Daily Archives: January 6, 2023

President Murmu calls for more women officers in military engineer services

NEW DELHI, 5 Jan: Significant push is being given to women empowerment in the defence forces, whether in combat roles or medical services, President...

Afghan Taliban kill 8 in raids of IS hideouts in Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD, 5 Jan: Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban killed eight Islamic State militants and arrested nine others in a series of raids targeting key figures in...

Beds run out at Beijing hospital as COVID-19 spreads

BEIJING, 5 Jan: Patients, mostly older people, laid on stretchers in hallways or took oxygen while sitting in wheelchairs as a COVID-19 outbreak stretched...

Philippine police chief offers to quit over drug-linked cops

MANILA, Philippines, 5 Jan: The Philippine national police chief said Thursday he has tendered his resignation to encourage nearly a thousand other ranking police...

Attackers wound 5 Pakistani policemen guarding polio workers

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, 5 Jan: Attackers armed with guns and hand grenades ambushed a police van assigned to guard polio workers in northwestern Pakistan, wounding...

U.S. pledges $30m to Moldova hit hard by war in Ukraine

CHISINAU, Moldova, 5 Jan: The U.S. will provide $30 million in aid to Moldova to help the small country tackle an energy crisis and...

Flood-hit Pakistan to seek $16B at next week’s conference

ISLAMABAD, 5 Jan: With the United Nations at its side, Pakistan is expected to seek $16.3 billion in aid from the international community for...