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
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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
Mexico City, August 21 (IANS): The Mexican government has sent a second shipment of aid to Haiti with 20 tonnes of food and medicine to help with recovery efforts after the Caribbean island was struck by a 7.2-
Ramallah, August 21 (IANS): Dozens of Palestinian protesters were injured in clashes with Israeli soldiers in several West Bank cities and villages, medics and witnesses said. Ahmed Jibril, director of emerg
Kabul, August 21 (IANS): Taliban's political chief Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar on Saturday said the insurgent group intends to have economic and trade ties with all countries around the world, including the
New Delhi, August 21 (IANS): Amid reports of the alleged abduction of around 150 Indians from outside the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Saturday, local Afghan journalist Zaki Daryabi said that
WASHINGTON, AUgust 21 (AP) — President Joe Biden has pledged firmly to bring all Americans home from Afghanistan — and all Afghans who aided the war effort, too — as officials confirmed that U
Beijing, August 20 (PTI): China has said Afghanistan must not become a "gathering place" for terrorism again and should be supported in its resolute fight against the scourge after the Taliban insurge
New Delhi, August 20 (IANS): The Panjshir Valley is Afghanistan's last remaining holdout where anti-Taliban forces seem to be working on forming a guerrilla movement to take on the Islamic fundamentalist gr
KHARTOUM, AUGUST 20 (IANS): Sudan's Justice Minister Nasredeen Abdelbari said the country will expand cooperation with the International Criminal Court (ICC) to ensure trial of those accused of war crimes i
Vatican City, August 20 (AP): The Vatican's newspaper is calling on the international community to welcome Afghan civilians fleeing the Taliban, expressing incredulousness that before deciding to abandon th
Kabul, August 20 (AP): Taliban fighters tortured and killed members of an ethnic minority in Afghanistan after recently overrunning their village, Amnesty International said, fuelling fears that they will again
Nouakchott, August 20 (IANS): Forty-seven migrants were found dead off the coast of Nouadhibou, northwest Mauritania, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) announc
San Francisco, August 20 (IANS): Fuelled by wind and dry conditions, the Caldor Fire burning in El Dorado county in Northern California has scorched 65,474 acres of land so far, and grew 10 times in size in jus
New Delhi, August 20 (IANS): China, already Afghanistan's largest foreign investor, is seen as likely to lead the race to help the country build an efficient mining system to meet its insatiable needs for m
Wellington, August 20 (IANS): New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Friday announced that the ongoing top level 4 national lockdown will be extended until 11.59 p.m. on August 24. The announcement cam
Beijing, August 20 (PTI): China's national legislature on Friday formally endorsed the three-child policy mooted by the ruling Communist Party, in a major policy shift aimed to prevent a steep decline in bi
Kuala Lumpur, August 20 (AP): Malaysia's longest-governing political party reclaimed the premiership it lost in a shock 2018 election defeat, after the king on Friday named its candidate, Ismail Sabri Yaako
United Nations, August 19 (PTI): Pakistan-based terror groups like LeT and JeM continue to operate with both impunity and encouragement, India told the UN Security Council on Thursday, calling on it not to take
Kabul, August 19 (AP/PTI) Afghan protesters defied the Taliban for a second day Thursday, waving their national flag in scattered demonstrations, and the fighters again responded violently as they faced down gr
