Microsoft is closing down Skype, the video-calling service it bought for $8.5 billion in 2011. The tech giant said Friday it will retire Skype in May and shift some of its services to Microsoft Teams, its flagship videoconferencing and team applications platform. Skype users will be able to use their existing accounts to log into More
UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Friday that severe cuts to humanitarian and development funding by the United States will have devastating consequences for millions of vulnerable people worldwide. “These cuts impact a wide range of critical programmes,” he told reporters at the UN Headquarters in New York, highlighting the potential disruption to lifesaving humanitarian More
US President Donald Trump berated his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky during a heated argument in the Oval Office, an extraordinarily fractious display that only underscored the deeply uncertain future of American assistance to Kyiv. The CN N reported, never before has an American president verbally attacked his visitor like Trump did Zelensky, leading to an More
The United States has approved the sale of more than $3 billion in munitions, bulldozers and related equipment to Israel. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio signed off on the sales of $2.04 billion in bomb bodies and warheads, another $675.7 million in other bomb bodies and guidance kits, and $295 million in bulldozers and More
The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) announced on Friday that it will host a Tri-Nation Series featuring A teams from Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, and Ireland in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). In a statement, the ACB said the series will consist of seven One-Day matches, with Afghanistan A (AfghanAbdalyan) playing a four-day match against each participating More
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has reported that more than 500,000 people were displaced in Afghanistan due to climate change last year. In its latest report, the IOM stated that nearly nine million individuals were affected by climate-related hazards in the past 12 months, with over 500,000 displaced by floods, drought, and other natural More
At least four people, including JUI-S leader Maulana Hamidul Haq Haqqani, were killed and 20 others injured in a blast inside a seminary in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Friday, says a media report. The blast took place inside the Darul Uloom Haqqania seminary in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Nowshera district, Dawn reported. According to the report, the blast More
A weeklong closure of the Torkham crossing has disrupted bilateral trade and the movement of people, resulting in financial losses for traders and difficulties for stranded individuals. The key crossing point has been shut since February 21 after Pakistan closed it in response to a dispute over Afghanistan’s construction of military facilities, Associated Press reported. More
At least 11 people were killed and 65 others wounded in an explosion during a rally in the Congo city of Bukavu. The explosion occurred at a rally organized by the M23 rebels in the eastern city of Bukavu on Thursday, Reuters reported. The leader of the rebel alliance blamed President Felix Tshisekedi for the More
The Pakistan government has announced the launch of the second phase of repatriating Afghan refugees. In the second phase, Afghan Citizen Card (ACC) holders — numbering about 800,000 — would be sent back to their homeland, says the Ministry of Interior. Preparations have also been made to relocate legal Afghan citizens from Islamabad and Rawalpindi More
