Washington, September 4 (IANS): US President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order directing his government to review and release some documents related to the FBI's investigation into the September
Kabul, September 4 (IANS): The fate of Afghanistan's Panjshir Valley - the final holdout against Taliban control - hangs in the balance as heavy fighting continues. Even as the Taliban claimed that it has t
Washington, September 4 (IANS): The global coronavirus caseload has topped 219.7 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.55 million and vaccinations soared to over 5.40 billion, according to t
Washington, September 3 (IANS): Three doses of the vaccine against Covid can likely confer full protection, US infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci has said, as the US is soon expected to officially roll
Kabul, September 3 (IANS): Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar is set to lead a new Afghan government likely to be announced shortly, sources in the Islamist group said on Friday.
The development c
Islamabad, September 3 (PTI): Amid concerns in India that Afghan soil under the Taliban regime can be used for terrorist activities against it, the insurgent group has said it has the right to speak out in
Tokyo, September 3 (IANS): At an extraordinary meeting of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) executives on Friday, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced his decision not to run in the upcoming leader
New Delhi, September 3 (IANS): Zabihullah Mujahid, the official spokesman for the Taliban regime, told an Italian newspaper that China was "our main partner and represents a fundamental and extraordinary o
Damascus, September 3 (IANS): A fresh Israeli missile strike targeted sites in Damascus on Friday, state news agency SANA reported.
The Syrian air defenses intercepted missiles over the southwestern countrys
Moscow, September 3 (IANS): The US mission in Afghanistan over the past two decades "was not simply a failure, but a catastrophe", Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said on Thursda
Rome, September 3 (IANS): Italy will start administering a third Covid-19 vaccine shot to people with the most fragile immune systems and plans to extend the use of the so-called Green Pass certificate, the cou
Kabul/New Delhi, September 3 (IANS): The Taliban have claimed advances in Panjshir as they captured the centre of Shutul district along with 11 outposts held by opposition forces.
Inamullah Samangani, a memb
Athens, September 3 (IANS): Approximately 10,000 health workers across Greece who have not been vaccinated against Covid-19 will be suspended from work without payment as part of measures aimed at curbing the s
Dubai, September 3 (AP): Afghanistan's most popular private television network has voluntarily replaced its risque Turkish soap operas and music shows with tamer programs tailored to the country's new T
Wellington (New Zealand), September 3 (AP): New Zealand authorities said Friday they shot and killed a violent extremist after he entered a supermarket and stabbed and injured six shoppers.
Prime Minister Ja
London, September 2 (AP): Ireland's privacy watchdog has fined WhatsApp a record 225 million euros ( 267 million) after an investigation found it breached stringent European Union data protection rules on t
Peshawar, September 2 (PTI): The Taliban are all set to announce the formation of a new government in Kabul on the lines of the Iranian leadership, with the group's top religious leader Mullah Hebatullah Ak
Islamabad, September 2 (PTI): Pakistan on Thursday temporarily closed a key border crossing with Afghanistan, apparently due to fear of the influx of refugees eager to leave their homeland after the Taliban sei
Tehran, September 2 (AP): Iran's state TV says 16 people were killed and 12 injured in the country's west when a mini-bus plunged off a road into a valley.
The report says the accident happened in Ku
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 2 (IANS): A South African pilot, a multi-national crew and a 41-year-old Boeing 727 saved the lives of more than 600 displaced Afghan people last week as they hot-footed it into and out of