The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has asked UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) to assist the communities facing extreme temperatures and droughts. “#Afghanistan is among the top 10 most vulnerable countries to climate change, despite emitting less than 0.1% of global greenhouse gases,” OCHA wrote on its X handle. It stressed: More
About 325 Afghan refugees returned from Turkey to their homeland in the past two days, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations (MoRR) announced on Sunday. On X, MoRR wrote 325 legal and illegal Afghan refugees had been deported and landed in their country on November 8 and 9. Deputy Minister of Refugees Maulvi Abdul Rahman More
Afghanistan hammered Bangladesh by 92 runs in the opener of their three-match ODI series, going one up, at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. Afghanistan, after winning the toss, chose to bat and were dismissed for 235 runs. The visitors were off to a rocky start, slumping to 35/4 and then further collapsing to 71/5 after 20 More
Star All-rounder Mohammad Nabi has decided to retire from One Day International (ODI) cricket after the Champions Trophy, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) said on Thursday. In a video clip, published by the ACB, Mohammad Nabi: “In Shah Allah after Champions Trophy I will call it a day.” ACB hailed Mohammad Nabi’s performance in the More
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced his government will legislate a ban on the use of social media for children under 16 years of age. According to Reuters, Albanese told a press conference: “This step will be taken for the parents of children. Social media is doing harm to our kids and I’m calling More
The Spanish government has announced an 11.6 billion US dollars aid package for flood victims, a media report said on Wednesday. At least 89 people remain missing after deadly floods ravaged eastern Spain, the regional judicial authorities in Valencia said on Tuesday. Reuters quoted Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez as saying he was earmarking 10.6 billion More
A fatal fire killed three people, injured 33 others and reduced to ashes 12 companies, 64 houses, 55 shops and 12 vehicles in Paghman district of Kabul province on Wednesday. In a statement, the disasters management department said based on survey of evaluation teams, three people had been killed and 33 injured due to the More
Republican candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday defeated Vice President Kamala Harris to secure a second term in the White House, Fox News reported. The 2024 election was a “movement never seen before”, a triumphant Trump told supporters at an election watch event in Palm Beach, Florida With more than 90 percent of the ballots counted, More
Explosions and gunfire hit Afghan migrants at the Iran-Pakistan border, suggests preliminary investigations by the Taliban. It said two dead bodies and 34 eyewitnesses, including some injured individuals, had been transferred to the country so far. On October 15, an Iran-based human rights organisation claimed Iranian border guards shot dead a large number of Afghan More
Amid a search for the missing people, the death toll from Spain’s deadliest floods in decades has soared to 95, reports CNN. Spain’s Minister of Territorial Policy Angel Victor Torres was quoted as saying 92 people were killed in the worst-hit region of Valencia,. Two deaths were reported from Castile-La-Mancha and from Andalusia, as heavy More
