At least seven people were killed and three others injured in two roadside explosions in Bannu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Saturday, the blasts occurred in different areas of Bannu earlier in the day. The first explosion took place when an improvised explosive device planted along a roadside detonated, hitting a passenger van travelling from Hathi More
A diplomatic row has erupted between the United States and Italy after US President Donald Trump claimed that Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni had “begged” him for a photograph on the sidelines of the G7 summit, prompting Rome to cancel a planned diplomatic visit to Washington. According to The Guardian, Trump made the comments during More
Pakistan’s Interior Minister Syed Mohsin Raza Naqvi has travelled to Tehran for talks with senior Iranian officials, according to reports. Tasnim News Agency reported on Saturday that Naqvi will meet and hold discussions with Iranian officials during his visit. According to the report, Naqvi is monitoring the process of Iran–US talks in Tehran. No further More
At least 24 people have been killed, 97 others injured and 515 detained during ongoing protests in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, according to a media report on Saturday. The region has also witnessed widespread shutdowns, road blockades and internet disruptions amid the unrest. The protests began ahead of a strike called against the allocation of 12 reserved More
By Mahmood Haqdost, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Wesal TV(Whitby): A new Durham Region survey has found overwhelming support for keeping the Regional Chair elected, adding to growing opposition to a provincial law that gives the Ford government the power to appoint the position. Of the 1,311 residents who participated in the survey, more than 92 More
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has approved new regulations banning children under the age of 15 from using social media platforms and requiring technology companies to prevent them from creating or operating accounts through age-verification systems. According to Reuters, the regulations, approved on Thursday, prohibit children under 15 from creating, using, or managing personal social More
Sakina, a woman who mortgaged her home and sold her gold jewelry to invest in the “Gold BS” platform, says she and many other Afghans have lost their savings after the platform abruptly ceased operations. Afghanistan’s central bank has also stressed that the platform never held an official license to operate. Gold BS was an More
More than six million Afghans have returned from Pakistan and Iran since September 2023, placing immense pressure on services and communities across Afghanistan, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Thursday. Arafat Jamal, UNHCR Representative in Afghanistan, made the remarks during a press conference in Kabul ahead of World Refugee Day. He said More
US President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian have electronically signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at ending the war between the United States, Israel and Iran. According to Reuters, the United States and Iran on Wednesday released the text of an interim agreement signed by their presidents to end the conflict. However, Trump More
Coinciding with the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, United Nations experts have warned that Afghanistan is among the countries most vulnerable to climate change. According to the experts, recurring droughts, expanding desertification, dwindling water resources and extreme weather events pose serious threats to the livelihoods of millions of people and the country’s food More
