China continued import of Iranian oil in July under threat of US sanctions
China imported Iranian crude oil in July for the second month after the lifting of US sanctions, according to a study conducted by three information companies, with one estimate showing that some of the oil went into reservoirs that hold the country's strategic reserves.
According to the companies that track the movement of tankers, last month from 4.4 to 11 million barrels of Iranian oil were exported to China, or from 142,000 to 360,000 barrels per day (barrels per day). The upper limit of this range will mean that imports in July were still almost half the level of the previous year, despite the sanctions.
Imports continue at a dangerous moment in US-China relations: the flow impedes the efforts of US President Donald Trump to limit the export of oil, which is vital for Iran through sanctions, as well as increasing tension in the growing trade dispute between the United States and China, which caused the world to inflate the economy.
According to senior Trump administration officials, 50-70% of Iranian oil exports go to China, and about 30% to Syria.
China, as a rule, is Iran’s largest consumer of oil and disputes Washington’s sanctions. But in June, imports of about 210,000 barrels per day were the lowest in almost a decade and 60% lower than last year, according to customs data, as some Chinese refineries, worried about sanctions, refrained from cooperating with Iran.
The General Administration of Customs of China plans to publish detailed information on imports in July at the place of origin in the last week of August.
Neither the National Development and Reform Commission, nor the state planner that controls the country's state oil reserves, nor the national customs office responded to Reuters requests for comment.
Kyrgyz troops storm the house of ex-president Almazbek Atambayev
By BBC 08-08-2019
An attempt at a night raid to arrest the former president of Kyrgyzstan ended in failure and the capture of six special forces officers.
Security forces in the Central Asian republic stormed the home of Almazbek Atambayev, who was reportedly armed with rubber bullets, not shells.
But Atambayev’s supporters took up arms to protect him, killing one officer and capturing six.
The former president said the captives would be released later on Thursday.
Mr. Atambayev, who is still in his complex on the outskirts of the capital Bishkek, is accused of corruption, which he denies. Parliament stripped him of his immunity in June.
But he claims that the charges against him are politically motivated and organized by his former ally and successor Sooronbai Jeenbekov.
After an unsuccessful raid, state forces retreated from the residence to regroup, while even more Atambaev’s supporters arrived and the confrontation began.
Parliament of Kyrgyzstan was recalled to resolve the crisis.
President Jeenbekov also ordered his government to take “urgent measures”, but did not specify what it is.
He said that Atambayev “rudely violated” the law, “having shown serious armed resistance” to the police.
Pentagon says Turkish attack on Kurds will be unacceptable
By AFP 07-08-2019
TOKYO: US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said on Tuesday that any Turkish operation in northern Syria would be “unacceptable,” and the United States would prevent unilateral invasions, as tensions between Washington and Ankara are heating up.
President Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday that Turkey, which has already settled in northwestern Syria, will conduct a military operation in a Kurdish-controlled area east of the Euphrates in northern Syria.
“It is clear that we believe that any unilateral actions undertaken by them (Turkey) would be unacceptable,” Esper told reporters traveling with him to Japan.
"What we are going to do is to prevent unilateral invasions that would again upset these mutual interests ... the US, Turkey and the FSD in relation to northern Syria," Esper said.
SDF stands for Syrian Democratic Forces. With US support, the SDF, which includes the Kurdish YPG militias, over the past four years, controlled most of northeastern Syria with Islamic state militants. Ankara considers the YPG a terrorist organization.
Esper said the United States had no "ambition" to abandon the SDF, but did not guarantee that the United States would protect them in the event of a Turkish operation.
The Pentagon team was in Turkey to speak with Turkish officials on this issue, and Esper expressed hope that an agreement could be reached with Ankara.
Esper suggested that a Turkish operation in northern Syria could affect how the SDF focuses on ensuring that the Islamic state does not take over the territory it once occupied in Syria and on the ability of US-supported forces to hold thousands of alleged fighters ISIS in custody.
The Turkish-led campaign, which has been delayed for months due to resistance from Washington, aims to evict the Kurdish YPG forces from a number of border cities in the provinces of Raqqa and Hasak.
Ankara accused Washington of slowing progress in creating a safe zone on the northeastern border of Syria with Turkey, which will be cleared of the Kurdish YPG police.
Erdogan said this week that both Russia and the United States were informed about the planner of the operation, but did not say when it would begin. This will be the third Turkish invasion of Syria in many years.
China calls on US politicians to end collusion with Hong Kong separatists
By Reuters 06-08-2019
On Tuesday, the Chinese Foreign Ministry Commissioner in Hong Kong said that the city belongs to China and that he will decisively respond to any actions that damage the sovereignty of China.
The Foreign Ministry Commissioner, responding to comments by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, said US politicians should immediately end their deal with the separatists in the city.
Hong Kong has undergone weeks of sometimes violent protests, which began by confronting the now-suspended extradition law that would allow the trial of suspects in mainland courts. The protests escalated into a broader reaction against the city government and its political leaders in Beijing.
Obama: Reject leaders whose words stoke hatred
BBC 06-08-2019
Former US President Barack Obama has urged Americans to reject the language of any of their leaders who harbor hatred or normalize racism.
Obama did not name anyone, but his rare comments came after President Donald Trump tried to deflect criticism that his anti-immigrant rhetoric had sparked violence.
In his Monday speech, Mr. Trump condemned the hatred and superiority of whites.
He spoke after 31 people died in mass shootings in Texas and Ohio.
While at his post, Obama fought unsuccessfully to limit possession of weapons. He told the BBC in 2015 that his inability to pass “common sense weapons security laws” was the biggest disappointment of his presidency.
He refrained from commenting on Trump's controversial rhetoric regarding migrants, but on Monday made a statement.
“We must reasonably reject the words that come from the lips of any of our leaders, which nourish an atmosphere of fear and hatred or normalize racist sentiments; leaders who demonize those who are not like us, or suggest that other people, including immigrants, threaten our lifestyle, or call other people inhuman, or imply that America belongs to only one particular type of people, ”he said.
“This has no place in our politics and our public life. And the time has come for the vast majority of Americans of good will, every race, faith and political party to say so - clearly and unambiguously. "
During his presidential campaign, Mr. Trump said there were drug dealers, criminals, and rapists among Mexican immigrants.
Most recently, he provoked widespread anger by inviting the four colored US Congressmen to "return and help repair the completely destroyed and crime-infected places where they came from." He denied that his comments were racist.
Democrats direct their indignation on Trump after two mass executions
By Reuters 05-08-2019
On Sunday, two mass executions, which resulted in the death of 29 people in Texas and Ohio, affected the US political arena. Some Democratic presidential candidates accused President Donald Trump of inciting racial divisions, while he said that "there is no place for hatred in our country."
Dozens were also injured on Saturday and early Sunday in firefights, which occurred just 13 hours apart as a result of the bloody massacre that shook the country, which was gloomily accustomed to mass executions and heightened concerns about domestic terrorism.
The first massacre occurred on Saturday morning in the border town of El Paso, which was heavily Hispanic, where a gunman killed 20 people at a Walmart store before giving up. The Texas authorities said that the frenzy seemed to be a racially motivated hate crime, and federal prosecutors view it as a case of domestic terrorism.
Across the country, the gunman opened fire in downtown Dayton, Ohio, early Sunday morning, killing nine people, including his sister, and injuring at least 27 people. The attacker, whose name was Connor Betts, a 24-year-old white man, was detained by police for 30 seconds, but the authorities still did not know his motive for the attack, the city police chief said.
Shooting in El Paso was shocked by the surge in the presidential election next year, when most Democratic candidates reiterated calls for stricter gun control and some ties to the revival of white nationalism and xenophobic politics in the United States.
The shooter's sister is among the dead
BBC 05-08-2019
According to police, a gunman who was behind a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, killed his sister and eight others in an attack that lasted less than 30 seconds.
Neighboring policemen hired 24-year-old Connor Betts shortly after he heard gunshots trying to sneak into a crowded bar.
Dayton's police chief, Richard Beale, said that if he had passed through the door, the death of people would have been "catastrophic."
The motives of the action movie are unclear.
At least 27 people were injured in the shooting, the second such attack in the United States within 24 hours.
Betts fired his first shot at 01:05 local time (05:05 GMT) in the downtown area of Oregon, Mr. Beale said. Dozens of rounds followed.
Video from the surveillance camera shows dozens of people rushing through the doorway of the local nightclub Ned Peppers.
After a few seconds, Betts runs to the meeting place and gets into police shooting when he reaches the door.
Betts wore a bulletproof vest and arrived with additional ammunition for his assault rifle of 223 caliber with large-capacity stores.
“If this man had passed through the doorway of Ned Peppers with such a level of armament, this would have resulted in catastrophic injuries and loss of life,” said Bill.
According to police, the rifle was ordered online from Texas, and there was nothing in its history that could prevent him from buying a weapon legally.
The 22-year-old militant sister Megan Betts was among the dead.
“She was not the first victim, but she was one of the first victims,” said Mr. Bill.
Officials said it was too early to talk about motives.
But in response to questions about the possible racial element of the killings, Mr. Beale said that there was nothing to offer “prejudiced motive”.
Nearby hospitals accepted 27 people for treatment and discharged 15 of them by 10:00 local time.
The Archives of Gun Violence, which classifies mass executions in the United States as four or more people, shot or killed, says that this year there were 251.
At least two people killed in the explosion of an Afghan television bus in Kabul
BY AFP 05-08-2019
At least two people were killed when a bus carrying employees of an Afghan television station was blown up in Kabul on Sunday, the official said.
"Self-adhesive bomb" - a type of homemade device, often attached to cars with magnets - worked around 5:30 pm (1:00 pm GMT), said Interior Ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi.
“In a bus with employees of the TV channel Khurshid exploded in the Taimani area,” he said, referring to a bustling area in central Kabul.
“As a result, the driver and a passer-by were killed, and three more, including two employees of the Khurshid TV channel, were injured.” Photos on social networks showed a small white bus with extensive damage to its front end.
The journalist of the TV channel Khurshid Zabiulla Duorandish said that three of his colleagues were injured, including one journalist.
"Recently (the security services) we received a warning that the Taliban could harass us," he told AFP.
No group took responsibility immediately.
Trump says new deal should include China and Russia
BBC 03-08-2019
US President Donald Trump said he wants the new nuclear pact to be signed by both Russia and China.
Mr. Trump said that he spoke with the two countries about this idea, and that they are both "very, very excited."
His comments came after the United States withdrew from a key nuclear agreement with Russia, which caused fears of a new arms race.
The Treaty on Medium-Range Nuclear Forces of the Cold War Era (INF) banned missiles with a range of 500–50000 km (310–3400 miles).
The US withdrawal on Friday followed Washington’s accusations that Russia violated the treaty by deploying a new type of cruise missile. Moscow has denied this.
Responding to questions about how he would avoid a nuclear arms race after the demise of the INF treaty, Mr. Trump said that his administration spoke with Russia "about the nuclear energy pact, so that they get rid of some, and we get rid of some."
“At some point, we will certainly have to include China,” he added.
Mr. Trump said that such a treaty would be “a great thing for the world,” and that he believes that this will happen.
“China was very, very excited about talking about it, like Russia. Therefore, I think that at some point we will agree, ”he told reporters.
Lionel Messi: Argentina banned from playing international football for three months
BBC 03-08-2019
Argentine captain Lionel Messi was barred from playing international football for three months after he said that Copa America was "corrupt."
Barcelona's striker Messi, 32, was removed from Argentina's national team with a 2-1 victory in the playoffs in third place over Chile, and then said that "the cup was set for Brazil."
He was also fined $ 50,000 (£ 41,121) by Conmebol, the South American Football Confederation.
Messi has seven days to appeal Konmebola’s decision to suspend him.
The ban means that Messi will miss Argentina’s upcoming friendly matches against Chile, Mexico and Germany in September and October.
Argentina's qualifying campaign for the 2022 World Cup starts in March 2020.
After the semifinal defeat of Argentina from the hosts of Brazil, the Argentine Football Association complained about “serious and gross errors of refereeing”.
In response, Conmebol said that the accusations casting doubt on the integrity of Copa America were “unfounded” and “constitute disrespect.”
Messi received a red card in the 37th minute against Chile after a collision with Gary Medell, who was also fired.
“We should not be part of this corruption,” said Messi. “They showed us a lack of respect throughout this tournament.
“Unfortunately, corruption, judges, they do not allow people to enjoy football, they have spoiled it a bit.”
Judge in Gujranwala calls Hasil Bisenjo to speak out against the head of ISI
By Dawn 02-08-2019
Additional meetings in Gujranwala Judge Tariq Salim Chohan, on Friday August 8, summoned Senator Mir Hasil Khan Bizendzho to the court on his charge that the “people” of the inter-agency intelligence chief Lt. Fayz Hamid stood behind the embarrassing opposition failure in distrust. voting against the chairman of the Senate Sadiq Sanjrani.
Judge Chokhan accepted the petition submitted by the well-known lawyer Mansur Kadir Binder for consideration and summoned a report on this matter from a police officer of the city of Gujranwal (SRO).
According to the complainant, after losing the Senate, Bisenjo made a “unfounded and false” statement against the head of the state institution. Binder said it was an attempt to defame the key leader of the Pakistani army.
He asked the court to appeal to the Gujranwala SRO with the request to instruct the civilian police station to register the case against Bisenjo.
The Secretary of the Senate was also sent a notice of the appearance of Bisenjo in court.
The joint opposition had last month submitted a no-confidence resolution against Sanjrani and had named Bizenjo as its candidate for the position. On Thursday, the opposition suffered a shock defeat when it fell three votes short to dismiss the Senate chairman despite having a comfortable majority in the Upper House.
After the vote, as Bizenjo was walking out of the Senate building, a journalist asked if the senator knew the 14 turncoats who had voted against their party's stated stance.
Bizenjo responded: "These are Gen Faiz's people. You know Gen Faiz, the ISI chief? [They] were his people."
Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor had early on Friday denounced the statement.
In a tweet posted on Maj Gen Ghafoor's official Twitter account early today, the ISPR chief said that Bizenjo's remarks were "unfounded" and did not "serve democracy".
Trump's new tariffs could set the stage for further Fed rate cuts
Reuters 02-08-2019
The unexpected move by US President Donald Trump on the introduction of new tariffs on Chinese imports on Thursday led the Federal Reserve to cause another leap that could force the central bank to lower interest rates more than he hoped was necessary to protect the US economy from risks. trade policy.
In a series of tweets, Trump said he would impose 10% tariffs on $ 300 billion in Chinese imports starting September 1, saying that he was not satisfied with the pace of trade negotiations between the two superpowers.
About $ 250 billion in Chinese imports are already subject to a 25 percent duty, which is intended to exert pressure on the world's second largest economy to conclude a trade deal.
In the afternoon, the presidential bomb brought down stock markets, and the yield on Treasury bonds fell to its lowest level in almost three years.
This led to frantic purchases in interest rate futures markets, which were traumatized 24 hours ago by the testimony of Fed Chairman Jerome Powell that the interest rate cut in the quarter on Wednesday - the first after the financial crisis - was not intended to be the beginning of a long mitigation cycle.
However, by the close of trading on Thursday, the markets had fully restored expectations that the Fed would indeed have to significantly weaken policy here.
"Today's announcement increases the risk that the Fed will cut rates by more than 75 (basis points) overall this year," wrote US senior economist Brett Ryan in a note to clients.
Trump’s aggressive and sometimes unpredictable trade policy was already key to the argument Powell put forward with regard to the rate cut on Wednesday approved by 8-2 votes of the Federal Open Market Committee.
According to Powell, the uncertainty generated by the existing tariffs and other trade policies of Trump, adversely affected the mood and investment in the business. Weak global growth and low inflation are also taken into account in the decision to lower rates.
However, Powell said he viewed the reduction as an insurance policy, calling it a “mid-cycle adjustment” rather than the beginning of a full-scale rate reduction cycle.
Can the Fed still adhere to this limited plan, now the question is If trade problems go deeper into a full-scale trade war, DRW Holdings analyst Lou Bryan said: "Any further reductions in the Fed's rates will no longer be considered intermediate adjustments because they will be considered a necessity to prevent a recession." .
Traders are betting that new tariffs make a longer cycle of rate cuts more likely.
Futures on Fed funds now mean that traders expect the Fed to cut rates again at 81.9% in September, compared to Wednesday’s less than 50% late, as the FedWatch CME Group tool showed.
The stock fund market suggested that traders restructure the rates for a possible third rate cut by the end of the year with an estimated probability of 68.9% for such a move, compared with 39% on Wednesday evening.
Saudi Arabia allows women to travel on their own
BBC 02-08-2019
Royal decrees state that women in Saudi Arabia can now travel abroad without the permission of a male guardian.
According to a new rule announced on Friday, women over 21 can apply for a passport without the permission of a male guardian.
Now all adults can apply for a passport and travel, which places women on an equal footing with men.
Royal decrees also give women the right to register the birth of a child, marriage or divorce.
They also cover employment rules that expand employment opportunities for women. In accordance with the rule, all citizens have the right to work without any discrimination on the basis of gender, disability or age.
Until now, Saudi women have had to ask permission from a male guardian — a husband, father, or other male relative — to obtain a passport or travel abroad.
Saudi ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman eased restrictions in the country, such as a ban on driving women under a big push to open the country.
In 2016, he announced a plan to transform the economy by 2030 in order to increase women's participation in the labor force to 30% from 22%.
However, in countries such as Canada, there have been several high-profile cases in which women applied for asylum, citing the oppression of men and women.
In January, Canada granted asylum to 18-year-old Rahaf Mohammed al-Kunun. She fled from Saudi Arabia and tried to escape to Australia. She found herself in a confrontation in a hotel room in the airport of Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, where she applied for international assistance.
International human rights organizations often claim that women are considered second-class citizens in a country.
At least 32 people died as a result of an attack by a military parade in Yemen: sources
By Reuters 01-08-2019
According to security and safety services, at least 32 people were killed in an attack on a military parade in the Yemeni port city of Aden on Thursday.
The attack in Aden, where the government of Saudi Arabia is located, was previously reported by the Yemeni Houti group.
Trump Tariffs "don't hit the Chinese economy"
BBC 01-08-2019
According to his former chief economic adviser, the US President Donald Trump’s trade war with China cannot hit the Chinese economy.
According to Gary Cohn, BBC Gary Cohn said that the battle “behind the teeth for a tooth” became “a very convenient excuse” for China to slow down the overheated economy.
But at the same time, the tiff had a “dramatic impact” on US manufacturing and investment.
This led to a “bifurcation” of the economy, since services were not affected.
“I think the Chinese economy is guided by loans and the availability of loans,” said Mr. Kohn in the BBC Today program.
“Credit and credit availability are determined by the central government. And they can turn it on, and they can turn off credit. ”
Mr. Kohn, American economist and investment banker, served as director of the National Economic Council in the Trump administration from January 2017 to April 2018.
He announced that he was retiring after Mr. Trump decided to introduce import tariffs on steel and aluminum.
At least 28 people died when an Afghan bus hit the Taliban bomb - official
Dozens of passengers, mostly women and children, were killed in the western part of Afghanistan at the beginning of Wednesday, when the bus in which they were driving hit a roadside bomb, officials said.
According to authorities, the attack, which occurred a day after the United Nations declared that civilians were killed and wounded at a “shocking” level in the war in Afghanistan, occurred around 6:00 am (01:30 GMT).
“A passenger bus traveling along the Kandahar-Herat highway hit a Taliban roadside bomb. So far, at least 28 people have been killed, 10 injured, ”said Muhibulla Muhib, a representative of the province of Farah.
They were all civilians, mostly women and children, he said. Farouk Barakzai, a spokesman for Governor Farah, confirmed that this was a duty, but warned that it might increase.
There was no immediate confirmation from the Taliban that this was an explosion.
The group, which rebelled after its regime was overthrown by the US invasion in 2001, this month made a vague promise to reduce the number of civilian casualties.
Civilians have long paid a disproportionate price for the almost 18 years that have passed since the US invasion of Afghanistan.
On Tuesday, the UN published a report showing that the number of victims decreased by 27 percent in the first half of 2019 compared to the same period last year, which was a record, but nevertheless, 1,366 civilians were killed and 2,446 more were injured.
The number of victims among children is almost a third of the total number of victims among the civilian population.
The UN also said that in the second quarter in a row, American and pro-government forces caused more civilians to die than the Taliban and other rebel groups.
This has branded efforts to reduce violence “not enough.”
It is expected that the bloodshed will intensify after the start of the official campaign for the presidential elections in Afghanistan, scheduled for September 28.
At least 20 people were killed on Sunday, the first official day of the campaign, and 50 people were injured when a suicide bomber and militants attacked the Kabul office of the partner of the President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani, Amrullah Saleh.
There are also doubts that the elections will take place at all, as there are questions about whether Afghanistan should conduct a key poll against the background of many months pushing the United States to conclude a peace agreement with the Taliban.
This week, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that President Donald Trump wants to begin withdrawing troops before the vote, although on Tuesday he stressed in his comments to journalists that "there is no time limit."
Democratic candidates face each other in healthcare and immigration
BBC 31-07-2019
Ten Democratic presidential candidates clashed during a televised debate in the United States that revealed the party’s deep disagreement over how best to win in 2020.
Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, the most liberal candidates in a crowded field, were attacked by their more moderate colleagues.
Three women and seven men on stage in Michigan discussed health issues, border policy and how to defeat Donald Trump.
Ten more Democrats, including Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, will fight on Wednesday.
The winner of the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination will be crowned next July at a party convention. Presidential elections will take place months later, in November.
Several candidates began the debate in Detroit, criticizing Ms. Warren’s and Mr. Sanders’s policies as an unrealistic and not the best way for a party to defeat President Trump.
4 killed in an explosion near the Quetta police station
By Dawn 30-07-2019
At least four people were killed in a loud explosion near the city police station in Quetta, reports DawnNewsTV, citing police and hospitals.
More than a dozen people were also injured in an explosion, the nature of which was not immediately clear.
The dead and wounded were transferred to a civilian hospital in the provincial capital. An emergency situation was introduced at the hospital to treat the victims.
Baluchistan Police General Inspector Mohsin Hassan Butt told DawnNewsTV that the police were apparently the target of the blast, and among the wounded were the police.
Vasim Baig, a representative of the Quetta Civil Hospital, stated that the bodies of two people killed in the explosion were taken to hospital.
The explosion smashed the glass windows of nearby malls and shops. The sound of the explosion was heard everywhere, causing panic among people.
The city police station is located near the Bacha Khan Chowk district in Quetta. This is one of the busiest areas of the city.
The security forces cordoned off the site of the explosion.
More than 100 million people have been hacked in the USA, Canada
Reuters 30-07-2019
Capital One Financial Corp (COF.N) said Monday that a hacker who was arrested had received personal information, including the names and addresses of about 100 million people in the United States and 6 million people in Canada.
A suspected, 33-year-old former software engineer from Seattle named Paige Thompson, first appeared in the US District Court in Seattle on Monday, the US Attorney's Office reports
According to a complaint filed with the District Court for the Western District of Washington in Seattle, Thompson published information about his burglary, which occurred between March 12 and July 17, on the GitHub encoding platform. Another user saw the message and notified Capital One of the violation.
The complaint states that law enforcement officers were able to track down Thompson, because on the page that she posted, her full name and her numerical address was indicated. Capital One said it identified the hack on July 19th.
A spokesman for the US attorney’s office said it was not immediately clear what the motives of the suspect were.
It is expected that the incident will cost from 100 to 150 million dollars in 2019, mainly due to customer notifications, credit monitoring and legal support, reports Capital One.
The hacker did not get access to credit card account numbers, but according to Capital One, about 140,000 social security numbers and 80,000 linked bank accounts were hacked. Other personal information available includes phone numbers and credit ratings.
Pakistani military aircraft crashed in a residential area, killing 17
By AFP 30-07-2019
According to rescue officials, at least 17 people were killed after a small military plane crashed into a residential area in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi.
According to the rescue service representative, five crew members and 10 civilians died. Another 12 people were injured.
The plane during the crash was in a training flight and caused a fire that engulfed several houses.
Rawalpindi, near the capital of Islamabad, is the seat of the army headquarters.
It was not immediately clear what caused the accident.
According to AFP, in a residential area where the incident occurred, a crowd of local residents gathered, some wept.
Photos from the scene show blackened buildings that were turned into ruins.
An AFP reporter said smoke was still rising from the wreckage, adding that parts of the aircraft were visible on the nearby roof.
In 2010, the plane, operated by the private airline Airblue, crashed near Islamabad, killing all 152 people on board, which was the worst air accident in the history of Pakistan.
11 people died, electricity shortages hit Karachi, as it rains in parts of Sindh
By Dawn 30-07-2019
At least 11 people were killed and three more injured as a result of rain-related incidents, while various parts of Karachi suffered from power outages, as heavy rains took place on Monday in the capital and other parts of Sindh.
According to officials and rescue services, 8-year-old Farzana was electrocuted near her home in sector E of the colony Akhtar. In another incident, a 30-year-old man, Ismail, died from an electric shock on Bath Island in Clifton, police told Bout Basin. The body was transferred to the Jeanne Center for Postgraduate Medical Education (JPMC) to complete legal formalities. A person was electrocuted in Nazimabad-2, Houdayat Hussein police station sho said. He said that Kasim Zia, 39, was walking down the street near his house in the colony of Hamosh, when he touched the electric pole and died.
According to a Chippa spokesperson, a young man died from an electric shock in phase V defense. Sharafat, 30, passed away when he received an electric shock in his house located on 17 Hayaban-i-Tanzey Street. Clifton Police Station SHO Pir Shabbir Haider confirmed the death of a person due to electric current. Another 30-year-old Saad Ahmed died of an electric shock at the Saraf bazaar within the Paposh-Nagar police station.
The teenager died from an electric shock in Gulistan-i-Jawhar. A Chippa spokesman stated that the 19-year-old Ghulam Rasul was electrocuted in an apartment on Park Avenue, Block 19, and died. Police confirmed the incident.
Two more boys died from electric shocks in the Malir City area. A policeman said that 10-year-old Mehrab Jibran and 9-year-old Died Raz received an electric current and died.
Similarly, a 12-year-old boy was badly injured when he touched an electric pole in the Musharraf colony in the Maripur area, a spokesman for Edhi said. The boy was placed in the nearest private hospital. In another incident, a 50-year-old man, Salman Farouk, was injured as a result of an electric shock in the Machar colony.
According to a Chippa spokesman, 40-year-old man Karim Shabbir was seriously injured when the roof of his house collapsed in Block C of the Mongolian People's Settlement in Mangopir. He was hospitalized at the Abbasi Shahid hospital.
JPMC Executive Director Dr. Simin Jamali said that in the evening a 19-year-old man was taken to the hospital dead. She added that Irshad was electrocuted in the PECHS areas.
Meanwhile, in the village of Mohammad Sharif Arain, near the town of Matil, two young boys, 16-year-old Zaher Ahmed Arain and 12-year-old Said Arain, were killed. Another boy, Sheraz, 11, was seriously injured.
Police Inspector Sind Kalim Imam instructed officials to remain vigilant and ensure the safe rescue of citizens in case of emergencies. He also instructed police forces to monitor assistance.
The death toll in the attack on the political office in Afghanistan has risen to 20
By AFP 29-07-2019
The death toll from the attack on the office of the workmate of the President of Afghanistan and the former head of the intelligence service in Kabul has reached at least 20 people, the official said on Monday.
Nasrat Rahimi, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry, said that about 50 people were injured during the Sunday attack on the headquarters of the Green Trend party, which lasted for several hours and included a shootout between security forces and the attackers hiding in the building.
According to Rahimi, security forces killed several militants.
Rahimi said the attackers ’potential target, the presidential candidate and former intelligence chief Amrullah Saleh, was“ evacuated from the building and moved to a safe place. ” About 85 other civilians were also rescued from within.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for this attack, but both the Taliban insurgents and the Islamic State militant groups were active in the capital and in the past committed attacks there.
On Sunday, the first presidential campaign in Afghanistan took place, the vote of which is scheduled for the end of September.
After the attack, President Ashraf Ghani tweeted that Saleh was not injured during a “complex attack” aimed at the Green Trend office.
Ferdous Faramarz, a spokesman for the Kabul police chief, said the attack began with a suicide bomber, after which other attackers entered the building and started firing at security forces.
The explosion was big enough to be heard throughout the capital.
Three dead in US garlic festival shooting
BBC 29-07-2019
According to US media reports, at least three people were killed and at least 11 were injured as a result of the shooting at a culinary festival in California.
The Gilroy Garlic Festival was supposed to end on a weekend on Sunday evening, when shots were fired at the site.
As NBC eyewitness Julissa Contreras told, “from the age of 30 to 30 he shot from a rifle”.
A video posted on social networks showed that people run away from the festival, 30 miles (48 km) south of San Jose.
"What's the matter?" female voice asks in one video. "Who would shoot the garlic festival?"
Police said the scene is "still active."
“This is nothing but horror,” wrote California Governor Gavin Newsom.
US President Donald Trump also tweeted about the shooting, urging people to "be careful and safe."
Gilroy city council member Dion Bracco told several American media that three people were declared dead.
At least 11 people, some of whom are in critical condition, were treated for injuries, a Santa Clara public health spokeswoman said.
CBS reports that the Santa Clara County Medical Center received five casualties. According to CNN, two patients are being treated at Stanford University Medical Center.
The 72-year-old Michael Paz, the hats seller at the festival, told the San Francisco Chronicle that he had seen an armed man armed with a machine gun with fast fire.
“He came ready to shoot because he was wearing a protective vest,” said Paz. “He shot to the left; he shot right without any specific goal. "
According to Mr. Paz, when a policeman attacked the gunman and shot, the festival participants fell to the ground.
“It was just quick shooting,” said Ms. Contreras of the NBC Bay Area. “I saw him shoot in all directions. He did not purposely target anyone.
“It was just left to right, right to left. He was definitely ready for what he was doing. ”
Evenny Reyes, 13, was among those who ran into confusion when a shot broke out at 5:30 p.m. local time (00:30 GMT, Monday).
“We just left and saw a guy with a bandana wrapped around his leg because he was shot,” she told San Jose Mercury News.
The Gilroy Garlic Festival has been held annually since 1979. In the Christmas park of the hills where the event took place, weapons of any kind are prohibited, according to the festival website.
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