1,200 border breaches, 712 airspace incursions: Afghanistan cites years of Pakistani aggression; asserts right to self-defence

Afghanistan cites years of Pakistani aggression; asserts right to self-defence Afghan sources on Saturday accused the Pakistani military of repeatedly violating Afghanistan’s border, saying Islamabad breached Afghan territory over 1,200 times and its airspace on 710 occasions in the past four years. The allegations come amid a deadly escalation along the Durand Line following Pakistani…

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US government deadlock: Trump labels as ‘Democrat shutdown’; accuses opposition of blocking immigration measures

US President Donald Trump (PTI) As the US government shutdown entered its 18th day on Friday, President Donald Trump called it a “Democrat shutdown,” accusing the opposition of blocking efforts to curb illegal immigration.“The shutdown continues. The Republican Party is not going to pay a trillion and a half dollars to illegal immigrants coming into…

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Cincinnati balcony collapse: 20 injured in fall from 3rd floor, what we know so far

A balcony collapsed on Friday evening at a third-floor building near the University of Cincinnati, US resulting in twenty people being injured, at least 10 being hospitalised with one critically injured, according to officials, quoted by Mirror US.Captain Stephen Bower of the Cincinnati Police Department stated at a news conference that five individuals sustained serious…

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‘Felt betrayed’: Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner recall Israeli strike on Qatar; led Gaza peace negotiations for Donald Trump

Jared Kushner (left) and Steve Witkoff (File photo) Two of US President Donald Trump’s key negotiators in brokering the Israel-Hamas ceasefire have said they felt “betrayed” by Israel following a strike targeting Hamas leadership in Doha, the capital of fellow US ally Qatar, in September.Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner,…

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Halloween horror in Virginia: Masked trio tries to break into home; doorbell footage shows family threatened

Doorbell footage captures the visual (Video credits/X) A terrifying Halloween night unfolded in Alexandria, Virginia, when three mask-wearing intruders attempted to break into a widow’s home, threatening to kill the occupants, according to doorbell camera footage shared by the family.The incident occurred around 10 pm on Tuesday at a home about eight miles from Washington,…

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‘A rogue, but shouldn’t serve 7 years’: Trump commutes George Santos’ sentence; New York Republican guilty of fraud, identity theft

FILE – Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., waits for the start of a session in the House chamber in Washington, Jan. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) US President Donald Trump on Friday announced that he has commuted the prison sentence of ex-congressman George Santos, who is serving more than seven years in federal prison after…

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‘I was honest with him’: Josh Shapiro recalls meeting Joe Biden; delivered ‘bad news’ to then-president

Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro (File photo/AP) Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro has recalled how he once tried to deliver “bad news” to then-President and fellow Democrat Joe Biden ahead of last year’s election — well before Biden decided not to seek a second term.“I went directly to the president and spoke to him about what I…

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