Former US secretary of state and national security advisor Henry Kissinger has died at 100, CNN reported on Thursday. The iconic US foreign policy figure passed away on Wednesday at his home in Connecticut, Kissinger Associates said, without giving the cause of his death. A Harvard University faculty member, Kissinger and Vietnamese politician Le Duc More
At least one soldier has been confirmed dead and seven others missing as a US military CV-22 Osprey crashed in Japan. The Special Operations Command of the US Air Force said the plane crashed out of the Yokata Airport in Japan on Wednesday. Seven on board are still missing while one of them was found More
Qatar says the provisional ceasefire between Middle Eastern foes Israel and Hamas in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza will be extended by a day. In Doha, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement: “Palestinian and Israeli sides reached an agreement to extend the humanitarian truce in the Gaza Strip for an additional day More
Shamsia, 35, one of the victims of forced marriages, is disabled on both legs going through painful life since her miseries started by forced marriage and further aggravated by divorce because she was unable to give birth to a child. Forced marriages is one of the basic problems that existed for years within Afghan society More
The World Health Organisation (WHO) head has underlined the need for a sustained truce in Gaza, as the pause in fighting is set to end. In a post on X, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said a continued ceasefire was a matter of life and death for civilians in the embattled Palestinian enclave. The WHO director-general added: More
About 295 Afghan nationals have reached Toronto on a charter flight from Pakistan, says Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). IRCC wrote on its X handle: “Today, 295 Afghan nationals arrived in Toronto on a charter flight from Pakistan. They will continue their journey to approximately 23 communities across Canada, including Calgary, Kingston, and Ottawa.” More
The people of Waziristan, just like Chaman residents, have rejected the condition of visa and passport for entry into Afghanistan, Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) chairman said on Tuesday. PTM chairman Manzoor Ahmad Pashteen made these remarks at a gathering attended by tens of thousands of protesting people in the Chaman town of Pakistan’s Balochistan province. More
Cricket shortest and fastest format T10 League will begin in the United Arab Emirate (UAE) today (Tuesday), according to a media report. The tournament sees defending champions Deccan Gladiators take on New York Strikers, in the opening game of the tournament. Players from all over the world, including Afghanistan are taking part in the tournament. More
Pakistan has warned all Afghan refugees against supporting or funding political and electoral activities in the country. Violations of the directives would entail deportations irrespective the legal status of the refugees, the Interior Ministry in Islamabad said in a statement on Monday. Funding any candidate’s political and electoral activities Afghan nationals residing in Pakistan was More
Qatar has announced a two-day extension in the pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, says a media report. Each day since the four-day truce began on Friday, Hamas has released some of hostages while Israel also freed some Palestinians, Reuters reported. “The State of Qatar announces that, as part of the ongoing More
