Colombo, August 23 (IANS): Sri Lanka's medical experts on Monday said the Delta variant of the Covid-19 which is spreading across the country has acquired four mutations due to the high transmission rate bu
San Francisco, August 23 (IANS): The Caldor Fire raging in California's El Dorado County has spread to 104,309 acres, with only 5 per cent containment, authorities have said, adding that more homes and busi
Jakarta, August 23 (IANS): Thailand's tourist hotspot Pattaya may delay its planned reopening to vaccinated travellers on September 1, as the city is dealing with insufficient inoculations among locals and
Tel Aviv, August 23 (IANS): An Israeli state commission to investigate the deadly stampede in April at a Jewish festival held its first hearing.
The government-appointed commission began proceedings on Sunda
Berlin, August 23 (AP): The German military says a firefight broke out at the Kabul airport's north gate early on Monday between Afghan security forces and unknown attackers.
The military said in a tweet
Tokyo, August 23 (AP): Japan will send three military aircraft to Afghanistan starting Monday to evacuate Japanese citizens and local staff as security deteriorates following the Taliban takeover, officials sai
New Delhi, August 22 (PTI): "Everything is finished", don't know what the future holds for us"-- these were the words of an Afghan lawmaker and a mother of an infant who burst into tears as s
KABUL, AUGUST 22 (IANS): The Taliban have extended their amnesty to deposed Afghan President and Vice President Ashraf Ghani and Amrullah Saleh, respectively, allowing the two to return to Afghanistan if they s
Washington, Aug 22 (PTI) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday described as incredibly volatile the situation at the overcrowded Kabul airport where many people have died as thousands of foreign nation
London, August 22 (AP): Tony Blair, the British prime minister who deployed troops to Afghanistan 20 years ago after the 9/11 attacks, says the US decision to withdraw from the country has every Jihadist group
Beijing, August 22 (PTI): As China, Pakistan mull a joint strategy to push for a global recognition of the Taliban regime in war-torn Afghanistan to further their interests, experts have warned the all-weather
Kabul, August 22 (AP): A panicked crush of people trying to enter Kabul's international airport killed seven Afghan civilians in the crowds, the British military said Sunday, showing the danger still posed
San Francisco, August 22 (IANS): Billionaire Jeff Bezos has bought a ice cream-making machine in his sprawling Beverly Hills home in the US.
Los Angeles-based CVT Soft Serve shared a post on Instagram about
Madrid, August 21 (AP): The European Union's top officials warned the Taliban on Saturday that the current conversations being held to secure the exit of as many Afghan evacuees as possible do not mean the
Islamabad, August 21 (PTI): Pakistan on Saturday said it had formally complained with the US authorities over an attack on terror-convict Dr Afia Siddiqui inside a prison in Texas.
The Foreign Office said in
Kabul, August 21 (IANS): Afghans are becoming increasingly scared they may run out of money, as banks remain shut for the seventh day in Afghanistan.
Banks and cash machines in Afghanistan stay closed for th
Kabul, August 21 (IANS): Tens of members of armed uprising groups attacked the Pol-e-Hesar district of northern Baghlan province in Afghanistan and cleared them of the Taliban.
Ever since the Taliban toppled
London, August 21 (IANS): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that his country will work with the Taliban "if necessary", as the group has regained control of Afghanistan.
"What I want to ass
Kuala Lumpur, August 21 (IANS): Malaysia's King Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah has appointed former Deputy Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob as new Prime Minister of the country, the national palace ann
Ankara, August 21 (IANS): The death toll from Turkey's flash floods along the Black Sea coast has increased to 81, the country's disaster agency said.
Seventy people died as a result of floods in Kas