Afghanistan: Acting finance minister leaves the country
Aug 11, 2021, at 02:27 pm
Kabul: Afghanistan's acting finance minister has left the country amid pressure by the Presidential Palace, media reports said.
US sex trafficking survivor Virgina Giuffre sues Britain's Prince Andrew for alleged sexual abuse
Aug 11, 2021, at 04:52 am
New York: A US woman, who is a sex trafficking survivor, has filed a civil case in New York against Prince Andrew of Britain claiming she was sexually assaulted by him when she was 17 years old.
Afghanistan: 12 Taliban terrorists, including Pakistan nationals, killed in airstrike
Aug 10, 2021, at 11:53 pm
Kabul: As many as 12 Taliban terrorists, including two Pakistan terrorists, were killed during an airstrike conducted by the US air force in Afghanistan's Kapisa province on Tuesday, officials said.
China gives Canadian citizen death penalty on charges of drugs smuggling, Marc Garneau condemns
Aug 10, 2021, at 11:42 pm
Beijing/UNI: A Canadian citizen on Tuesday lost his appeal against the death sentence given to him by a court in China on charges of drug smuggling.
Bangladesh starts inoculating Rohingya refugees against COVID-19
Aug 10, 2021, at 11:37 pm
Dhaka/UNI/Sputnik: Bangladesh launched COVID-19 vaccination campaign for Rohingya refugees in camps near the southeastern city of Cox's Bazar, the WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia said on Tuesday.
Taliban attack repulsed in Dehdadi: Reports
Aug 10, 2021, at 11:24 pm
Mazar-e-Sharif: Afghanistan security forces pushed back Taliban terrorists from Kod Barq area of Dehdadi district in Afghanistan, media reports said.
Aug 10, 2021, at 10:10 pm
Geneva: Hundreds of thousands of civilians are at risk as fighting intensifies in and around Kunduz, Lashkar Gah, Kandahar, and other Afghan cities.
Biden thanks Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga for hosting Summer Olympics
Aug 10, 2021, at 09:52 pm
Washington/UNI/Sputnik/IBNS: US President Joe Biden thanked Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga for hosting the Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Shocking’ escalation of grave violations against children in Afghanistan: UNICEF
Aug 10, 2021, at 06:07 pm
New York: The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) expressed shock on Monday at the rapid escalation of grave violations against children in Afghanistan, following the deaths of 27 children in the country in the past 72 hours, and 136 who were injured.
Tigray: Intensified fighting across borders ‘disastrous’ for children
Aug 10, 2021, at 05:50 pm
New York: UN agencies continue to sound the alarm over the growing “humanitarian catastrophe” in northern Ethiopia, sparked by the conflict in the Tigray region, now in its ninth month.
Tory MP warns UK, US and EU of a 'very miserable century' unless they deal with China now
Aug 10, 2021, at 05:20 pm
London: Tory MP and Chair of the House of Commons Defence Select Committee, Tobias Ellwood, has said the UK, US, and European Union should work together to resolve issues with China.
Pakistan replaces its Belt and Road chief with a person loved by Beijing
Aug 10, 2021, at 05:15 pm
Karachi: The Pakistani government has replaced the head of its Belt and Road projects with an energy expert who is a favorite of Beijing, in a bid to push the stalled projects forward, an episode which is surely showing the role China is playing to manage the infrastructure plan from behind the scenes.
COVID-19 vaccine made mandatory for troops: US President Joe Biden supports Pentagon
Aug 10, 2021, at 03:36 pm
Washington: US President Joe Biden on Monday said he strongly supported the effort by the Department of Defence (DOD) to make COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for members of the U.S. military by Sept. 15.
Taliban atrocities: Displaced families are now sleeping in open-air in Kabul
Aug 10, 2021, at 03:20 pm
Kabul: In an episode showing the helplessness of the people in distress amid Taliban insurgence, dozens of families from Kunduz, Takhar, and Badakhshan provinces sought refuge in Kabul after fleeing the fighting in the three northern provinces.
Pakistan: Man killed, four injured in explosion
Aug 10, 2021, at 03:01 pm
Islamabad/UNI/Xinhua: A man was killed and four others were injured in a hand grenade attack on a shop in the capital city Quetta of Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province late Monday night, officials and sources said.
Gunmen kill three customs officials in Pakistan
Aug 10, 2021, at 02:57 pm
Dera Ismail Khan: Gunmen shot dead thee customs officials in Pakistan's Kulachi area on Monday.
Pentagon secretary, Pakistani Army Chief discuss Afghanistan situation: Spokesperson
Aug 10, 2021, at 02:50 pm
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: US and Pakistan's top defense officials during a phone conversation discussed the ongoing situation in Afghanistan as well as regional security, Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said in a readout.
Pakistan: Tourists looted at gunpoint in Swat
Aug 10, 2021, at 02:45 pm
Swat: Police said around 20 tourists were looted at gunpoint in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Swat region on Monday, media reports said.
US envoy Khalilzad leaves for Doha for talks on Afghanistan: State Department
Aug 10, 2021, at 02:21 pm
Moscow/UNI/Sputnik: US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad has left for Qatari capital Doha to hold talks on Afghanistan and urge the Taliban to stop offensive, the State Department said in a statement.
ANP leader kidnap-murder case: Quetta police operation leaves five accused dead
Aug 10, 2021, at 12:46 am
Quetta: Balochistan Police have claimed to have 'resolved' the ANP Central leader MaliK Ubaidullah Kasi’s month-long kidnapping saga which had ended with his killing by the kidnappers.
Pakistan: Trade associations challenge Sindh govt's minimum wage hike
Aug 10, 2021, at 12:42 am
Karachi: Trade associations have challenged the Sindh government’s minimum wage hike in the court of the law calling it a violation of due process, sparking off yet another conflict in Pakistan.
Aug 10, 2021, at 12:39 am
Peshawar: A jirga involving veteran Pakhtun leaders has asked the Pakistan government to review its foreign policy amid a volatile situation in war-torn Afghanistan.
Afghanistan security forces arrest Pakistani terrorist
Aug 10, 2021, at 12:36 am
Kabul: Afghanistan security forces on Saturday arrested a Pakistani terrorist from Ghazni province, officials said.
Pakistan: Eight-year-old Hindu boy becomes youngest person charged with blasphemy
Aug 10, 2021, at 12:26 am
Islamabad: An eight-year-old Hindu boy has been charged with blasphemy in Pakistan and now has been put in protective police custody, bringing to fore another instance of minority persecution in the nation.
Pakistan intends to use suppressed and subjugated Afghanistan for geopolitical gains: Baussart
Aug 10, 2021, at 12:19 am
Kabul: Fabien Baussart, President of Center of Political and Foreign Affairs, has said Pakistan wants to keep Afghanistan feeble, debilitated and divided.
Chinese authorities forcing Tibetan school children to take military training
Aug 10, 2021, at 12:09 am
Chinese authorities are forcing Tibetan school students to engage themselves with a programme related to military training during summer vacation.
US govt condemns Taliban offensive against Afghanistan cities
Aug 10, 2021, at 12:00 am
Kabul: The US government on Sunday condemned the Taliban atrocities and violence committed in different cities captured by them across Afghanistan.
China: Four dead, 7 injured in building collapse
Aug 09, 2021, at 11:50 pm
Harbin/UNI/Xinhua: Four people were killed and seven others injured after the top floor of an office building in Harbin City, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, collapsed on Sunday afternoon, local authorities said Monday.
Airstrikes destroy clinic, school in Afghanistan's Helmand region: Reports
Aug 09, 2021, at 11:42 pm
Kabul: Airstrikes, rocket attacks, and ongoing fighting have killed 20 civilians and destroyed a health clinic and a school in Lashkargah, the capital of the southern Afghan province of Helmand, in the last 48 hours, TOLO News reported.
Italian police seize envelope with bullets addressed to Pope
Aug 09, 2021, at 10:23 pm
Rome/UNI/Sputnik: An envelope with three bullets, addressed to Pope Francis, was seized by Italian carabinieri at a sorting office near Milan overnight, Italian media reported on Monday.