Ten people have been killed in an attack on a convoy in Kurram district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, says a media report. The convoy carrying food and other essential items to Parachinar, came under attack in Bagan area on Friday, Dawn reported. A local police officer speaking on condition of anonymity told AFP those killed in More
The Israel security cabinet has voted in favour of the Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal between Hamas and Tel Aviv, a media report said on Saturday. On January 12, Qatar Prime Minister Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al Thani told a press conference that Hamas and Israel had agreed to a six-week ceasefire and hostage release More
The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for $ 1.5 billion for its 2025 Health Emergency Appeal (HEA), to support life-saving health interventions worldwide, according to a statement on Friday. “Conflicts, outbreaks, climate-related disasters and other health emergencies are no longer isolated or occasional – they are relentless, overlapping and intensifying,” said Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. More
After 15 months of conflict, Hamas and Israel have reached a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release agreement, mediators confirmed. The deal would come into force on Sunday so long as it was approved by the Israeli cabinet, the BBC quoted Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani as saying. The truce would More
Soon the Hamas-Israel ceasefire and hostage release deal, at least 30 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli air airstrikes on Gaza, say media reports. The UN welcomed the ceasefire and hostage release agreement between the warring parties in the troubled Palestinian enclave. Sheikh Mohammad bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani, the prime minister of Qatar, told More
The Afghan transit trade has significantly slumped in the first five months of the current financial year, a media report said on Wednesday. From July to November 2024, the Afghan transit trade amounted to 464.6 million dollars, declining by 89% on an annual basis, The New International said. The Afghan transit trade volume was 2.23 More
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says 14.3 million Afghans need health services this year, but the agency will be able to provide such assistance to only 9.3 million people. OCHA said in a statement, it needed $279.7 million for health services and other forms of aid in the country More
South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol has been arrested by investigators over accutions of insurrection for briefly imposing matial law, Al Jazeera reported on Wednesday. “The Joint Investigation Headquarters executed an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk-yeol today [January 15] at 10:33 am [01:30 GMT],” the authorities said in a statement on Wednesday, making Yoon More
Tehran and Moscow are set to ink a comprehensive strategic agreement on Friday, Iranian media reported on Tuesday. ISNA said Russian President Vladimir Putin would meet his Iranian counterpart Massoud Pezeshkian on a number of issues of common interest. The two leaders would also sign a comprehensive strategic agreement between their countries, the report added. More
US President Joe Biden has says a ceasefire and hostage release deal is “on the brink” of completion, following optimism from Israel and Hamas officials as negotiations are underway in Qatar, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday. Biden’s remarks came a day after he spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the negotiations, with More
