ISLAMABAD—The United States has added four top Islamic terrorists operating in Afghanistan and Pakistan to its list of “Specially Designated Global Terrorists,” amid a resurgence of violence and border tensions in the area. The terrorist leaders hail from the Pakistani Taliban and an al-Qaeda branch in South Asia. Both terrorist groups operate from Afghanistan, but…
US Adds 4 Terrorists in Afghanistan, Pakistan to Its List of Global Terrorists
Iran Building New Nuclear Plant Amid UN Concerns Over Nuclear Program
Iran has begun building a 300-megawatt nuclear power plant in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, which is expected to cost about $2 billion, the country’s atomic energy agency said on Saturday. Mohammad Eslami, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, said the new power plant is being built in the Darkhovin district of…
Iran Protesters Call for Strike, Prosecutor Says Morality Police Shut Down
DUBAI—Protesters in Iran called on Sunday for a three-day strike this week, stepping up pressure on authorities after the public prosecutor said the morality police whose detention of a young woman triggered months of protests had been shut down. There was no confirmation of the closure from the Interior Ministry which is in charge of…
Iran Executes 4 Men Convicted of Cooperating With Israel: State Media
DUBAI—Iran on Sunday executed four men convicted of cooperating with Israel’s spy agency Mossad, Iranian state media reported. The Islamic Republic has long accused arch-enemy Israel of carrying out covert operations on its soil. Tehran has recently accused Israeli and Western intelligence services of plotting a civil war in Iran, which is now gripped by…
Netherlands Eliminates US in Round of 16 at World Cup With a 3–1 Victory
AL RAYYAN, Qatar—Memphis Depay and Daley Blind scored in the first half and Denzil Dumfries added a late goal as the Netherlands eliminated the United States from the World Cup with a 3–1 victory Saturday that advanced the Dutch to the quarterfinals. Second-half subsitute Haji Wright cut the U.S. deficit to 2–1 in the 76th…
Netherlands Eliminates US in Round of 16 at World Cup With 3–1 Victory
The United States Men’s National Team (USMNT) fell to No. 8 Netherlands 3–1 on Dec. 3 at Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar. Denzel Dumfries assisted the first two goals and put the game away late with his own finish. The Netherlands scored first from a back-cross from Dumfries to Memphis Depay for his 43rd international…
Brazil’s Jesus and Telles out of World Cup Due to Injuries
DOHA—Brazil’s forward Gabriel Jesus and defender Alex Telles have both been ruled out of the rest of the World Cup after picking up knee injuries in their final Group G game against Cameroon, the country’s football association said on Saturday. Telles was substituted in the 54th minute of Brazil’s 1–0 defeat by the African side,…
Syria Kurds Halt Joint Ops With US-led Coalition After Turkish Raids
QAMISHLI, Syria—The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a U.S.-backed group that helped defeat ISIS terrorists in Syria, said on Friday it had stopped all joint counter-terrorism operations with the United States and other allies as a result of Turkish bombardment on its area of control. The move was confirmed by the U.S. military, which said in…
Taliban: 10 Killed in Bombing of Afghan Religious School
ISLAMABAD—A bomb blast hit a religious school in northern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least 10 students, a Taliban representative said. Video distributed by the Taliban terrorist group to the media showed the blast site, a hall littered with debris, mats, and shoes, with dead bodies and bloodstains on the floor. Sirens can be heard…
PREMIERING 7 PM ET: Iranian Protestors Want ‘Revolution,’ Not ‘Reform’: Mary Mohammadi
“They see the regime as a terrorist … which doesn’t have any moral principles and wants to make an Islamic world, not just an Islamic Iran.” “They are looking for freedom; they are looking for dignity.” The Iranian regime is facing the most serious uprising in decades. Widespread protests erupted after a young woman died…
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