Doha, 16 Oct. 2020 (Qatar Tribune) Ashraf Siddiqui The Afghan negotiating teams are close to finalising a roadmap and the rule of procedures for discussion, a top Afghan Taliban official has said. “It is a matter of merely two clauses. We hopefully will remove hurdles in reaching a final agenda of bilateral discussions,” Dr Mohammad...

Kabul, 12 Oct. 2020 (AlJazeera News) The United States military in Afghanistan has said its forces launched air raids against the Taliban in order to support Afghan government forces amid heavy fighting in the southern Helmand province. Fierce battles broke out in recent days after the Taliban attacked several security outposts on the outskirts of...

10 Oct. 2020 (Anadolu News) 198,867 Voters of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) will cast their vote today on Sunday, 11th of October 2020 in 10th Presidential General Elections. The presidential election in the TRNC is held every five years. The age of candidacy for Deputy ship is 25 years old, and 35 for...

Doha, 08 Oct. 2020 (Qatar Tribune) By Ashraf Siddiqui The people of Afghanistan hope for a comprehensive ceasefire after the Intra-Afghan dialogues aimed at ending the 20-year conflict in the country, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has said. President Ashraf Ghani was speaking on Tuesday at a lecture on the ‘Prospects for Peace in Afghanistan’, moderated...

Doha Pakistani community in Qatar hosted recently a farewell dinner at a Pakistani authentic cuisine restaurant PISTACHIO in honour of Mohamed Ali Sobhani, outgoing ambassador of  Islamic Republic of Iran and De. Federico Alberto Camilo, outgoing ambassador of Dominican Republic. Among other guests included Abdul Hakim Dalili, ambassador of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan; Ashraf Siddiqui;...

Washington, 02 Oct. 2020 Just 32 days before the USA presidential election, Donald Trump has tested positive for Covid-19. US President Donald Trump, 74 years old and obese announced early Friday that he and his wife both tested positive for the coronavirus, the diagnosis amounts to the most serious known health threat to a sitting...

29 Sept. 2020 (AlJazeera-Bloomberg) JP Morgan Chase & Co. admitted wrongdoing and agreed to pay more than $920 million to resolve U.S. authorities’ claims of market manipulation involving two of the bank’s trading desks, the largest sanction ever tied to the illegal practice known as spoofing. Over eight years, 15 traders at the biggest U.S....

27 Sept 2020 (South Asia Monitor/Daily Dawn) Pakistan on Saturday rejected India’s demand for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, saying there’s no place for a fascist state in a sensitive decision-making body. Earlier in the day, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a strong pitch for a more prominent role in the...

New York USA), 26 Sept. 2020 Secretary-General and Acting Chairman of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI), Dr. Ali bin Smaikh Al Marri called for rethinking governance and how to build more participatory and inclusive societies. This came during the speech made by Al Marri in the virtual high-level panel discussion on...

24  Sept 2020 (Daily India Express) Records investigated show that Indian banks mentioned in the SARs include: state-owned Punjab National Bank (290 transactions); State Bank of India (102); Bank of Baroda (93); Union Bank of India (99) and Canara Bank (190), among others. AT least 44 Indian banks have been flagged in connection with transactions...