Nearly 11,515 Afghans returned to the country from Pakistan, Iran, Tajikistan and several other countries between 3 and 9 May this year, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says. In a newly released chart, UNHCR said 5,150 of the returnees were men and 6,365 were women. According to the report, 11,354 people returned More
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) says economic pressures, declining global aid, worsening drought and the return of millions of migrants over the past year have further deteriorated living conditions in Afghanistan, increasing the urgent need for sustainable solutions. In a new report, UNDP said poverty in Afghanistan continued to deepen, with nearly three out More
Saudi Arabia launched a series of undisclosed strikes against Iran in late March in retaliation for attacks carried out on the kingdom during the recent Middle East conflict, media reports said on Tuesday. According to Reuters, the previously unreported attacks marked the first known instance of Saudi Arabia directly carrying out military operations on Iranian More
At least seven people were killed and 18 others, including women and children, wounded in a blast near Naurang police station in the Lakki Marwat district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday, a media report said. The blast occurred near a rickshaw in Naurang Bazaar in the Sarai Naurang area, Geo News reported. It More
The United States has imposed new sanctions on three individuals and nine companies, including four based in Hong Kong, four in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and one in Oman, for allegedly facilitating the shipment and sale of Iranian oil to China, a media report said on Tuesday. According to Reuters, the sanctions were imposed More
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) says more than 750 civilian casualties were recorded as a result of Pakistani military attacks on Afghanistan during the first three months of 2026, with the majority caused by airstrikes. In its latest report covering the period from January 1 to March 31, 2026, UNAMA said most More
India is set to host the foreign ministers’ meeting of BRICS on May 14-15, a media report said on Tuesday. Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi is expected to visit India to attend the BRICS summit in New Delhi, India TV reported. India currently holds the BRICS presidency and will organise the foreign ministers’ meeting More
Fourteen people have gone missing after a boat carrying Indonesian migrants sank off the western coast of Malaysia, a media report said on Tuesday. The boat was believed to be carrying 37 undocumented Indonesian migrants when it sank on Monday, Reuters reported. A fisherman alerted authorities after spotting bodies and survivors floating in waters near More
At least 35 people were injured, four of them critically, after a massive fire broke out at a customs warehouse in Mastung district of Balochistan. According to Dawn, the fire erupted at a customs facility in the Lakpass area on the Quetta–Karachi highway, around 30 kilometres from Quetta. It quickly spread to a nearby parking More
Six bodies have been discovered inside a train boxcar in Texas, United States, authorities said. According to Reuters, citing police, the bodies were found on Sunday in Laredo, a city near the US-Mexico border. A Union Pacific employee discovered the bodies at a train yard in a remote area. Police and firefighters later confirmed the More
