Israel’s political-security cabinet on early Friday approved a plan to take military control of Gaza City despite intensifying criticism at home and abroad over the devastating almost two-year-old war. “The IDF will prepare to take control of Gaza City while providing humanitarian aid to the civilian population outside the combat zones,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu More
Eight individuals, including Ghana’s Defence Minister, have been killed in a military helicopter crash, media reports said on Thursday. Ghana’s Defence Minister, Edward Omane Boamah, died in a military helicopter crash on Wednesday along with four other government officials and three Air Force crew members, Reuters reported, citing government sources. Julius Debrah, Chief of Staff More
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China for the first time in over seven years amid escalating tensions with the US, a media report said on Thursday. Reuters reported, citing a government source that Modi will travel to China to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization multilateral summit scheduled to begin on August 31. It More
A White House official has said that US President Donald Trump may meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin next week. Reuters reported this will be the first face-to-face meeting between the presidents of the United States and Russia since Biden and Putin met in Geneva in June 2021. Trump, in a call with European leaders, More
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) says nearly 300 Afghan refugees have returned to their homeland after their release from prisons in Pakistan. These individuals returned to the country on Wednesday, the ministry announced in a brief post on its X handle on Thursday. Citing Spin Boldak-based officials in Kandahar province, the ministry wrote More
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says 1.668 million Afghan refugees have returned to their country as of July 26. In a statement, OCHA wrote: “An estimated 1,668,000 Afghans have returned to Afghanistan in 2025, including 1,280,000 from Iran and 389,000 from Pakistan”. Between July 1 and 26 alone, approximately More
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has voiced concern over Pakistan’s intention to forcibly deport Afghan refugees holding Proof of Registration (POP) cards. On July 31, the Ministry of Interior of Pakistan said the legal validity of all refugee documentation, including POR cards, had expired on June 30, 2025. The ministry said that More
Pakistan has extended the deadline for Afghan refugees holding Proof of Registration (POR) cards until September 1, a media report said on Wednesday. On July 31, the Ministry of Interior of Pakistan said the legal validity of all refugee documentation, including POR cards, had expired on June 30, 2025. The ministry said that holders of More
The Kremlin has announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Steve Witkoff, special envoy of US President Donald Trump, in Moscow on Wednesday. The meeting took place just days before the White House’s deadline for Russia to reach a peace deal with Ukraine, or face potentially severe economic penalties — including sanctions that could More
Abu Muslim Farah football team has left for Bhutan to play against the country’s Paro FC football club, the Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) said on Tuesday. AFF said on its Facebook page the Abu Muslim Farah team is scheduled to face the Bhutanese club in the playoff stage of the Asian Challenge League on August More
