Security forces have “obliterated” Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) militants in Afghanistan, President Ashraf Ghani has said. The statement came hours after a prisoner swap with Taliban insurgents raised hopes of a lull in violence in the country. More than 600 IS fighters have surrendered with their families to the Afghan government in past weeks,...
Days of protests over rising fuel prices and a subsequent government crackdown have killed at least 106 people across Iran, Amnesty International said.
The Israeli military on Wednesday said it had struck dozens of Iranian targets in Syria, carrying out a “wide-scale” strike in response to rocket fire on the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights the day before.
If hot air, promises, and target dates could achieve anything, then we would long ago have been surfing hectically through a celestial cyber-world.
Some 34,000 BEAM applicants must undertake to reduce the production of bovine livestock manure nitrogen by 5pc for the period July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021, compared to the same period in 2018-19.
Long-term leasing of bigger farms is a growing feature of the land-market. Since the advent of tax relief for such leasing arrangements, the option has become increasingly popular with landowners and tenants.
A White House official testified in the impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump yesterday that the president's request that Ukraine investigates a domestic political rival was an improper "demand", as he fended off Republican efforts to cast doubt on his competence and loyalty to the United States.
