Twin bombings kill 28 on eve of Pakistan election: Claimed by ISIL
The attacks, claimed by ISIL, targeted election campaign offices of candidates in the restive Balochistan province.
Category: SECURITY
Afghan-Pakistan border crossings closed due to Pakistani national elections
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).
Russian missile strikes on Ukrainian cities kills three, injures dozens
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.
Blinken to meet Egypt’s Sisi on Gaza hostage deal
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.
Pakistan’s PM dismisses threat from Afghanistan: IE responds positively
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.
At least 92 people killed in overnight Israeli attacks in Rafah
MONITORING (SW) – Israeli warplanes bombed a kindergarten where displaced people were sheltering east of Rafah at dawn on Sunday, the Wafa news agency reported.
UN estimates 17,000 Gaza children left unaccompanied amid Israel’s war
MONITORING (SW) – At least 17,000 children in the Gaza Strip have been left unaccompanied or separated from their families nearly four months into Israel’s assault on the enclave, the United Nations children’s agency estimates.
US launches strikes in response to attack that killed troops in Jordan
MONITORING (SW) – The United States military has launched dozens of air strikes against targets in Syria and Iraq in the first retaliation for a drone attack that killed three soldiers at a remote US base in Jordan.
China tells Ukraine to remove its firms from ‘sponsors of war’ list
MONITORING (SW) – China demanded on Thursday that Ukraine immediately remove more than a dozen Chinese companies from a list of firms designated as “international sponsors of war”, saying it wanted Kyiv to “eliminate negative impacts”.
All states must stop funding Israel’s military – South Africa
MONITORING (SW) – All states have an obligation to stop funding and facilitating Israel’s military actions in Gaza after the World Court made clear those actions could be genocidal, South Africa’s foreign minister said on Wednesday.
Iran warns of decisive response to any attack
MONITORING (SW) – Iran will respond to any threat from the United States, Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ chief Hossein Salami said on Wednesday, as Washington weighs its response to the killing of American servicemen by Tehran-aligned militants.
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.
