China’s President Xi Jinping has arrived in Urumqi to attend the 70th anniversary of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, according to state media reports, making him the first national leader to attend such a landmark celebration. Established by the central government in October 1955, Xinjiang is one of China’s five autonomous regions with significant ethnic…
Donald Trump has pushed to regain Bagram, citing proximity to China’s nuclear facilities. The Taliban has rejected United States President Donald Trump’s demand that it hand over the Bagram airbase that Washington ran during its 20-year war in Afghanistan, dismissing Trump’s threat that “bad things” will happen if this does not come to pass. The…
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that his administration was moving to retake control of Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, claiming that such a move was necessary because of the facility’s proximity to nuclear weapons sites in China. Bagram, located 44 kilometres (27 miles) north of Kabul, was the largest US military base in…
United States President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/File) Photo : AP United States President Donald Trump has identified China, Pakistan and Afghanistan among 23 countries he says are major drug transit or illicit drug-producing nations, warning that their activities are a threat to the safety of the United States. In a “Presidential Determination” submitted to Congress…
Hong Kong will launch a trial scheme allowing semi-private schools to apply for expanded enrolment of overseas students in a bid to open the city’s primary and secondary education market. The government will also increase the enrolment ceiling for self-financing non-local students at public universities from 40 to 50 per cent of its local undergraduate…
A Trump administration envoy met Taliban leaders in Kabul on Saturday to discuss improving relations and possible “investment opportunities” in Afghanistan, the group said. Newsweek has reached out to the State Department and White House for comment via email on Saturday. Why It Matters The Taliban regained control of Afghanistan in August 2021 after U.S….
Khas Kunar, Afghanistan – Stoori was pulled out from under the rubble of his house in Kunar province after it was destroyed by the magnitude 6 earthquake which struck on the night of August 31. But the guilt of not being able to save his wife haunts him. “I barely had enough time to pull…
Two moderate earthquakes struck eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. A magnitude 5.6 quake was recorded about 22 miles west-southwest of Asadabad, and a magnitude 4.5 tremor struck roughly 15 miles northeast of Jalalabad. Both were shallow quakes, according to the USGS, and followed the devastating magnitude‑6.0 tremor on Monday that killed…
Dozens Afghan commandos are being airdropped into a remote mountainous region along the eastern border with Pakistan to help in the race to rescue victims of an earthquake late last week that has claimed the lives of more than 1,400 people, according to Taliban authorities. The deadly 6.0 magnitude quake that struck the provinces of…
Published On 3 Sep 20253 Sep 2025 The United Nations has warned of an exponential rise in casualties from a powerful earthquake in eastern Afghanistan, as the Taliban said the death toll had surpassed 1,400 on Tuesday, with more than 3,000 people injured. The figures provided by Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid were mainly for…