliban’s control of the country
High-Level Ministerial Meeting on Afghanistan’s Humanitarian...
Reporters taking photographs of United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Prior of a High-Level Ministerial Meeting in Geneva on the Humanitarian Situation in Afghanistan