The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday received the largest amount of rainfall in 75 years, flooding public roads in Dubai and different areas, media reports said on Wednesday. The country witnessed the rare heavy rain over the past 24 hours, marking the highest since climatic data recording began in 1949, Emirates News Agency WAM reported. More
In the wake of Australia postponing their T20I series against Afghanistan, spin sensation Rashid Khan is mulling his participation in the Big Bash League (BBL). Rashid Khan is “hurt” by Cricket Australia’s decision recently to indefinitely postpone Australia’s scheduled three-match T20I series against Afghanistan. In response, Rashid, who is currently playing for Gujarat Titans in More
With the initiation of the second phase of Afghan refugees’ repatriation from Pakistan, Medicines Sans Frontier (MSF) has expressed its deep concern for the rights and welfare the deportees. In the second phase of repatriation, which started on April 15, about 800,000 Afghan refugees face the risk of deportation from the neighbouring country. MSF said More
Top Uzbek and Qatari have exchanged views on the execution of the Trans-Afghan Railway project, a media report said on Tuesday. Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Qatar Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, heading a delegation to Tashkent, discussed the railroad project. According to Trend news agency, the two sides also held discussions More
Amid mounting calls for restraint, the Israeli army chief has pledged retaliation for Iran’s missile and drone assault, but Tehran also warned of a tit-for-tat action in case of threats to its interests Gen. Herzi Halevi issued the warning while speaking troops at a military base struck in the Iranian attack late on Saturday. AFP More
Afghanistan’s veteran all-rounder Mohammad Nabi has opened a branch of Adei Hospital west of the capital Kabul. On his Facebook page, Nabi wrote: “Based on your request, especially residents of Kart-i-Chahar, Kart-i-Seh, Khoshal Khan Mena and Dar-ul-Aman, the Adei Foundation and Adei Hospital Group opened this new hospital in the west of Kabul City, behind More
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will visit Pakistan next week for discussions on a wide range of issues, including bilateral security cooperation and the situation in Afghanistan. The two-day trip, beginning on April 22, will be his first foreign visit following Iran’s unprecedented missile and drone onslaught on Israel late on Saturday. Raisi is the first More
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) says pine nuts worth 27 million US dollars were exported abroad last year. Akhundzada Abdul Salam Jawad, a spokesman for the ministry, told Pajhwok Afghan News that over 2,500 tons of pine nuts were exported to foreign countries in the past one year. He said the pine nuts More
A high-level Saudi delegation led by Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Abdullah is set to arrive in Islamabad today (Monday) for talks on economic cooperation between the two countries. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad said in a statement the two-day visit was essentially aimed to expedite follow-up action on the understanding reached between More
Iran and the US have swapped threats at an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council, with Tehran and Tel Aviv branding each other as a threat to peace in the Middle East. Each side urged the 15-member Security Council to slap sanctions on each other, AFP reported, quoting the Israeli ambassador as accusing More
