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Iran successfully tests homemade Mersad-16 missile system (PHOTOS)

Posted on September 8, 2021By Editor

The Iranian military has successfully trialed its latest indigenously developed defense hardware with the Mersad-16 system detecting and destroying multiple hostile targets under test conditions in the Dasht-e Kavir desert. … Read More >Iran successfully tests homemade Mersad-16 missile system (PHOTOS)

Hardline Israeli politicians & Palestinian groups blast top-level bilateral meeting as ‘betrayal’ of respective countries

Posted on September 8, 2021September 8, 2021By Editor

The high-level meeting between Israel’s Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas has prompted outrage from both Israeli lawmakers and Hamas, which termed it a “betrayal of martyr blood.” … Read More >Hardline Israeli politicians & Palestinian groups blast top-level bilateral meeting as ‘betrayal’ of respective countries

WATCH: Taliban ‘celebrates’ last American troops fleeing Afghanistan… ‘firing more ammo than in actual combat’ – RT correspondent

Posted on September 8, 2021September 8, 2021By Editor

Volleys of celebratory gunfire were heard across the Afghan capital to mark the complete withdrawal of American forces after a bloody 20-year conflict, with the newly reinstalled Taliban government declaring “full independence.” … Read More >WATCH: Taliban ‘celebrates’ last American troops fleeing Afghanistan… ‘firing more ammo than in actual combat’ – RT correspondent

‘War is over – Taliban won’: FINAL US flight leaves Kabul airport, ending Afghanistan airlift

Posted on September 8, 2021September 8, 2021By Editor

The last three US military transport planes have departed the Hamid Karzai Airport just ahead of the August 31 deadline, officially ending the American withdrawal from Afghanistan, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) has confirmed. … Read More >‘War is over – Taliban won’: FINAL US flight leaves Kabul airport, ending Afghanistan airlift

UNICEF says SEVEN children were killed in Kabul drone strike that US said targeted ISIS-K terrorists

Posted on September 7, 2021September 7, 2021By Editor

At least seven children were killed in a Kabul drone strike, the UNICEF representative in Afghanistan told reporters. The Pentagon had said the strike eliminated an “imminent threat” by ISIS-K terrorists to the ongoing airlift. … Read More >UNICEF says SEVEN children were killed in Kabul drone strike that US said targeted ISIS-K terrorists

‘Americans opened fire fearing next explosion’: Witnesses of chaotic Kabul suicide bombing aftermath speak to RT

Posted on September 7, 2021September 7, 2021By Editor

In the pandemonium that followed the suicide bombing at Kabul Airport, witnesses told RT’s Murad Gazdiev they ran for their lives as the shooting started. One injured woman described US troops opening fire as civilians fled. … Read More >‘Americans opened fire fearing next explosion’: Witnesses of chaotic Kabul suicide bombing aftermath speak to RT

WHO delivers first medical shipment to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan after opening air bridge

Posted on September 6, 2021September 6, 2021By Editor

The World Health Organization (WHO) has opened an air bridge with Afghanistan, the health agency said on Monday, allowing for the delivery of medical supplies to the country for the first time since the Taliban seized control. … Read More >WHO delivers first medical shipment to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan after opening air bridge

UN refugee agency warns Afghanistan is facing a ‘greater humanitarian crisis’ as countries end evacuation efforts

Posted on September 6, 2021September 6, 2021By Editor

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has warned Afghanistan faces “a far greater humanitarian crisis,” as nations end their evacuation efforts ahead of the US withdrawal from the country on August 31. … Read More >UN refugee agency warns Afghanistan is facing a ‘greater humanitarian crisis’ as countries end evacuation efforts

Israel agrees to ‘strengthen’ Palestinian economy in first top-level talks since 2010 held after PM Bennett’s return from US

Posted on September 5, 2021September 5, 2021By Editor

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met late on Sunday in the first such top-level talks in over a decade, with Israel agreeing to work toward boosting the crumbling PA econom … Read More >Israel agrees to ‘strengthen’ Palestinian economy in first top-level talks since 2010 held after PM Bennett’s return from US

Israel offers Covid-19 vaccine booster shots to all residents 12 and older, says ‘green pass’ will expire six months after jabs

Posted on September 5, 2021September 5, 2021By Editor

Israel’s government has expanded availability of controversial Covid-19 vaccine booster shots to all inoculated residents 12 and older and decreed that those who decline the third jab will soon lose their “green pass” privileges. … Read More >Israel offers Covid-19 vaccine booster shots to all residents 12 and older, says ‘green pass’ will expire six months after jabs