Kabul, September 12 (AP): Women in Afghanistan can continue to study in universities, including at post-graduate levels, but classrooms will be gender-segregated and Islamic dress is compulsory, the higher educ
Beirut, September 12 (AP): Al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri appeared in a new video marking the 20th anniversary of the Sept 11, attacks, months after rumors spread that he was dead.
The SITE Intelligence Gr
New Delhi, September 11 (IANS): Rohullah Azizi, brother of Afghanistan's former Vice President Amrullah Saleh and one of the leaders of the resistance front in Panjshir, was killed by the Taliban in Karukh
Geneva, September 11 (IANS): Food and job insecurity are now the primary causes of concern for families in Afghanistan, Anthea Webb, deputy regional director for the World Food Program (WFP), told a UN press br
Ramallah, September 11 (IANS): Palestine has slammed Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett for saying that he supports the expansion of Jewish settlements in the Palestinian territories.
In an official stat
Ottawa, September 11 (IANS): The leaders of Canada's main political parties took part in their final English-language televised debate, battling over who has the best vision for the country's future.
Jerusalem, September 11 (IANS): The Israeli military said on Saturday that militants in the Gaza Strip fired a rocket into the country's territory but was intercepted.
The rocket triggered sirens in the
Beijing, September 11 (IANS): An explosion and subsequent fire caused by the leakage of a liquefied gas cylinder killed eight people and injured five others on Saturday in a residential building in the city of
New York, September 11 (AP): Twenty years ago, the 11th of September dawned as just a date. By midnight, it was 9/11, the staggering starting point for a new era of terror, war, politics, patriotism and tragedy
New Delhi,, September 11 (IANS): Five days after all districts of Panjshir and the provincial centre were claimed to be captured by the Taliban, a commander of the Resistance Front in a recorded video mess
Addis Ababa, September 11 (IANS): The African Union (AU) has suspended the membership of Guinea following a military coup in the West African nation that led to the arrest of President Alpha Conde.
The peace
New York, September 11 (IANS): US President Joe Biden's Special Envoy for Climate, John Kerry is slated to visit India next week to launch an initiative for mobilising funds for battling climate change ahea
Washington, September 11 (IANS): The global coronavirus caseload has topped 223.7 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.61 million and vaccinations soared to over 5.64 billion, according to the J
Washington, September 10 (IANS): US drug maker Moderna has announced the development of a single-dose vaccine candidate that is a combination of a Covid-19 booster as well as a seasonal flu jab.
"We bel
UNITED NATIONS, SEPTEMBER 10 (IANS): President of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Volkan Bozkir said on Thursday that the UN must be a preventive body of crises, not a follower.
NEW DELHI SEPTEMBER 10 (IANS): China has been pursuing a duplicitous policy towards Myanmar which hinges on border security, relations between Beijing and Naypyitaw and Chinas ambitious BRI projects in Myanmar.
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 10 (IANS): The Oregon State University will lead a National Science Foundation-funded effort to discover Antarctica's oldest ice and learn more about how the earth's climate has cha
Hong Kong, September 10 (AP): Hong Kong police charged the group that organises the city's annual Tiananmen candlelight vigil and three of its leaders with subversion under the national security law, amid a
United Nations, September 10 (IANS): The UN Security Council (UNSC) has unanimously adopted a resolution on its peacekeeping transitions.
Resolution 2594, adopted on Thursday, stresses the crucial role
New Delhi, September 10 (IANS): A number of former Afghan government officials have accused exiled President Ashraf Ghani, who fled the country following the fall of Kabul to the Taliban, of lying.
The forme