At least 27 Nigerian soldiers have been killed in a suicide attack in the northeast of the country, a media report said on Monday. The attack also killed an officer from the Ministry of Defence and left several others injured, The Economic Times reported. “The suicide attack killed 27 soldiers, including their commander, and left More
At least 70 people have been killed in an attack on the only functional hospital in the besieged city of El Fasher in Sudan, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced the death toll from the hospital attack in El Fasher in a post on X. “The appalling More
US President Donald Trump’s foreign aid pause has forced a suspension of flights for more than 40,000 Afghans approved for Special Immigration Visas (SIV). Following an executive order Donald Trump, the refugee resettlement programs has been suspended. According to a VOA report, the officials of Afghan evacuation program say that flights for more than 40,000 More
The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says that renewables are projected to become the world’s largest source of electricity generation this year. In a message on the International Clean Energy Day expressed commitment to an era of clean energy with speed, justice and collaboration. Today (Sunday) January 26 is marked as the International Clean Energy More
The US Secretary of State has threatened to place a higher bounty on top leaders of the Taliban if it is confirmed that they are holding more American hostages than previously reported. In a post on X, Marco Rubio wrote: “Just hearing the Taliban is holding more American hostages than has been reported. If this More
At least 66 Afghan nationals have been released from Pakistani jails and returned to Afghanistan, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) announced on Saturday. In a statement on X, the ministry said these individuals, who had spent between three days to one month in various prisons, were freed through the efforts of Afghan officials. More
Germany is planning to deport a group of “convicted” Afghan nationals to Afghanistan for the second time since the re-establishment of the Taliban, according to a media report. Reuters, citing Sueddeutsche Zeitung, reported that the German Ministry of Interior is coordinating the deportations with a regional partner. The move is expected to take place before More
President Donald Trump’s order, a media report said on Saturday. US officials told Reuters: “Two US military aircraft, each carrying about 80 migrants, flew from the US to Guatemala”. “Guatemala and the United States are committed to putting an end to illegal migration and strengthening border security”: the State Department added. On her X handle, More
The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced its Men’s T20I Team of the Year 2024 on Saturday, featuring veteran leggie Rashid Khan from Afghanistan. Khan was excellent in 2024, leading Afghanistan’s bowling attack, taking 31 wickets in 14 matches. Khan’s performances were exceptional last year, particularly in the T20 World Cup where Afghanistan found their way to semi-final More
Rahila, an Afghan woman, along with her child and husband, who had been imprisoned in Karachi’s central jail for the past two years, has been freed and sent back to Afghanistan, according to the Afghan consulate. In a video message, the Afghan Consul General in Karachi, Maulvi Sayed Abdul Jabbar Takhari, said that Rahila, who More
