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: War in Afghanistan
Artists From Afghanistan Who Fled Taliban...
Afghan and Pakistani artists protested outside the press club in Peshawar, Pakistan, against the Taliban’s crackdown on Afghan artists who fled the country after the Taliban took power
Afghan Journalists And Activists in Pakistan...
Afghan journalists and activists who fled to Pakistan after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in August 2021 are concerned about their future in Pakistan and are appealing with the international community to help them in relocating to a third country
What’s Causing Afghanistan’s Economic Collapse?
According to a recent UN report, 97 percent of Afghanistan’s population is at risk of falling below poverty line
Afghan Drug Addicts Accuse Taliban of...
Afghan drug addicts allege the ruling Taliban brutalises them and treats them like criminals, the allegations denied by government security personnel
Taliban’s Decision to Prevent Afghan Schoolgirls...
Taliban government abruptly revoked its decision to allow Afghan girls to attend secondary school on Wednesday, crushing the hopes of tens of thousands of Afghan girls
Winter Aid Distribution in Afghanistan
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) stated that it was giving winterization kits to vulnerable families, including pregnant and lactating women, families with disabled children, female-headed households, and others, in several provinces of Afghanistan
COVID-19 Treatments and Vaccines Challenge For...
Undocumented Afghan migrants fleeing the Taliban in Turkey claim they can’t get treatment or vaccines for COVID-19, a coronavirus-related disease. While officially registered refugees receive medical care in Turkey, thousands of unregistered Afghan migrants are known to be present
Afghan refugees at Wisconsin Military Base...
Hundreds of thousands of Afghans have sought refuge and resettlement in the United States in the following of the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan. However, now that they’ve arrived, some families in Wisconsin’s two largest cities are having difficulty obtaining housing
Shepherds-Source of Income For Afghan Refugees...
Some Afghan refugees in Turkey are turning to shepherding as a source of income
Ex-Afghan President Says He Had No...
Afghanistan’s former president said he had no choice but to abruptly leave Kabul as the Taliban closed in and denied an agreement was in the works for a peaceful takeover, disputing the accounts of former Afghan and U.S. officials