KABUL, AUGUST 13 (IANS): The speed of the Taliban advance in Afghanistan appears to have taken many by surprise, regional capitals seem to be falling like dominoes, the BBC reported.
The momentum is clearly
WASHINGTON, AUGUST 13 (IANS): Chinese researchers at the World Health Organization-led team probing the origins of the coronavirus pandemic pushed against the lab-leak theory, said a WHO scientist, who led the
Kabul, August 13 (AP): The Taliban have captured another three provincial capitals in southern Afghanistan, including in Helmand, the scene of some of the heaviest fighting in the past two decades, as the insur
Kabul, August 12 (AP): The Taliban captured a strategic provincial capital near Kabul on Thursday, the 10th the insurgents have taken in a weeklong sweep across Afghanistan just weeks before the end of the Amer
Washington, August 12 (AP): Afghan government forces are collapsing even faster than US military leaders thought possible just a few months ago when President Joe Biden ordered a full withdrawal.
But there
United Nations, August 12 (PTI): Nearly four lakh people have been newly displaced in Afghanistan since the start of the year, with a huge spike from May, a spokesperson for UN chief Antonio Guterres has said,
Islamabad, August 12 (PTI): Taking a dig at the US, Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that Washington sees Pakistan as "useful" only for clearing the "mess" it has left behind in Afghanista
Bangkok, August 11 (AP): Five people jumped from an apartment building in Yangon, Myanmar's largest city, to escape government security forces who were raiding the building, and at least two died, according
New York, August 10 (PTI): With embattled New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announcing his resignation amid sexual harassment allegations, his Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul is now set to become the first woman
NEW DELHI, AUGUST 11 (IANS): Almost half of Afghanistans population is in need of emergency relief assistance, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has said.
The last few days have seen deadly
Bangkok, August 11 (AP): The former longtime military ruler of Myanmar, Than Shwe, has been hospitalised with an unspecified illness, an official said Wednesday.
An employee of the Thaik Chaung military hosp
Algiers, August 11 (IANS): At least 25 Algerian soldiers were killed on Tuesday as they attempted to extinguish the wildfires raging in the northeastern provinces of Tizi Ouzou and Bejaia, the Algerian Defense
New York, August 11 (IANS): Besieged by allegations of sexual harassment, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, a Democratic Party stalwart once hailed as a champion of women's rights, is the latest American poli
Washington, August 11 (IANS): US President Joe Biden has said he does not regret his decision to withdraw the American troops from Afghanistan, underlining that the Afghan troops must fight for themselves.
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London, August 11 (AP): Lawyers acting on behalf of the US government on Wednesday challenged a British judge's decision to block the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to face espionage charge
Colombo, August 11 (AP): Sri Lanka has filed 23,270 charges against 25 people in connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday suicide bomb attacks on churches and hotels that killed 269 people, the president's of
Bangkok, August 11 (AP): Five people jumped from an apartment building in Yangon, Myanmar's largest city, to escape government security forces who were raiding the building, and at least two died, according
WASHINGTON, AUGUST 11 (IANS): NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter has been awarded 'Laureate' for its "extraordinary achievements in aerospace" by the Aviation Week Network.
The prestigiou
Washington, August 11 (PTI): President Joe Biden has ruled out any change in the US plan to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan despite the Taliban increasingly gaining control over large swaths of the war-tor
Geneva, August 11 (AP): A top official at the World Health Organization described the huge gap between access to COVID-19 vaccines in rich and poor countries as the moral catastrophe of our time and said it was