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Kabul/UNI: Four people were killed and seven others injured as a blast hit the Police District 18 of Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, on Thursday evening, Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran said on Friday.
At least six drug peddlers were arrested during separate raids in Pakistan on Friday.
Pakistan International Airlines has cancelled over 500 flights in the past 13 days as it faces its worst-ever crisis after the Pakistan State Oil cut fuel supply over unpaid dues, media reports said.
At least seven people died due to armed conflict between two religious groups in Kurram region of Pakistan on Friday.
Pakistan’s plan to deport “undocumented” foreign nationals will disproportionately affect more than 1.4 million Afghans in the country, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Friday, expressing alarm.
The man suspected to be behind the mass shooting in the US region of Maine was found dead following a three-day manhunt.
New Delhi/IBNS: Israel Friday night launched massive strikes across northern Gaza which according to reports were the most "intense" since the start of the war with Hamas on October 7.
Gaza/IBNS: United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini confirmed Friday the loss of 57 of its workers in the Gaza Strip amid the Israeli-Hamas conflict.
A South Korean court has upheld a ban on same-sex relationships in the country's military, media reports said.
At least four people died and nine others were injured as an explosion rocked Afghanistan's Kabul city on Thursday, media reports said on Friday.
More than 114 million people worldwide have been forced to flee their homes by the end of September 2023, due to conflict, persecution and human rights violations, UN refugee agency UNHCR said on Wednesday.
The Taiwanese armed forces have detected 35 Chinese military aircraft and 15 vessels in the vicinity of the island, Taiwan's defence ministry said on Friday.
In recent years, China has been making significant strides in expanding its military capabilities, raising concerns among global powers, particularly the United States.
Former Chinese Premier Li Keqiang died of heart attack on Friday (October 27, 2023).
The US carried out airstrikes on two facilities in eastern Syria used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and affiliated groups, the Pentagon said on Saturday (October 27, 2023).
Jerusalem/IBNS/UNI: At least 138 people out of an estimated 220 taken hostage by Hamas and held in Gaza are of foreign nationality, Israeli media reported on Wednesday.
Ulan Bator/IBNS: Seven individuals lost their lives in a fire incident in a building in the Mongolian capital on Thursday morning, according to the National Emergency Management (NEM) Agency.
Tel Aviv: In a counter-assault against the Hamas attack on Israel, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are taking action to rescue Israeli civilians in the Kibbutz Be'eri near the Southern Israel Border. In a video released by the IDF, soldiers can be seen chasing Hamas operatives and swiftly neutralizing them.
Recent findings by the Canadian Bureau for International Education present a troubling trend for the Canadian higher education sector.
In a spectacular showcase of talent and cultural heritage, Purvika Chhuneja, an alumna of the College of Agriculture at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), has brought pride and honour to her alma mater and the nation.
A heart-wrenching incident in New York City on October 19 has left a small village in India grieving for one of its own.
Pakistan is grappling with a crippling economic crisis, losing a staggering USD 23 billion per year due to the pervasive issues of black marketing and smuggling, according to a recent report by ACE Money Transfer, a UK-based company.
A mass shooting in the US city of Lewiston has left 22 people dead, media reports said on Thursday (October 26, 2023).
Israel has agreed to postpone its planned invasion of Gaza in exchange for the United States’ rapid deployment of missile defense systems to protect its forces in the region, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
Gaza/IBNS/UNI: The death toll in the West Bank has risen to 103 since the latest armed conflict between Israel and Hamas broke out on October 7, the Palestinian Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
Freedom of speech, opinion and information is a fundamental human right. According to Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes the freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.
Uzbekistan has introduced a number of changes to improve legislation on the protection of property rights. Primarily, the changes were made to the updated Constitution.
The Belt Road Initiative has entered a new phase and Pakistan has put a 'blind trust' on China over it.
People in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) have been facing the troubles of high inflation, frequent load shedding, unemployment and other violations of human rights for a long time now and this has left them with no other options but to protest against the government.
Several Afghanistan migrants have said Pakistani authorities have increased their detention as the interim government's November 1 deadline to expel the migrants approaches.
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