Blast at Afghan Mosque kills 14 Including Cleric: Police
KABUL: A blast outside a mosque in the city of Herat in Western Afghanistan on Friday killed a high-profile pro-Taliban cleric as well as civilians...
IMF Set to Provide $2.9 Billion to Help Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka
COLOMBO: The International Monetary Fund announced Thursday it has reached a preliminary agreement to provide Sri Lanka with $2.9 billion over four years to help...
Ex-Malaysian First Lady Ordered to Serve 10 Years For Graft
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Former Malaysian first lady Rosmah Mansor was ordered to serve 10 years in prison after being found guilty on Thursday of soliciting...
Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev Dies at 91
MOSCOW: Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has passed away after a protracted illness in Moscow. He was 91. Paying tribute to deceased leader, the United...
US Provides $30m Humanitarian Assistance For Flood Affectees in Pakistan
The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), on Tuesday announced an additional $30 million in life-saving humanitarian assistance to support people...
Chinese President, Premier Express Solidarity With Pakistan Flood Victims
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang have expressed grief and solidarity with the Pakistani leadership and people over human and financial losses...
Taliban Nearing Contract For Purchase of Gasoline From Russia
KABUL: The Taliban administration is in the final stages of talks in Moscow over the terms of a contract for Afghanistan to purchase gasoline and...
Indian PM Narendra Modi Extends Condolence’ to Pakistan’s Flood Victims
NEW DELHI: India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday offered heartfelt condolences to the families suffering from the extreme rain-induced flooding in Pakistan, hoping for...
Queen Elizabeth ‘Deeply Saddened’ On Destruction in Pakistan By Floods
LONDON: Queen Elizabeth says she is deeply saddened by the widespread flooding that has claimed more than 1,000 lives in Pakistan this summer. Pakistan has...
U.S. Warships Transit Taiwan Strait
WASHINGTON: Two U.S. Navy warships sailed through international waters in the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, the first such operation since a visit to Taiwan by...
US Judge Recommends 9/11 Attack Victims Can’t Take Assets Belong To Afghanistan
New York: A United States judge has recommended that victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks not be allowed to seize billions of dollars of...
Japan National Police Chief Resigns Over Abe Assassination
TOKOYO: In Japan, the head of National Police Agency has resigned after an investigation confirmed shortcomings in the security plans for assassinated former Prime Minister...
Million COVID-19 Deaths in 2022: WHO
GENEVA: The World Health Organization announced on Thursday (Aug 25) that a million people had died from COVID-19 in 2022, calling it a “tragic milestone”...
Indian Forces Martyr Three Youth in Baramulla
SRINAGAR: In Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the Indian troops in their fresh act of state terrorism martyred three more youth in Baramulla district...
Russian President Signs Decree to Increase Size of Armed Forces
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to increase the size of Russia’s armed forces from 1.9 to 2.04 million. The figure, which...
Turkey’s Normalization Of Relations With Israel Will Not Weaken Country’s Support To Palestine; Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that recent steps to normalise Ankara’s ties with Israel will not weaken the country’s support for Palestine in...
Indian Troops Martyr Two Kashmiri Youth in IIOJK
Indian troops in their fresh act of state terrorism martyred two Kashmiri youth in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. The youth were martyred by...
Indian Govt Forced Twitter to Put ‘Agent’ on Payroll, Grant Access to User Data, Says Former Security Chief
Whistle-blower alleges that the company misled regulators about deficiencies in its ability to protect users against hackers or even spam Peiter Zatko, former head of...
Ukraine Girds For More Violence on Independence Day, War’s Six Month Mark
KYIV: Ukrainians on Wednesday (Aug 24) mark 31 years since they broke free from the Russia-dominated Soviet Union in what is certain to be a...
EU Provides Rs76m to Assist Flood-Victims of Pakistan
The European Union is providing nearly 76 million rupees as humanitarian assistance to families affected by severe flooding, which has wreaked havoc across many parts...