Iraqi PM Kadhimi Survives Assassination Attempt

Iraqi Prime Minister (PM) Mustafa Al-Kadhimi escaped an assassination attempt on Sunday after an explosive-laden drone targeted his residence in Baghdad. It was reported that Al-Kadhimi was returning from overseeing security forces engaged in a stand-off with protesters at the southern gate of the Green Zone, a diplomatic residence in Baghdad that also houses the PM's residence and other government buildings.

Gunmen Kill Two, Injure Others At Afghanistan Wedding To Stop Music

Gunmen who identified themselves as Taliban attacked a wedding in eastern Afghanistan to stop music being played, killing at least two people and injuring 10 others. A Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, said two of the three gunmen had been arrested but denied they had acted on behalf of the Islamic movement. Music was banned when the Taliban ruled the country from 1996 to 2001. An eyewitness told the BBC that four couples were being married in a joint wedding in Surkh Rod district in the province of Nangarhar on Friday.

North Korea Confirms Missile Launch From Submarine

North Korea has on Tuesday test-fired a new, ballistic missile with "advanced control guidance technologies", launched from a submarine in, the state media confirmed on Wednesday. The technology will make it harder to track the missiles. According to Reuters, the confirmation comes a day after South Korea disclosed that it believed North Korea had fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) off its east coast.

600 Nigerians Residing In Kuwait Risk Deportation

Some Nigerians residing in Kuwait are now at risk of being deported over failure to get their residential permit renewed. At present about 600 Nigerians are facing permit issues as some of them have their international passports less than one year to expire and Kuwait government does not accept such for the renewal of residential permit. The Nigerian Embassy in Kuwait does not issue or renew passports and due to Covid-19 restrictions in Kuwait, airports have only be opened in October 2021, since it’s closure in March 2019. So Nigerians in Kuwait have not been able to seek other alternatives.

South Korea To Launch First Domestically Produced Space Rocket

In a bid to kick start its space programme, South Korea is on Thursday set to conduct its first test launch into space of a domestically made rocket on Thursday. The three-stage KSLV-II NURI rocket is powered by liquid-fuel boosters and designed to carry 1.5-ton payloads into orbit 600km t0 800km above Earth. The rocket will require a cluster of four 75-ton boosters in the first stage, another 75-ton booster in the second stage, and a single 7-ton rocket engine in the final stage.

Heavy Explosion Hits Shia Mosque In Afghanistan

Up to 32 worshippers were on Friday killed following an explosion that went off inside mosque in southern city during Juma'at prayers. 45 others have been wounded after the explosion went off inside a Shia mosque in Afghanistan's southern city of Kandahar, according to public health officials in the province. The explosion on Friday afternoon took place in the Bibi Fatima mosque, the largest mosque for Shia worshippers in Kandahar city. A local reporter in Kandahar told Reuters that eyewitnesses had described three suicide attackers, one of whom blew himself up at the entrance to the mosque with the two others detonating their devices inside the building. While referring to a local hospital where dead and injured had been taken he said, "The situation is very bad. Mirwais hospital is messaging and calling on young people to give blood."