Three major blazes continue to devastate Los Angeles, with the Palisades Fire having already burnt more than 23,000 acres, the BBC reported on Tuesday. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced “urgent preparations” were underway as high winds were expected to peak on Tuesday, complicating firefighting efforts. At least 24 people have been confirmed dead, and More
Since the start of the last solar year, over 24,000 families in Afghanistan have been displaced, more than 50 percent in Herat and Helmand provinces, due to droughts, earthquakes, floods and other natural calamities. The affected households are seeking urgent assistance, while experts stress the need to address the detrimental impacts of climate change. They More
Former president Hamid Karzai has welcomed the holding of a conference on girls’ education in Muslim countries in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, calling education the undeniable right of girls. The two-day international conference, initiated by the Muslim World League (MWL), and hosted by Pakistan, concluded on Sunday. The conference ended with a strong emphasis More
Another forty-five Afghan nationals have been released from jails in Pakistan, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) said on Sunday. In a statement, MoRR said these individuals were freed from different prisons after spending three to 15 days following efforts by Afghan officials. “These Afghans had been detained for lack of legal residency documents,” More
The Afghanistan Cricket Board’s National Selection Committee on Sunday announced National Team’s squad for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy, which is scheduled to be played from February 19 to March 09 this year in Pakistan and UAE. Afghanistan’s prolific top-order batter, Ibrahim Zadran, who was away from action due to an ankle injury, has returned More
Eleven bodies have been recovered from a collapsed coal mine near Quetta, the capital city of Pakistan’s Balochistan province, according to reports on Sunday. A gas explosion in a mine in the Sanjeedi area of Quetta caused a section of the mine to collapse, trapping twelve miners. Pir Muhammad Kakar, one of the leaders of More
Six people have been killed and eight others injured as a result of a gas cylinder explosion at a restaurant in northwestern Czech Republic, a media report said on Sunday. Reuters reported the Czech Republic’s fire department as saying that the restaurant building caught fire after a gas cylinder explosion, and people around the building More
The death toll from Los Angeles wildfires in California has risen to 16, with over 12,000 houses burnt to ashes, a media report said on Sunday. As the blaze continues to rage, NBC News reported Palisades, Eaton, Hurst, Kent and Lidia counties were the worst-affected areas. Local officials asked residents to avoid returning home in More
Muslim World League (MWL) secretary general Sheikh Muhammad bin Abdul Kareem Al-Issa says Islam imposes no restrictions on girls’ education. He also announced that agreements would be signed at the end of a two-day conference on girls’ education in Muslim countries in Islamabad in order to support girls’ education. He made the remarks on Saturday More
CBC investigation reveals which countries benefit most, and why This story is part of Welcome to Canada, a CBC News series about immigration told through the eyes of the people who have experienced it. The number of refugee claimants Canada has accepted has more than doubled since 2018. A CBC investigation has found that people from More
