Pak-based terror groups LeT, JeM operate with ‘impunity, encouragement’: India at UNSC
United Nations, Aug 19 (PTI) Terror groups like the LeT and JeM continue to operate with both "impunity and encouragement", India told the UN...
Taliban takeover will inspire terrorists, warns UK minister
London, Aug 19 (PTI) The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan will inspire terrorists and trigger an explosion of extremism and security challenges for the world,...
Pak police arrest 15 people for harassing, molesting YouTuber girl
Lahore, Aug 19 (PTI) Police in Pakistan on Thursday arrested 15 people allegedly involved in the sexual assault of a YouTuber girl on Independence...
Business of Pakistani human smugglers boom as thousands of Afghans attempt to leave after...
Karachi, Aug 19 (PTI) Pakistani human smugglers operating in areas bordering Afghanistan are raking in money as thousands of Afghans try to exit their...
Anti-Taliban Forces Massing North Of Kabul, Russia Says
Moscow, Aug 19 (AFP): Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday that armed resistance to the Taliban is forming in Afghanistan's Panjshir Valley, led...
Russia supports withdrawal of foreign fighters from Libya
MOSCOW, Aug 19 (AP) — Russia’s top diplomat assured his Libyan counterpart Thursday that Moscow supports the withdrawal of all foreign fighters from the...
US urges over 150 world leaders not to come to UN over COVID
United Nations, Aug 19 (AP) The US is urging the more than 150 countries planning to send their leader or a government minister to...
UN peacekeeping missions continue to operate in challenging settings involving terrorists: Jaishankar at UNSC
United Nations, Aug 18 (PTI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday said that the UN peacekeeping missions continue to operate in a variety...
Right’s group: 1,001 killed since military took over Myanmar
Bangkok, Aug 18 (AP) More than 1,000 people have been killed by security forces in Myanmar since the military seized power from the elected...
UK to relocate 5,000 Afghans under new bespoke’ scheme
London, Aug 18 (PTI) British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday laid out the country's plans for the resettlement of Afghan refugees, primarily women...
Afghan central bank says $9B reserves abroad
Kabul, Aug 18 (AP) Afghanistan's central bank governor says that the country has some 9 billion in reserves abroad and not in physical cash...
China’s Communist Party expels censor accused of corruption
Beijing, Aug 18 (AP) China's ruling Communist Party has expelled a leading internet censor and accused him of a range of crimes and rule...
Pak PM Khan urges int”l community to stay engaged to support Afghan people economically
Islamabad, Aug 18 (PTI) Asserting that Pakistan is reaching out to all Afghan leaders for a peaceful settlement of the current crisis in the...
‘Judge Taliban On Actions, Not Words’: British PM Boris Johnson
London, Aug 18 (AFP): Britain has helped more than 2,000 Afghans to flee the country in recent days, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on...
US health officials call for booster shots against COVID-19
NEW YORK , Aug 18 (AP) — U.S. health officials Wednesday recommended all Americans get COVID-19 booster shots to shore up their protection amid...
Taliban violently disperse rare protest, killing 1 person
KABUL, Afghanistan , Aug 18 (AP) — The Taliban violently broke up a protest in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least one person...
Data of more than 40 million exposed in T-Mobile breach
NEW YORK , Aug 18 (AP) — The names, Social Security numbers and information from driver’s licenses or other identification of just over 40...
New wave of Ethiopian detentions of Tigrayans includes kids
NAIROBI, Kenya , Aug 18 (AP) — Small children are among those held amid a new wave of detentions of ethnic Tigrayans suspected of...
Wildfire raging near French Riviera kills 2, injures 27
BORMES-LES-MIMOSAS, France , Aug 18 (AP) — A wildfire near the French Riviera killed two people and was burning out of control Wednesday in...
UNSC calls for establishment of new, united, inclusive and representative govt in Afghanistan
United Nations, Aug 16 (PTI) The UN Security Council on Monday called for the establishment through inclusive negotiations of a new, united, inclusive and...