Eight residents of central Daikundi province have died as a result of a gas explosion in a coal mine in Tajikistan, authorities said on Sunday. In a statement, the National Disaster Management Department said the incident happened inside a coalmine in the Sughd province of Tajikistan on Friday. It said five of the victims were More
Iran and the United States are expected to resume direct nuclear negotiations in Oman on Sunday, with the Trump administration waning of pulling out if the discussions make no headway. Oman, which mediates the negotiations, had sought Iran’s viewpoint about the date for the fourth round of talks, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said. IRNA More
The Group of Seven (G7) countries have urged India and Pakistan to initiate direct dialogue to end the war and exercise restraint, Reuters reported on Saturday. World powers have raised the alarm over the latest escalation in the decades-old India-Pakistan rivalry. India hit Pakistan with air strikes and missiles on Wednesday and since then both More
Pakistan launched a counter-offensive against India early Saturday, blaming the neighbour for striking three of its military bases with missiles. The retaliatory attacks began soon after India fired surface-to-air missiles from fighter jets at Nur Khan (Chaklala, Rawalpindi), Murid (Chakwal) and Rafiqui (Shorkot in Jhang district) air bases. But all assets of the air force More
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced that the remaining fixtures of the HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) will be shifted to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) due to rising cross-border tensions with India. In a statement released early Friday morning, the PCB said: “The PCB confirms that the remaining fixtures of the HBL PSL More
One individual has been killed and 32 others were injured as a result of heavy rainfall, flash floods, and strong winds in Jalalabad city, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, local officials said. In a statement, the Nangarhar Department of Public Health confirmed that one body and 32 injured individuals were brought to Jalalabad Regional More
Six military personnel have been killed after a helicopter crashed in Sri Lanka, the country’s Air Force confirmed on Friday. According to Reuters, a Bell 212 helicopter carrying 12 armed forces personnel crashed into the Maduru Oya reservoir during a training mission. Sri Lanka Air Force spokesman Group Captain Eranda Geeganage said that six of More
The second court hearing for former Afghan parliamentarian Abdul Zahir Qadir took place in Nairobi, with a decision on his extradition to the United States expected on May 13. According to the BBC, Zahir Qadir, a former member of Afghanistan’s parliament during the previous government, appeared in court in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya on More
US Vice President JD Vance has said that his country cannot intervene between India and Pakistan, but it can urge both sides to de-escalate rising tensions. Speaking on Thursday, Vance emphasized that while the US wants to see tensions ease quickly, it cannot control the nuclear-armed neighbors. “We want this thing to de-escalate as quickly More
Operations have been suspended at several airports in Pakistan and India, with flights no longer operating over Pakistani and northern Indian airspace, media reports said on Thursday. Pakistan claims to have shot down 12 Indian drones on Wednesday night. This development comes amid rising tensions between the two countries following an armed attack on tourists More
