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UN Security Council Omits Taliban Reference From Statement On Terror
UN Security Council Omits Taliban Reference From Statement On Terror

Sun Aug 29 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

The United Nations Security Council has dropped the Taliban reference from a paragraph in its statement on terrorist attacks near Kabul airport that called on Afghan groups not to ...

Attack warning as Kabul airlift enters final days
Attack warning as Kabul airlift enters final days

Sun Aug 29 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

US President Joe Biden has warned that another attack on Kabul airport is likely...

Huge BJP Foot March In Telangana
Huge BJP Foot March In Telangana

Sun Aug 29 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

Thousands participated in a 55-day BJP-led footmarch that started from Hyderabad today, leading to concerns about a resurgence of Covid....

Two die in Japan after shots from suspended Moderna vaccines
Two die in Japan after shots from suspended Moderna vaccines

Sat Aug 28 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

Two people died after receiving Moderna COVID-19 vaccine shots that were among lots later suspended following the discovery of contaminants, Japan’s health ministry said on Saturda...

Mysuru gangrape case: 5 including a juvenile arrested from Tamil Nadu
Mysuru gangrape case: 5 including a juvenile arrested from Tamil Nadu

Sat Aug 28 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

The Karnataka Police has arrested five persons including a juvenile from Tamil Nadu for allegedly gangraping a 23-year-old MBA student in Mysuru on August 24. One of the accused is...

Taliban orders Kabul residents to hand over weapons, ammo & ‘state property’
Taliban orders Kabul residents to hand over weapons, ammo & ‘state property’

Sat Aug 28 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

The Taliban has ordered people living in the Afghan capital to surrender weapons, ammunition, and “state property” in their possession to the “relevant authorities” controlled by t...

Farmers Block Highways To Protest "Brutal" Police Action In Haryana
Farmers Block Highways To Protest "Brutal" Police Action In Haryana

Sat Aug 28 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

Angry farmers have blocked multiple roads across Haryana to protest police action against other farmers in neighbouring Karnal district....

‘Tell them ISIS is hosting Parler’: Amazon pulls plug on jihadist propaganda app run through its servers
‘Tell them ISIS is hosting Parler’: Amazon pulls plug on jihadist propaganda app run through its servers

Sat Aug 28 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

Amazon’s cloud service was hosting content for an Urdu-language app relaying ISIS messages and has now shut it down. The app was used by jihadists to brag about the deadly terroris...

US says IS-K planner killed in Afghan drone strike
US says IS-K planner killed in Afghan drone strike

Sat Aug 28 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

The US military carries out a drone strike in eastern Afghanistan....

Tamil Nadu BJP Chief In A Spot After Claim That He Wanted Sleaze Tape Out
Tamil Nadu BJP Chief In A Spot After Claim That He Wanted Sleaze Tape Out

Sat Aug 28 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

Nearly a month after taking over as Tamil Nadu's BJP chief, former IPS officer Annamalai is facing trouble amid rumblings with the party. ...

"BJP Using Agencies Against Us": Mamata Banerjee
"BJP Using Agencies Against Us": Mamata Banerjee

Sat Aug 28 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

The BJP is using central agencies against us, claimed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, shortly after the Enforcement Directorate summoned Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee ...

Tamil Nadu BJP caught in tangle of tapes, charges of sexual misconduct
Tamil Nadu BJP caught in tangle of tapes, charges of sexual misconduct

Fri Aug 27 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

Factionalism in Tamil Nadu BJP has taken an ugly turn with two relatively new entrants in the party – state unit chief K Annamalai and YouTuber Madan Ravichandran – being at the ce...

Sexual Act By Husband Not Rape, Even If By Force: Chhattisgarh High Court
Sexual Act By Husband Not Rape, Even If By Force: Chhattisgarh High Court

Fri Aug 27 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

Sex or any sexual act by a husband is not rape even if it involves force, a High Court judge in Chhattisgarh has said in a ruling described as disgraceful and "atrocious" by many....

Despite Supreme Court freeze, 7 Uttarakhand projects get ok, 1 flash-flood hit
Despite Supreme Court freeze, 7 Uttarakhand projects get ok, 1 flash-flood hit

Fri Aug 27 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

Eight years after the Supreme Court imposed a moratorium on clearing hydro-electric projects in Uttarakhand following a flash flood that killed over 5,000 people in June 2013, the ...

Coroner confirms 44-year-old BBC presenter died from AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine side effect
Coroner confirms 44-year-old BBC presenter died from AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine side effect

Fri Aug 27 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

A coroner’s report has confirmed that late BBC Radio presenter Lisa Shaw died from “complications” related to AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine....

Staff Left Documents On Afghans Working At UK Embassy In Kabul: Report
Staff Left Documents On Afghans Working At UK Embassy In Kabul: Report

Fri Aug 27 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

Staff at Britain's Foreign Office left documents with contact details of Afghans working for them scattered on the ground at the British embassy compound in Kabul that has been sei...

US Army personnel among 73 killed in Kabul blasts
US Army personnel among 73 killed in Kabul blasts

Fri Aug 27 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

Multiple bomb blasts and at least one attack by a gunman in Kabul on Thursday killed at least 60 Afghans and 13 US service personnel, and plunged the evacuation of western forces f...

ISIS claims responsibility for deadly blasts outside Kabul airport
ISIS claims responsibility for deadly blasts outside Kabul airport

Fri Aug 27 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) has claimed responsibility for the attack at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan's capital, according to the terrorist group's propa...

US faces criticism for relying on Taliban for security at airport
US faces criticism for relying on Taliban for security at airport

Fri Aug 27 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

The US has been facing criticism over its decision to rely on the Taliban to secure the perimeter of Kabul airport....

'Sack Them Or I Will': A Congress Ultimatum To Navjot Sidhu On Advisers
'Sack Them Or I Will': A Congress Ultimatum To Navjot Sidhu On Advisers

Thu Aug 26 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk

Navjot Sidhu should dismiss his advisers and if he fails to do so, the party will, senior Congress leader Harish Rawat told NDTV on Wednesday....