French President Emmanuel Macron has said he will appoint a new prime minister in the coming days after the government was toppled by lawmakers. Michel Barnier, a veteran conservative, became the shortest-serving prime minister in modern French history when he resigned on Thursday after parliament voted him out over his fiscal plans, barely three months More
Ukraine has fired US-supplied missiles into Russia for the first time, reports the BBC. Russia’s defence ministry said the strike targeted the Bryansk region bordering Ukraine on Tuesday morning. It said five missiles were shot down and one caused damage – with its fragments igniting a fire at a military facility. But two US officials More
Amid escalating violence, more than a dozen security personnel have been killed in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. At least eight security personnel were killed and three others wounded in fierce gun battles with suspected militants in Tirah valley. Nine alleged fighters were also killed in the heavy exchange of gunfire, following an attack on a More
In the quiet village of Wodisaar, nestled within the Sherzad district of Nangarhar province, life carries on in a muted rhythm. Children play among fields, and elders gather under ancient trees, but the scars of a violent past linger just beneath the surface. For one family, the memories of a single night eight years ago More
As many as 419,000 Afghan decedents currently living in Germany marking it the 3rd biggest diaspora of Afghans outside Afghanistan, according to a study on Tuesday. The number of Afghans living in Germany has increased significantly over the last decade, especially since 2022, the German Council of Experts on Migration and Integration said. In 2023, More
Unidentified militants have kidnapped seven policemen from their check post in the Bannu district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local media reported on Tuesday. District Police Officer Ziauddin told GEO News unidentified gunmen seized control of the Rocha check post and kidnapped seven police personnel along with their weapons. According to the private TV channel, More
Afghanistan became member of the United Nations family 78 years ago on November 19, 1946, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said on Tuesday. On X, UNAMA wrote: “Pictured is envoy, Abdol Hosayn Aziz, signing the instrument of adherence to the UN Charter”. “Alongside Iceland & Sweden, the Afghan people became proud members More
The Afghan ambassador in Berlin, appointed by the former government, and consul general in Bonn have resigned their jobs. Yama Yari, the ambassador to Germany appointed by the previous administration, had stood down. Yari said in a statement considering the political position of the host country and its request, he had decided to step down. More
Dozens of American legislators have urged US President Joe Biden to push Islamabad to release Imran Khan and other political prisoners. In a letter, the second such communication in less than a month, 46 Democratic and Republican MPs called on the outgoing president to help secure the release of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman. The More
A former student went on a stabbing rampage at a vocational college in eastern China, killing eight people and injuring 17 others. According to Reuters, the knife attack occurred at the Wuxi Vocational College of Arts and Technology in Yixing, located in Wuxi city within the eastern province of Jiangsu. The 21-year-old suspect was arrested More
