The Taliban on Wednesday claimed they had captured the strategic border crossing of Spin Boldak along the frontier with Pakistan, continuing sweeping gains made since foreign forces stepped up their withdrawal from Afghanistan. “The Mujahideen have captured an important border town called Wesh in Kandahar,” said Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesperson in a statement. “With this, the important road between …

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Wednesday became the first Gulf state to open an embassy in Israel, as its envoy hailed the trade and investment opportunities that closer ties would bring at a flag-raising ceremony also attended by Israel’s president. Brought together by shared unease about Iran, the UAE and Bahrain normalised relations with Israel last year under the …

MUZAFFARABAD: The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) retired Justice Abdul Rashid Sulehria on Tuesday rejected an inquiry report by the returning officer (RO) of LA-1, Mirpur-I on the issue of grant of cash by federal minister Ali Ameen Gandapur to a PTI activist at an election related event in Dadyal and ordered him to resubmit …

The forecast calls for sunny, hot and mostly dry weather for the next few days. The pattern that brought thunderstorms earlier in the week has transitioned to more of a dry, summer pattern for now. Temperatures will be climbing into the mid-90s today. Of course, with a fair amount of humidity, it will feel hotter. The afternoon heat index will …

WASHINGTON — Having fled Texas to block a GOP bill they say would impede minority voting rights, Democrats from the state House rallied at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday as defiant fugitives and pressed Congress to step in. They vowed to stay in the nation’s capital for as long as it takes to block the Texas House from considering the …

The Plano police department is collecting items to help victims of crime. The collection is for the annual Evening of Empowerment hosted by the Collin County Crime Victims Council, according to the police department. The event honors crime victims and their families and provides them with common household and personal care items to help them with everyday living needs. According to the …

A former Rockwall ISD middle school teacher who sent sexually explicit emails to an eighth-grader has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, according to the Rockwall County district attorney’s office. The Heath Department of Public Safety arrested Marc Allison, 50, in October 2019 after the student reported abuse to a school resource officer, the district attorney’s office said. Marc …

The man who is suspected of fatally beating an 87-year-old east Oak Cliff woman is a registered sex offender who previously told authorities he lived next door to the victim, and Dallas police believe he may have had access to a key to her house. Andre Stefan Buggs, 58, faces a murder charge in the slaying of Anita Thompson, who was …

J.L. “Sonny” Williams, a longtime local business leader, Minyard Food Stores president and minority owner of the Dallas Mavericks, died Saturday from esophageal cancer. He was 78. Williams, wife Gretchen Minyard Williams, her sister Liz Minyard and cousin Bob Minyard together built Minyard Food Stores into a billion-dollar business. It was one of the largest family-owned supermarket chains in Texas …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The family of a man brutally murdered is desperately searching for answers as to who killed their loved one and left him at a cemetery in southeast Houston. Gabriel Rodriguez, 32, was found suffering from blunt force trauma near the entrance gates of Forest Lawn Cemetery on July 4 just before 3 a.m., according to Houston police. Nearly …