United Nations Special Representative for Afghanistan Roza Otunbayeva will brief the UN Security Council on the situation in Afghanistan this month. Scheduled as part of the Security Council’s quarterly consultations, the meeting will focus on Afghanistan’s ongoing crisis and the challenges facing humanitarian aid, the UNSC said in a statement. Briefings will be delivered by More
The Afghanistan national under-17 football team has been awarded the Fair Play Award at the Central Asian Football Association (CAFA) competition. The Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) on Monday said the award ceremony was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Afghanistan entered the tournament as the defending champions but lost all three of its matches, finishing in More
Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell has announced his retirement from One-Day Internationals (ODIs), bringing an end to a remarkable 13-year career in the format. Maxwell made his ODI debut in August 2012 and went on to represent Australia in 149 matches, scoring 3,990 runs and claiming 77 wickets. Known for his explosive batting and dynamic presence More
At least 40 Russian aircraft have reportedly been destroyed in a Ukrainian drone strike on Russian territory, media reports said on Monday. The drone attack was confirmed by Ukraine’s Security Service on Sunday. In response, Moscow launched a barrage of missile and drone strikes on Ukraine, just hours before a new round of peace talks More
Karol Nawrocki, a nationalist opposition candidate, secured victory in Poland’s presidential election second round with 50.89% of the votes, Reuters reports. The country’s electoral commission announced early Monday on its website. Nawrocki’s main rival, Rafal Trzaskowski, the liberal mayor of Warsaw and an ally of the government led by Donald Tusk, garnered 49.11% of the More
Six people were injured in an attack during a demonstration in Boulder, Colorado, according to media reports. The incident occurred on Sunday as members of a volunteer group, Run For Their Lives, gathered to raise awareness about Israeli captives being held in Gaza, Al Jazeera reported. The suspect, identified as 45-year-old Mohamed Sabry Soliman, reportedly More
Flash floods and landslides killed at least 34 people in northeastern India in the past three days, a media report said on Monday. Indian TV reported: “At least 34 people have died in floods and landslides in the northeastern states – Assam, Manipur, Tripura, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and others – over the last three days”. More
At least seven people have been killed and 33 others injured after a passenger train derailed following a bridge collapse in Russia, according to media reports. TASS news agency quoted Moscow Railway officials as saying the collapse occurred due to interference with transport operations in the Vygonichsky District of the Bryansk Region on Saturday night. More
At least 10 people have died following the collapse of a stone quarry in Indonesia’s West Java province, according to media reports. The incident took place early Friday at the Gunung Kuda mining site in Cirebon, Al Jazeera reported. Footage from the site shows excavators clearing debris while emergency personnel transport victims in body bags More
The United Nations has declared Gaza “the hungriest place on Earth”, with its entire population at risk of famine. Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), told reporters in Geneva Gaza was the only defined territory in the world where the entire population faced famine. “The aid operation More
