MONITORING (SW) – At least five people were killed in militant attacks as Pakistan held a general election on Thursday after temporarily suspending mobile phone services across the country and closing some land borders to maintain law and order.
The attacks, claimed by ISIL, targeted election campaign offices of candidates in the restive Balochistan province.
MONITORING (SW) – The Torkham, Gholam Khan, and Dand Aw Patan border crossings have been temporarily closed to all traffic since the Thursday daybreak (12:00 am).
MONITORING (SW) – Two bombs in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan have killed at least 22 people with more injured.
MONITORING (SW) – Russia launched missile strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities during Wednesday morning’s rush hour, killing three people, injuring at least a dozen more and setting blazes across the capital, Ukrainian officials said.
MONITORING () – U.S., Qatari and Egyptian mediators prepared a diplomatic push to bridge differences between Israel and Hamas on a ceasefire plan for Gaza after the Palestinian group responded to a proposal for an extended pause in fighting and hostage releases.
MONITORING (SW) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday landed in Cairo for his meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi as the United States works to advance a Gaza truce and hostage deal mediated by the Egyptians and Qataris.
KABUL (SW) – Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar, the Prime Minister of Pakistan in the interim government, made noteworthy comments in a recent media interview, contradicting his previous statements, asserting that there is no threat from Afghanistan to Pakistan.
MONITORING (SW) – At least 10 policemen have been killed in an attack in northern Pakistan as violence mounts in the run-up to national elections.
KABUL (SW) – The Embassy of Afghanistan in Beijing has officially commenced the distribution of passports to Afghan citizens residing in China.
KABUL (SW) – Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, held a meeting with Roza Otunbayeva, the head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), and her accompanying delegation on Saturday.
MONITORING (SW) – Namibian President Hage Geingob has died at the age of 82, his office has said, less than three weeks after it was announced he would undergo treatment for cancer.
