San Francisco, August 9 (IANS): Dixie Fire, a fast-moving wildfire has grown to become the second largest in California's history as more than 8,500 firefighters are continuing to battle 11 major wildfires
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GOUVES(Greece), August 8 (AP): Pillars of billowing smoke and ash blocked out the sun above Greece’s second-largest island and turned the sky orange as a days-old wildfire devoured pristine forests and tr
Kabul, August 8 (AP): Taliban fighters seized most of the capital of northern Afghanistan's Kunduz province on Sunday, the latest in a series of blows to government forces as U.S. troops complete their pull
NEW DELHI, AUGUST 8 (IANS): Reports from Afghanistan's northern province of Balkh say the Taliban killed a young woman for wearing tight clothing and not being accompanied by a male relative. Reports sai
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS): The strategic city of Sheberghan, the capital of Jawzjan province in northern Afghanistan, fell to the Taliban after one week of clashes, as per media reports. Sources said that secu
Washington, Aug 7 (IANS): The US State Department has designated five leaders from three terrorist groups for "committing atrocities in Africa". Bonomade Machude Omar of the Islamic State (IS)-Moza
Lahore, August 7 (PTI): Police in Pakistan's Punjab province on Saturday said they have arrested 20 people and booked over 150 others for their alleged involvement in an attack on a Hindu temple in a remote
White Plains (New York), August 7 (AP): Two Myanmar citizens were arrested on charges alleging that they conspired to oust Myanmar's ambassador to the United Nations, who opposes the military junta tha
Canberra, August 7 (IANS): Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has ruled out introducing new laws that would allow employers to mandate Covid-19 vaccines. Morrison said on Friday that employers may wish
Tel Aviv, August 7 (IANS): The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Saturday that the air force carried out strikes in the Gaza Strip which came in response to continued launches of arson balloons from the coast
San Francisco, August 7 (IANS): The Dixie Fire in Northern California, which erupted on July 13, has grown to become the country's largest wildfire so far this year. Dubbed the Dixie Fire, the massive fi
Athens, August 7 (IANS): Greek authorities said that three people have been arrested for suspected arson as devastating wildfires continue to scorch thousands of hectares of forest land across the country. T
New Delhi, August 7 (IANS): Human rights breaches and killing of civilians in Afghanistan by the Taliban are reaching new highs, especially with increasing assaults on the minority Hazara community. On Frida
New York, August 7 (IANS): A bottle of whiskey worth of $5,800 gifted to former US State Secretary Mike Pompeo by the Japanese government has gone missing, a news report said The State Department has launche
Beirut, August 7 (IANS): Israel fired 40 artillery shells into Lebanon after the latter country fired rockets into the Jewish state amid rising tension in the region, the army in Beirut said. In a statement
UNITED NATIONS, AUGUST 6 (IANS): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for progress toward a world free of nuclear weapons on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the August 1945 atomic bombing of-
Kabul, August 6 (AP): The Taliban shot and killed the director of Afghanistan's Government Information Media Center on Friday, the latest killing of a government official and one that comes just days after
Washington, August 6 (IANS): The global coronavirus caseload has topped 200.7 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.26 million and vaccinations soared to over 4.30 billion, according to the Johns
San Francisco, August 6 (IANS): Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has admitted that meeting the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was "a huge mistake" in his life. In an interview wit
R.R M. Lilani IANS Amidst the World Health Organization (WHO) calling for China to allow for the phase two probe into the origin of Covid-19, a top Texas Republican on the House of Foreign Affairs Committee
