Afghans fear for jobs and money
AFP :As a nurse at one of Kabul’s main hospitals, Latifa Alizada was the breadwinner for her family, providing for her three young boys and...
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Malaysian mothers hail win for equality in citizenship case
AFP :A group of Malaysian mothers won a landmark legal challenge Thursday, overturning what they described as discriminatory citizenship rules affecting women who gave birth...
Philippines braces for typhoon
AFP :At least one person died and 17 others weremissing after a storm dumped heavy rain and caused flooding in the Philippines, authorities said on...
Hundreds of unaccompanied children evacuated from Afghanistan:UN
AFP:Many children were separated from their families amidst the chaotic conditions in Afghanistan after the Taliban swept into power, and hundreds were evacuated unaccompanied from...
BBC director of news Fran Unsworth to step down
INDEPENDENT :The BBC’s director of news and current affairs is to step down from her role next year, it has been announced.Fran Unsworth, who took...
Trial of accused 9/11 mastermind restarts
AFP :The prosecution of alleged September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others restarts Tuesday, just days before the 20th anniversary of the attacks,...
23 killed as bus plunges off cliff in Bolivia
AFPAt least 23 people, including three children, were killed after a bus plunged off a cliff in central Bolivia, police and witnesses said.The bus, carrying...
UN condemns military coup in Guinea
XINHUA :International organizations such as the United Nations (UN), the African Union (AU) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), as well as...
At least 30 dead in DR Congo attack
AFP :At least 30 people were killed in a weekend attack in the restive northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo, local and UN sources...
IS-K kills 10 policemen near Iraq’s Kirkuk
Reuters :Islamic State militants killed 10 Iraqi policemen and wounded four during an overnight attack on a guard post near the city of Kirkuk, police...
Taliban push deep into Afghanistan’s holdout Panjshir Valley
AFP :Taliban fighters have advanced deep into the Afghanistan’s holdout Panjshir Valley, with resistance fighters saying they are keeping the Islamists at bay, but analysts...
Taliban yet to name government as Panjshir resistance holds
AFP :Fresh fighting was reported Saturday between the Taliban and resistance forces in Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley, even as the hardline Islamists finalise a new government...