Taliban to announce plans for girls’ education
BSS :The Taliban will announce a framework that allows girls to attend school in Afghanistan “soon,” a senior United Nations official said, after four weeks...
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Grand Mosque in Mecca drops social distancing
BSS :The Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia operated at full capacity Sunday, with worshippers praying shoulder-to-shoulder for the...
Kashmir leader Geelani’s grandson loses job
NDTV :After evolving incidents since the death of Indian-administered Kashmir’s separatist icon on September 1, India has now terminated a grandson of Syed Ali Shah...
5.1-magnitude quake hits in New Zealand
BSS :An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted Kermadec Islands, New Zealand at 02:30:57 GMT on Sunday, the U.S.Geological Survey said.The epicenter, with a...
New Japan PM sends offering to Yasukuni shrine
AFP :Japan’s new prime minister on Sunday sent a ritual offering to the controversial Yasukuni shrine that honours war dead and is seen by neighbouring...
Venezuela’s fugitive businessman extradited to US
BSS :A fugitive businessman accused of acting as a money launderer for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s regime was extradited Saturday to the United States from...
Iranian warship fends off pirate attack in Gulf of Aden
Al jazeera :Pirates on five boats attacked two Iranian oil tankers but were repelled by army vessels, authorities said.Tehran, Iran – An Iranian warship has...
Ship sinks in Brazil, 6 dead
BSS :At least six people died and another one is missing after a ship sank in the Paraguay River in the central-western Brazilian state of...
Up to 17 US missionaries and family kidnapped in Haiti
Reuters :As many as 17 American Christian missionaries and their families, including children, were kidnapped on Saturday by gang members in Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince,...
Myanmar junta chief excluded from ASEAN summit
BSS :Myanmar junta chief will be excluded from an upcoming ASEAN summit, the group said on Saturday, a rare rebuke as concerns rise over the...
US offers to pay families of Afghans killed in drone attack
Al Jazeera :The Pentagon had said earlier that the August 29 attack targeted an ISKP suicide bomber who posed an imminent threat to US-led troops...
WTO again fails to agree on Covid vaccine patent waive
BSS :The World Trade Organization said on Friday that its member nations had again failed to agree to suspend intellectual property rights for Covid-19 vaccines,...