JOHANNESBURG( Reuters)-The United States has sanctioned four South Africans it says have led Islamic State cells in the country or facilitated support for branches elsewhere, including by transferring funds or procuring weapons.... It added that ISIS was attempting to expand its influence in Africa through large-scale operations in areas where government control is limited, relying on local fundraising schemes such as theft, extortion, kidnapping or ransom alongside support from the ISIS hierar

inisestablishing aconstructive dialogue with the Taliban, writes Valdai Club expert Farhad Ibrahimov. The

measure," she said.... Mr Farhad Sorouri, owner of Sinran Carpets, checking damaged carpets after

ordered by then-president Trump, the Justice Department said. Farhad Shakeri, 51, an Afghan national

Join our Whatsapp channel Punjab Prosecutor General Syed Farhad Ali Shah on Friday took stern

KUALA LUMPUR: The paragliding site at Bukit Batu Pahat, Kuala Kubu Baru, Selangor, has been temporarily closed for three weeks to enable improvements to be carried out on the standard operating procedures( SOPs) following a fatal incident involving a paraglider who crashed into a tree Saturday( April 23). Malaysian Sports Aviation Federation( MSAF) president Mohd Nurhaqimy Mohd Ismail said the preliminary investigations by the MSAF special team found that at the time of the incident, the weather

The summit of the presidents of Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran will undoubtedly adjust the process of reformatting in the Middle East region. The political effect of the summit is already evident, because it points to the growing role of regional actors in this troubled area, and the economic effect w

The United States has granted Afghanistan an exemption to sanctions imposed on Iran to import fuel, though U.S.-backed Afghan security forces are prohibited from using it.... Iran is Afghanistan’s largest trade partner, and the crossing is crucial to the economy of Herat Province and western Afghanistan.... The province’s capital, the city of Herat, is about 75 miles east of the border crossing, located on a major commercial transit route between Afghanistan and Iran.“ All of our forces and ou

Russia will question whether it has to continue the military-technical cooperation with Azerbaijan or to activate the military-technical cooperation with Armenia in order to preserve and strengthen the balance in the zone of Nagorno-Karabakh. On April 5, 2016, Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces of

The Taliban control of nine of the city’s 10 police districts. Residents in Lashkar Gah reported heavy bombing near the government radio and television station, which is under Taliban control.... In recent months, the group has gained control of dozens of districts across several provinces in the north. Meanwhile, Jawzjan province in the north remains under a three-month Taliban attack, with most of it’s districts having surrendered to the Taliban without a fight.... As attacks intensify, Afgh