SECURITY

Tehran and Riyadh make fresh move: “Positive” and “progressive” talks

Tehran and Riyadh make fresh move: “Positive” and “progressive” talks

After a pause of six weeks, regional rivals, Iran and Saudi Arabia, held a fifth round of tension-easing talks over the weekend, which Tehran described as “positive” and “progressive”, Anadolu News Agency reports. The latest round of peace parleys, hosted by the Iraqi government, saw the participation of senior officials from Iran’s top security body […]

Belarus eyes wider death penalty use after anti-war railway sabotage

Belarus eyes wider death penalty use after anti-war railway sabotage

Belarus moved on Wednesday to make attempted acts of terrorism punishable by the death penalty after activists tried to sabotage parts of the railway network to make it harder for Russia to deploy forces into Ukraine for its invasion. The Belarusian lower house of parliament approved the change to the criminal code in two readings, […]

Ukraine says Russian rockets flew over Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant

Ukraine says Russian rockets flew over Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant

Ukraine’s state-run atomic energy company said Russian missiles flew at low altitude over Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine on Tuesday, and reiterated warnings that Russia’s invasion could lead to a “nuclear catastrophe.” Energoatom issued its latest warning about the risks caused by the war with Russia on the 36th anniversary of the […]

Militants in Afghanistan strike Pakistan army post, kill 3

Militants in Afghanistan strike Pakistan army post, kill 3

ISLAMABAD: Militants in Afghanistan fired heavy weapons across the border into a Pakistani military outpost overnight, killing three personnel, the army said Saturday, in the latest violence to rattle the volatile region. A firefight ensued with the militants firing toward the army post in Pakistan’s rugged North Waziristan region, and several were killed, the statement […]