Headlines- According to US President Donald Trump, talks with Iran may occur this next weekend.
- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards claim that in response to US strikes on Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, they opened fire on US military installations.
- In order "to safeguard national security," Bahrain's Ministry of Interior declared that it has arrested fifteen people who were allegedly linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
- Kuwait said on Wednesday that one person was killed and numerous others were injured in an Iranian missile and drone strike on its international airport.
- During a press conference in Geneva on Wednesday, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general of the World Health Organization, stated that the Ebola virus in central Africa has had a "big head-start" and warned that health officials were still lagging behind.
Tag: Quetta
Baloch Youth Deeply Disappointed with Parties...
The general election is scheduled on February 8 in Pakistan. Since 44% of Pakistani voters are between the ages of 18 and 35, young people will play an important role. But young voters are quite disillusioned with most political parties.
Protesters Continue Sit-In After Killing Of...
In the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, hundreds of people continued a sit-in protest for the third consecutive day. They are protesting the January 3 killing of 11 Shi’ite Hazara coal miners in an attack claimed by the Islamic State (IS) extremist group-RFE/RL
Pakistan Suicide Bomb Attack
Police in Pakistan say a suicide bomber killed at least eight people and wounded more than a dozen others on February 17 at a radical Sunni Islamist rally in Quetta, the capital of Pakistan’s Balochistan Province. Quetta Police Chief Abdul Razzaq Cheema said the February 17 rally was being staged by dozens of Sunni Muslim followers of the radical Ahle Sunnat Wal Jammat (ASWJ) party..Shops throughout Pakistan’s southeastern city of Quetta were closed to protest against a lack of security after a suicide bombing killed at least 10 people and wounded dozens
General Strike Called In Balochistan Following...
Politicians, lawyers, and business-owners went on strike in Balochistan Province, southwest Pakistan, after a human rights activist died, allegedly at the hands of police, on February 2