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AT News Kabul: Unconfirmed reports on Twitter claimed on Wednesday evening that oil reserves kept in Gwadar, a port city on Balochistan coast, were set on fire allegedly by Baloch rebels. Reports suggested that massive losses are expected after this unprecedented attack. Pakistan’s maritime assets were also targeted in this …

AT Kabul: Belgian prosecutors charged four individuals on Sunday for their alleged involvement in a suspected Qatari bribery campaign to influence the European Parliament in a scandal that has rattled European nations. The four people, who were not named, were accused of corruption, money laundering, and participating in a criminal …

AT Kabul: The Biden administration is accusing Russia of moving to provide advanced military assistance to Iran, including air defense systems, helicopters and fighter jets, part of deepening cooperation between the two nations as Tehran provides drones to support Vladimir Putin’s war of Ukraine. White House National Security Council spokesman …

AT News Kabul: Oil prices surged on Monday as the world’s major oil-producing nations agreed to cut output at the same time as a price cap placed on Russian seaborne crude oil by the G7 and its allies came into force. The US, Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and …

AT Kabul: Space commanders on Monday warned of a possible war in space with devastating and debilitating consequences on Earth, according to a report by The Guardian. The comments were made by senior military leaders attending the U.S. and Canada at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute conference on space as …

AT Kabul: The Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif in a meeting with the president of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), Yalçın Yüksel, welcomed the prospect of the ECO’s extension to the landlocked Central Asian countries for exploring wider economic and trade dividends. Sharif also suggested hosting an ECO member countries’ …

AT Kabul: Attacks on the US patrol base come as tensions escalate on the Syria-Turkey border following a bombing in Istanbul. The United States military has reported two rocket attacks targeting its patrol base in northeastern Syria, but said there were no injuries to its forces. In a statement, the …

AT Kabul: Lieutenant General Asim Munir was on Thursday appointed as the new chief of army staff (COAS) of Pakistan, ending weeks of intense speculation and political tussle in the country. “The Prime Minister of Pakistan Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has decided to appoint Lt. Gen. Sahir Shamshad Mirza as the …

AT Kabul: A magnitude 5.9 earthquake has struck Turkey’s northwestern Duzce province, with tremors felt in Istanbul city, capital Ankara and other regions, officials said. The earthquake, which struck at 4:08 am [local time] on Wednesday, was centered about 14 kilometres northwest of Duzce, in the Golyaka district, Turkey’s disaster …

AT News Kabul: An earthquake has struck the main Indonesian island of Java, leaving at least 56 people dead and hundreds injured, local officials say. The 5.6 magnitude quake struck Cianjur town in West Java, at a shallow depth of 10km (six miles), according to US Geological Survey data. Officials …