GHAZNI: The fight for the embattled eastern Afghan city of Ghazni entered its third day as Taliban militants and security forces engaged in heavy clashes yesterday, after Kabul vowed the city was firmly under government control, reports AFP. An AFP reporter on the ground said Taliban fighters continued…

BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has cancelled a visit to Iran, his press office said yesterday, as the premier came under strong Iranian criticism over his stand on renewed US sanctions against Tehran, reports AFP. Abadi will still go ahead with a planned visit to Turkey on Tuesday but…

CARACAS: President Nicolas Maduro has said that he would let US FBI agents come to Venezuela to help investigate the alleged recent plot to kill him with explosive drones—but with conditions, reports AFP. If US officials confirm “the offer for the FBI to investigate links in Florida with…

AMMAN: Four members of the Jordanian security forces and three “terrorists” have been killed during a raid on a militant hideout after an officer died in a bomb blast near the capital, the government said yesterday, reports AFP. Five suspects were also arrested during Saturday’s raid…

JAKARTA: A 12-year-old boy is the sole survivor of a plane crash that killed eight people in mountainous eastern Indonesia, reports AFP quoting authorities…

NEW DELHI: Indian leader Narendra Modi yesterday called for greater democracy and the restoration of an independent judiciary in the Maldives ahead of a presidential election in September, reports AFP. The Indian Ocean archipelago nation has been in turmoil in recent months, with strongman President…

manchester Two children were among 10 people injured in a shooting at a street party in the Moss Side area of Manchester, reports BBC. Armed police were…