An important US air force base in Afghanistan has been attacked with five missiles. "This morning missiles were fired in the direction of the Bagram Air Base," said a NATO representative.
According to initial reports, there were no injuries and the base was not damaged. Initially, no one confessed to the attack on the military base north of Kabul. The radical Islamic Taliban also denied any involvement in the attack.
A spokeswoman for the provincial governor said the rockets hit the airfield in Parwan province around 6 a.m. The base was targeted in April. At the time, the Islamic State (IS) jihadist militia claimed responsibility for the attack.
At least 15 children were killed in a bomb explosion in eastern Afghanistan just yesterday. So far, no group has committed itself to this attack either. Although the Afghan government has been conducting peace talks in Doha with representatives of the Taliban since September,
the country is experiencing a wave of violence.
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Iraq's currency devaluation news spread rapidly last week when a copy of the budget draft for next year was leaked to the local media. The news sent the unofficial rate skyrocketing at exchange houses,
upsetting local businesses and panicking Iraqis. The unofficial exchange rate before the news varied from 1,200 to 1,240 dinars against the dollar. That rate reached as much as 1,400 soon.
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi said that because of the inevitable public reaction, he will be the 'first hurt' by the devaluation and austerity measures in the 2021 budget.
The international nuclear deal with the regime in Iran has long been considered a great diplomatic success for some countries. The pact was supposed to prevent the Regine in Iran from building an atomic bomb.
Five years after its creation, however, SPD Foreign Minister Heiko Maas now sees him at a "crossroad". "In view of the basically positive signals from Washington, it is now up to Iran to keep the arms control agreement alive." So he said.
"The opportunity that now presents itself, this last time window must not be wasted," Maas appealed to Tehran after a ministerial meeting of the top diplomats from Germany, Great Britain, France, Russia, China and Iran. Since the US left the agreement in May 2018,
A government source said that Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi, led by Abdulaziz Al-Muhammadawi, had created a committee to investigate the missile attacks that attacked the Green Zone.
Al-Hashd is investigating the missile attacks for the first time, although some of its factions, especially those close to Iran, have been repeatedly accused of being behind the assaults.
The source said that the committee's establishment came after allegations were made against Al-Hashd for being behind the attacks and facilitating the transport of official vehicle missiles.
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HONOLULU MWO. NWP MODELS. ASH3D. SOCIAL MEDIA. HONOLULU WFO ERUPTION DETAILS: VA ERUPTION TO FL300 OBS VA DTG: 21/0906Z OBS VA CLD: SFC/FL300 N1927 W15519 - N1926 W15517 - N1853 W15515 - N1856 W15535 - N1927 W15519 MOV S 50KT FCST VA CLD +6HR:
21/1500Z SFC/FL300 N1929 W15519 - N1928 W15514 - N1755 W15511 - N1802 W15556 - N1929 W15519 FCST VA CLD +12HR: 21/2100Z NO VA EXP FCST VA CLD +18HR: 22/0300Z NO VA EXP RMK: VA CLD OBS EXT UP TO 40 NM SSW FM SUMMIT AREA. WFO RPTS VA CLD TO FL300 DETECTED ON LOCAL RADAR.
The Kilauea in Hawaii is one of the most active volcanoes in the world and a popular tourist destination. But people should stay away from the volcano because it haunts ash and lava.
The eruption began yesterday evening inside the volcanic basin on the Big Island, said the US earthquake monitoring station USGS. Clouds of red steam rose into the night sky, as seen in images of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
The USGS warned that a lot of volcanic ash could enter the atmosphere. Aircraft are said to fly around the area around Kilauea. The US weather service warned that the wind could carry the ashes to villages in the southwest of the island.