CGA: 2,200 Afghan migrants released from Pakistani prisons
KABUL (SW) – Abdul Jabbar Takhari, the Consul General of Afghanistan in Karachi city, Pakistan, has announced the release of 19 Afghan citizens from Pakistani prisons.
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Yemen’s Houthis threaten more attacks on US, British warships
MONITORING (SW) – Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group said on Wednesday it would keep up attacks on U.S. and British warships in the Red Sea in what it called acts of self defence, stoking fears of long-term disruptions to world trade.
Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan, wife sentenced to 14 years in state gifts case
MONITORING (SW) – Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have been sentenced to 14 years in jail in a case related to the illegal selling of state gifts.
MoMP secures $25.5 million contract for 60,000 tons of Amu Darya Oil
KABUL (SW) – The leadership of the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) of the de-facto government of Afghanistan has signed a contract for the sale of 60,000 tons of oil extracted from the Amu Darya oil zone.
Israel ‘hit squad’ kills three in West Bank hospital operation
MONITORING (SW) – Israeli forces have shot dead three Palestinians inside a hospital in the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank.
Gaza war is the deadliest for journalists – CPJ
MONITORING (SW) – The head of the Committee to Protect Journalists, Judy Ginsburg, has told Al Jazeera that the body has called on Israel to investigate accusations of crimes against journalists in the Gaza Strip.
Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan sentenced to 10 years jail in state secrets case
MONITORING (SW) – A Pakistan court has sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his close aide, former Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, to 10 years in jail in a case related to the leaking of state secrets.
Polio immunization campaign kicks off across 21 provinces in Afghanistan
KABUL (SW) – The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has initiated the anti-polio vaccination campaign in 21 provinces of Afghanistan on Monday.
Iranian FM in Pakistan to mend ties following mutual air strikes
MONITORING (SW) – Iran’s foreign minister arrived in Pakistan as the two countries seek to calm tensions, which have risen amid the conflict in Gaza.
DAB to auction $17 million in open market
KABUL (SW) – The Da Afghanistan Bank/Afghanistan Central Bank has announced that in order to maintain and stabilize the value of the Afghani currency, it will auction 17 million US dollars on Wednesday, January 31.
Three US troops killed, 34 injured in Jordan drone strike linked to Iran
MONITORING (SW) – Three U.S. service members were killed and at least 34 wounded in a drone attack by Iran-backed militants on U.S. troops in northeastern Jordan near the Syrian border, President Joe Biden and U.S. officials said on Sunday.
UK says it thwarted Houthis’ drone attack in the Red Sea
MONITORING (SW) – A UK vessel shot down a Houthi drone in the Red Sea, the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence has said, as tensions in the Middle East soar amid the ongoing war in Gaza.
