UK To Urge Extension Of Kabul Evacuations At G7 Talks
London, United Kingdom, Aug 23: Britain said Monday it would urge the United States to extend an end-of-the-month deadline for evacuations from Afghanistan, while...
Ukraine’s leader vows to do all he can to bring back Crimea
KYIV, Ukraine, 23 Aug (AP) — Ukraine’s president on Monday vowed to do all he can to bring back the peninsula of Crimea, annexed...
US VP Harris believes SE Asia, Indo-Pacific will dictate future of world
Singapore, Aug 23 (PTI) US Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday said she believes that Southeast Asia and the Indo-Pacific will dictate the future...
Henri becomes a hurricane as it moves toward the Northeast
San Francisco, Aug 21 (AP) Preparations for a storm grew more urgent Saturday as the newly upgraded Hurricane Henri closed in on the Northeast.
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China condemns suicide attack on its nationals in Gwadar, asks Pakistan to take effective...
Islamabad, Aug 21 (PTI) China on Saturday asked Pakistan to take "practical and effective" measures and overhaul the security mechanism to forestall attacks on...
Pakistan raises attack on Afia Siddiqui with US authorities
Islamabad, Aug 21 (PTI) Pakistan on Saturday said it had formally complained with the US authorities over an attack on terror-convict Dr Afia Siddiqui...
Taliban bans co-education in Afghanistan’s Herat province: Report
Kabul, Aug 21 (PTI) Days after vowing to respect women's rights in Afghanistan, Taliban officials in the restive Herat province have banned co-education in...
China’s Mars rover soldiers on after completing programme
Beijing, Aug 21 (AP) China's Zhurong Mars rover is soldiering on after completing its initial programme to explore the red planet and search for...
UN food agency: Hunger spreading in Afghanistan
Rome, Aug 20 (AP) The UN food agency says it has been able to negotiate access with the Taliban to distribute aid in one...
2 killed, 59 injured in explosion during Muharram procession in Pak
Lahore, Aug 19 (PTI) A powerful explosion ripped through a Muharram procession in central Pakistan's Punjab province on Thursday, killing at least two, including...
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...