Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas had his first official meeting with the senior Israeli. This meeting was the first between the nation in more than a decade. Defence Minister Benny Gantz said that he had traveled on Sunday night to Ramallah which is occupied in the West Bank to discuss the security, civilian and economic issues. He said to Mr. Abbas that his country Israel look forward to strengthen the Palestinian economy. Both countries' relations had deteriorated since the last round of direct peace talks in 2014. The US President Joe Biden wants both sides to repair their relatio
Australia has officially ended its rescue mission in Afghanistan before the deadline. The evacuation mission ended amid the two bombings with the expectation of more terror attacks. The Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne said that she is “unable to confirm” if any Australian had been affected by the terror attack. She will contact those for whom they have details and that is why it was important to register with DFAT. She further added that there is an ongoing and high threat of terrorist attacks in the coming weeks. Explosions have occurred in the vicinity of Kabul airport and a
The United States has officially ended its two-decade-long military presence from Afghanistan. On Tuesday, America took its final flight out of Kabul after its September 11 terrorist attack. The head of U.S. Central Command General Kenneth McKenzie said that he is here to announce the completion of their withdrawal from the nation and the end of the military mission to evacuate American citizens, third-country nationals, and vulnerable Afghans. He also said that the last manned aircraft is now clearing the airspace above Afghanistan. This was the longest war of American troops which end
China’s use of trade as a weapons diplomatic dispute appears to be now targeted at Lithuania. After the Baltic nation agreed to exchange diplomatic offices with Taiwan, Beijing’s official halts their limited trade with Lithuania. It is seen as more of a sending warning to the rest of Europe. The two nations, Lithuania and Taiwan have agreed to establish mutual representative offices as a sign of deepening their ties. In an aggressive response, Beijing recalled its ambassador from Vilnius and expelled Lithuania from Beijing. According to the Taiwan Foreign Affairs Ministry, it has suspe
Iran’s hard-liner-dominated Parliament has approved the majority of ministers proposed by newly elected President Ibrahim Raisi. 18 out of 19 ministers proposed by Raisi were voted in favor by the lawmakers after a five-day hearing and discussions. Hossein Baghgoli was not approved to be nominated as education minister as his experience was disputed during the hearings. He could manage only 76 votes out of 286 by present lawmakers. The chamber had a total of 290 seats. Raisi had earlier requested the lawmakers to vote quickly to approve his nominees as he wanted the government to get to
The Australian government has evacuated nearly 50 women footballers and athletes and their dependents from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. The eviction was done for the players after an appeal came by the world bodies FIFA and Fifpro. The international footballers federation Fifpro expressed its gratitude to Australia in a statement released by them. The women players went into hiding after the takeover of Afghanistan. The statement said that these young women both athletes and activists, had been in a position of danger and on behalf of their peers around the world they thanked the intern
The United States has warned the American nationalist to stay away from the Kabul airport due to security threats by the Taliban militants. The plea came a few hours after the United States Secretary Antony Blinken had urged the Taliban to ensure “safe passage” for people to seek to flee from the nation. The security situation is deteriorating at the Kabul airport which raises concern for the US and the western officials trying to evacuate their civilians before the deadline which is on August 31. The danger of an attack by the terrorist group ISIS-K is highlighted by the officials. Th
Indian Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan. The telephonic conversation came at a time when several countries are evacuating their citizens from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. After the conversation of the two political leaders, the Russian embassy in India said that they expressed the intention to enhance cooperation to counter the dissemination of “terrorist ideology” and the drug threat emanating from Afghanistan. They agreed to form a permanent bilateral channel for consultation on the
On Monday, a secret meeting was conducted between the head of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) William Burns with the leader of the Taliban Mullah Baradar. No confirmation for the same was given by both parties. Baradar is among the four men who founded the Taliban in 1994. He was captured in a US-Pakistani operation in 2010 and had spent eight years in prison. He is currently the head of the Taliban political office in Qatar where he signed the Doha agreement in February 2020 of withdrawal of US and NATO troops. Biden administration has set the deadline of 31 August
The United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet briefed that she had received sustainable reports of senior violations committed by the Taliban in Afghanistan. It includes the “summary executions'' of civilians and Afghan security forces who have surrendered after the takeover of the nation. The council's emergency session was conducted on the request of Pakistan and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). In Michelle Bachelet's speech to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), she did not give any details of the killing but urged the Geneva forum to set up a mechanism to clo